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During 1977 we added some 264,000 new subscribers to The Plain Truth
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I have been asked by Mr. Ted Armstrong to include a personal counsel
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requests. The first such ad should appear in April or May. In addition,
I have been asked to delete the radio and television log from the PT
and run a more general ad instead. This change will also be instituted
in either the April or May_ issue of th� PT.
We have been asked to produce a booklet titled "Doctrines of the World
wide Church of God." This short, but important, booklet will summarize
in paragraph· form the basic doctrines of the Church. It will be based
on all the "Doctrinal Statements" of the STP. It will also have a
section at the bacl< on traditional Christian doctrines showing how the
church feels about teachings like the immortality of the soul, heaven,
hell, etc. We'll get that one underway immediately.
--Brian Knowles, Editorial Services
STP UPDATE I have been receiving many comments and notes of appre
ciation for the STP doctrinal �aterial handed out at the conference.
Your appreciation is likewise greatly appreciated! I am encouraged
that the Project is being helpful to the field ministry, even though
now it is only preliminary with only five of the over thirty topics
anywhere near complete. Don't forget that the 27 shorter papers will
all be expanded into larger and more thorough expositions over the
next 24 months or so, with additions and updates being sent to you
automatically as they are completed. Also, please remind all those
ministers who did not attend the conference--including all local
church elders--that they will automatically be sent a copy in several
weeks. They need not write in and request one. Thanks again for
your comments and helpful input.
--Robert Kuhn
Y.O.U. MINISTERIAL SURVEY RESULTS During the Y.O.U. sessions at the
conference we took a survey which has been both very encouraging and
helpful to us in Y.O.U. In response to the question, "Has teen in
terest in the Church increased since the inception of Y.O.�.?'', 52%
of the ministers said interest is greatly increased, and 39% said
interest has increased some. The satisfying part is that none said
that there has been no change.
In response to the question, "Do you think less emphasis should be
placed on the national events in order to beef up local and regional
events, the positive-negative response was almost even, with 52% say
ing, "yes", and 48% "no". Eighty-five percent said, "yes", they would
like to see us begin a traveling S.E.P. which would bring S.E.P. to
their region.
In response to, "What has been the biggest problem in getting Y.O.U.
activities going in your local area?", the largest single response
was, "Widely scattered area, transportation problems"--28%. Twenty
one percent said lack of parental support; lack of interest among the
youth was third with 9%. In answer to, "What do you feel the future �·
direction of Y.O.U. should be?', 40% said more educational activities,
21% said more theological activities, and 20% said more cultural acti
vities.