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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, April 24, 1981
The regulation board of the Minnesota Health Department, however, will
accept the religious exemption forms signed by the parent and the minister
in lieu of the immunization. Please make this information and the forms
available to your membership.
We have received several requests for exceptions to the April 1st cutoff
point for 12-year-olds entering Y.O.U. We must draw the line somewhere
and have decided not to make any exceptions.
Thanks for your continued efforts in Y.O.U.
International News
Australia Reports
Sunday, March 15, was a day of anticipation and ex
citement as members tuned in their television sets to see for the very
first time in the history of God's Work in Australia, Mr. Herbert Armstrong
proclaiming the good news of "The World Tomorrow." Mr. Armstrong's first
programme, outlining the seven modern events involving Middle East antag
onism, was outstanding in every respect.
The World Tomorrow programme is now being aired over fifteen television
stations covering most of Australia, and twenty-two radio stations. The
dynamic message presented by Mr. Armstrong has aroused a great deal of
interest in the media world. Some stations are now coming to us expressing
interest in airing the programme! Plans for April include increasing the
number of television and radio stations carrying the Gospel to this part
of the world.
Responses to Mr. Armstrong's semi-annual letter offering his book, THE
MISSING DIMENSION IN SEX, are still trickling in from subscribers in
Australia, while requests from Asia are continuing to come in quite
strongly. At this time the following results emerge:
Australia ...•.. 18,528 (19.2% of the mailing list)
Asia ........... 9,575 (22.1% of the mailing list)
Thus far we have received around 5,000 more requests for Mr. Armstrong's
book than was originally anticipated.
The continuing loyal support and renewed enthusiasm of our members and
co-workers is evidenced by an excellent increase in income for the month-
up 54.9% over the same month last year. Our year-to-date increase now
stands at 29.7%.
The Netherlands
During the month of March, God's Work in The Netherlands
continued with another 50,000 newspaper flyers going out. This resulted
in 1500 new subscribers being added to the Dutch PT list, which was a 3%
response.
Income for March shows a year-to-date increase of 37.7% and a month-to
month increase of 14.8%. Church attendance increased 27.7% compared to
March one year ago and we have 1221 active CC students compared to 1118
in March 1980.
Late News
Early reports from various international regions indicate ex
ceptional holy day offerings and attendance. In South Africa attendance
was up 11.3%; offering up 31.5%. In Canada the offering was up 36%.