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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, JULY 17, 1981
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In keeping with Mr. Armstrong's wish to have The WORLD TOMORROW aired daily
or at least five times weekly wherever possible, we have added station ZDK,
Saint John's, Antigua. This is a 10,000-watt station which serves the
Northeastern Caribbean, which will broadcast The WORLD TOMORROW Monday
through Friday at 10:00 p.m.
The Caribbean PLAIN TRUTH mailing list grew 16.52% from January to June of
this year. That is an annual rate of around 33%.
Pacific Islands
Regional Director Peter Nathan returned to New Zealand
June 19th from a very successful three-week visiting tour of Western Samoa,
Tonga, Fiji, New Caledonia and Vanuatu. He was able to meet with all but
five of the 56 church members in those islands, along with 26 prospective
members.
In Fiji, he baptized seven new brethren, bringing our total
membership there to 39.
Mr. Nathan also met with the General Manager, Chairman and Deputy Chairman
of the Fiji Broadcasting Commission to discuss The WORLD TOMORROW radio
program. While we haven't received a final answer as yet, the prospects of
the broadcast once again being aired on Fiji radio are looking quite
promising. Mr. Nathan was also able to meet the manager of the busy duty
free store at Nandi International Airport and arrange for a couple of PLAIN
TRUTH newsstands to be put in this very strategic location.
For the New Caledonia and Vanuatu leg of the trip, Mr. Nathan was joined by
Mr. Rex Morgan, who has been taking care of the French-speaking areas of
God's Work here. It was the first time we have visited that area for some
18 months because of the rebellion in Vanuatu following the independence of
that nation from Britain and France. Interest there was higher than at any
time in the past, and Messrs. Nathan and Morgan had the opportunity of
conducting several visits in French. Although no baptisms were performed,
we have several fine prospective members there and it is planned that Mr.
Morgan will return to the area later in the year.
Over 5,300 new PLAIN TRUTH subscribers have now been added as a result of
our on going program of newspaper inserts. The year-to-date income in
crease for 1981 now stands at 28.2%. And another encouraging statistic is
that baptisms for the first half of 1981 were 45% up on the same period last
year.
Appreciation for the Refresher Program
Dear Mr. Armstrong:
Thank you for the opportunity to attend the Ministerial Refresher
Program.
I was employed by the Work nearly nine years until the
closing of Ambassador College in 1978. What a marked difference in
the general attitude of those in offices of authority now compared to
then!
Each person we met exemplified the spirit of holding up your
hands so that you may complete the mission that Jesus Christ has
entrusted to you.
Each instructor was very careful to teach what you desired them to
teach. In the question and answer session we felt we knew how the
Apostle Paul must have felt when he was taught at the feet of Gamaliel.
Although you were not there in person, five ministers--Messrs. Joseph