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PASTOR GENERAL'S
REPORT
TO THE MINISTRY OF THE
WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
VOL.3, N0.29
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
FROM MINISTERIAL SERVICES
International News
JULY 17, 1981
News From Vancouver, Canada June turned out to be an excellent month for
God's Work in Canada. The income continues to show a healthy increase over
June of last year with a plus 22.2%. The year-to-date figure now stands at
plus 28.1%.
June saw the beginning of the WATS line number being advertised on the
television broadcast. It will be interesting to see how "conservative"
Canadians respond to this approach. So far the results have been encour
aging. Members of the Vancouver congregation volunteered to answer the
calls. It requires early hours of work as the broadcast is aired early
mornir.g Vancouver time in the eastern provinces. We certainly appreciate
their dedication and service in this area.
David Hulme met with representatives from Baker-Lovick, our advertising
agency, and representatives from CHAN-TV.
He was able to finalize an
agreement which will see the broadcast aired throughout all of British
C(>lumbia, as well as Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories and White
horse in the Yukon. Mr. Hulme also added a T.V. station in Thunder Bay,
Ontario. With the acquisition of these stations the most populous areas of
Canada are covered from "sea to sea."
One thing that will certainly brighten July for us is Mr. Armstrong's visit
to the office and the Church. Everyone is excited and eagerly looking
forward to this. It would be nice if the postal strike was over for his
scheduled arrival on July 17th and he could see the office operating at full
capacity.
Caribbean Report Stan Bass, Regional Director, was in Jamaica and con
GUcted two PLAIN TRUTH lectures on June 20th and 21st at the Pegasus Hotel
in Kingston. The attendance on the first night was 130, with 56 of those
being new people. The attendance on the second night was 175, with 98 new
people. Due to the methods which were used in counting, there is every
likelihood that a good portion of the new people on the second night were
also counted on the first night. But, at any rate, that was a formidable
number of new people.
Mr. Bass's subjects were "Are We Living in the Last Days?" and "How You Can
Escape the Coming Catastrophe." In the latter he emphasized that only those
persons who possess God's Spirit have any chance of escaping this calamity
unscathed.
Charles Fleming, associate pastor of the church in Kingston, said that
approximately 1,300 people who had been receiving our literature for at
least two years were sent letters of invitation.