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PASTOR GENERAL'S
REPORT
TO THE MINISTRY OF THE
WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
VOL.4, N0.25
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
TOTAL COMPATIBILITY A MAJOR STEP FORWARD FOR THE PLAIN TRUTH
JUNE 18, 1982
Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong, in a meeting with key Headquarters personnel -in
Pasadena June 9, gave further direction in his continuing effort to put the
Church totally back on the right track. Mr. Armstrong reemphasized that
this Work is a religious Work and we cannot or should not deny that fact.
This is� Church, he said.
The Work was built by radio and The PLAIN TRUTH, he continued. The tele
vision and radio broadcasts direct the people to The PLAIN TRUTH and our
other publications. He emphasized that The PLAIN TRUTH is the leading in
strument worldwide in doing the Work and preaching the Gospel.
Mr. Armstrong feels the 48-page U.S. PLAIN TRUTH now contains the right
balance of religious and secular material. Such a balance cannot be ade
quately achieved in a 32-page edition. We cannot and must not avoid reli
gion, he said, because we have a spiritual message.
Those international areas with only 32-page editions, therefore, will be
expanded to the 48-page U.S. edition, Mr. Armstrong said. We must not cut
back in the size of the magazine because it is our main effort--our main and
only effort in many parts of the world. The front-line PLAIN TRUTH is not
where money should be cut, he said. The areas that need subsidizing to be
able to make this change will be supplemented from Headquarters.
The foreign language expansion will begin with the U.S. October-November
edition, except for one or two languages which are in desperate need of
translators.
(We are optimistic that they, too, will be geared up and
producing 48-page issues early next year.)
The magazines are all to be
compatible with the 48-page United States PLAIN TRUTH, including-rayouts,
color, ads, covers and, of course, booklet material offered in the adver
tisements. We will work to alleviate that problem as we are able.
This change to 48-page compatibility will ensure an approved magazine from
Mr. Armstrong, speaking with one voice, saying the same thing, at the same
time, worldwide. It is one Work. The savings in production as a result of
the full 48-page compatibility of the magazines will offset some of the
costs in this important decision.
In addition, Mr. Armstrong mentioned that he is interested in expanding the
newsstand PLAIN TRUTH from its present 32 pages to 48 pages. This would
offer those who pick up the magazine more material in each issue, in the
hope that they would eventually be added to the mailing list. Publishing
Services is now examining the possibility of such an expansion in terms of
cost.
Mr. Armstrong also announced that The Ambassador College Bible Correspond
ence Course would once again be published monthly. Dr. Herman L. Hoeh will
be doing the final editing of each lesson. Mr. Armstrong also said he wrote
a letter to all Correspondence Course students offering them a subscription
to The GOOD NEWS magazine.