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PASTOR GENERAL'S
REPORT
TO THE MINISTRY OF THE
WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
VOL.4,
N0.16
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
FROM MINISTERIAL SERVICES
DATE OF SECOND PASSOVER
The date of the second Passover ( the 14th
day of the second month) is Friday, May 7th.
The second Passover is to be observed the
previous evening, Thursday night, May 6th,
after sunset.
International News
APRIL
16, 1982
German-speaking Areas The German office reports that they are very happy
to welcome Paul and Mo nica Kieffer back to Germany at the end of
this
month.
The Kieffers will be staying in an apartment in our Bonn Office building
until they can move into Alfred Hellernann' s apartment in Bavaria on the
Austrian border. Herr Hellemann will be moving out this summer to begin
serving the three Churches in the north of Germany--Hamburg, Hannover and
Berlin.
Mr.
and Mrs. Kieffer will serve our Churches in Bavaria and
Austria.
Increased PM activity was noted by two of our ministers. Of course, the
typical increase in members' and PM problems which precedes Passover every
year was also evidentl Many of those being tried are rising to the occa
sion, however, and determining with God's help to "turn their lemons into
lemonade!"
The month of March brought another record-breaking total mail count, mainly
as a result of advertising. Compared to March 1981, over 200 percent more
letters and cards poured into the office in March--nearly 1,000 pieces of
mail per working day. In the first three months of 1982 we received much
more than half the mail count for all of last year, with 70,718 pieces of
mail received thus far this year as compared to 119,000 in 1981.
Our regular mail increased by 80% in March, and for the year to date it has
increased 66%. Advertising has no t only substantially increased our sub
scription list from 78,000 in January to 90,000 for the March issue, it has
also increased the number of cards and letters received from our readers.
On March 19th HORZU, West Germany's largest TV/radio pro gram magazine with
a circulation of four million, published a black and white full-page ad for
The PLAIN TRUTH in five languages.
Glued-on postcards were used in 1.1
million issues appearing in the south of Germany. To date (April 7th) we've
already received 12,570 request�.