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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, APRIL 22, 1983
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Income for the month was a plus 8.9%, bringing the year-to-date figure to a
plus 13.7%. Incoming mail totaled 103,981 pieces, 8,468 of which represent
people contacting the Work and requesting literature for the first time.
It is also interesting to note that 70% of YOUTH 83 subscribers are not
Church youth.
Also in March a number of the ministers held PLAIN TRUTH lectures. Mr.
Colin Adair's recent lecture in Vancouver was attended by 313, 78 of which
were new people.
One family came from Victoria ( located on Vancouver
Island) after hearing the advertisement following the broadcast.
Spanish Department Report Mr. Pablo Gonzalez conducted PURA VERDAD Bible
lectures March 3 and 4 at the Airport Lakes Holiday Inn in Miami, Florida,
which were attended by 83 new people, some of whom attended services on the
following Sabbath.
This marked the first time that lectures have been
given in Spanish in Miami. Previously, Mr. Al Kersha, pastor of the Miami
Church, had conducted lectures for both PV and PT readers in English, with
simultaneous Spanish translation.
Those who attended had many questions of a religious nature and indicated
that they had a good knowledge of the contents of Church literature.
Approximately one-fourth of the audience said that they either watched the
telecast or listened to the broadcast. One man specifically stated that he
watches the Sunday morning telecast, and his wife translates everything Mr.
Armstrong says. There are about 25 Spanish-speaking brethren in the Miami
Church, and most of them ushered, distributed literature, etc. during the
meetings.
A totally unexpected 438 � people attended one or more of the PV Bibl'
e
lectures in Santiago, Chile, March 12, 13, 19 and 20 in the Hotel Tupahue,
presented by Mr. Mario Seiglie, pastor of the local Church there. Two
hundred forty-eight attended the first meeting,· and about 100 attended
every one of the four lectures. This is the biggest turnout ever for any
series of PV Bible lectures, with the equivalent of over l�of those
invited in attendance! Mr. Seiglie remarked that those who attended all
the meetings showed a true thirst for God's Word. Due to the demand to hear
more of God's truth expounded, fifth and sixth meetings were scheduled for
subsequent Saturday evenings. Ninety-one attended the fifth meeting. Mr.
Seiglie received fifteen personal visit requests, and plans to continue
meetings for the nonmembers.
The response to the Santiago meetings was more than double what was
expected. The high quality of those who attended was evident from the
onset. Needless to say, this has been very inspiring and heartening for the
local brethren.
As of the end of March total PURA VERDAD circulation stood at 169,389, a
decline of 1.8% from the previous month, and 13.1% down from the beginning
of the year. However, it is 46.3% greater than the list was during the same
period one year ago.
As a point of interest to indicate the scope of La PURA VERDAD circulation,
since 1968 over 600,000 PV. subscriptions have been sent to 114 countries.
Our surveys indicate that each PV is read by 6.5 individuals, which means
that nearly 4,000,000 people have been exposed to the magazine. Addition
ally, an estimated 1.5 million different people, mostly in the U.S., Puerto
Rico and Mexico, have read at least one copy of the magazine due to news
stand distribution from 1976 to 1982.