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PASTOR GENERAL'S
REPoRT
TO THE MINISTRY OF THE
WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
VOL. 5, NO.
19
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
FROM MINISTERIAL SERVICES
International News
MAY 13, 1983
Spanish De � artment Update April
gain of
1.
% over March and only
1983.
However, PV circulation
period one year ago.
PURA VERDAD circulation rose to 182,254, a
6.4% below circulation at the beginning of
is currently 51.4% higher than the same
Mexico now has the highest number of PURA VERDAD subscriptions. The top ten
countries in terms of circulation and the number of donors and co-workers
are as follows:
Countri
Subscribers
Co-workers
Donors
Mexico
35,233
222
347
U.S.A.
33,895
560
1,600
Colombia
20,433
78
160
Argentina
17,401
18
59
Puerto Rico
11,011
133
490
Spain
10,045
15
48
Chile
9,669
37
46
Peru
8,423
49
122
Guatemala
4,888
29
66
Costa Rica
3,925
21
33
The number of active co-workers reached an all-time high last month, with
1,281 listed on our files, a 33.4% increase over the same period last yeart
Donors presently number 3,536. Sixty-four percent of all donors and 54% of
all co-workers reside in the U.S.A. and Puerto Rico, which comprise only
24.6% of the subscription list.
Mr. Herbert Cisneros is planning to give six PURA VERDAD Bible lectures on
three consecutive weekends during June in Costa Rica, El Salvador and
Guatemala. A combined total of 500-800 people are expected to attend one or
more of these meetings. Please continue praying for the brethren in Cen
tral America, and for the safety and success of these meetings.
Dutch Report The Netherlands experienced one of the wettest months of the
century. It was the wettest month of April since 1840 with hardly any sun
shine at all.
In the same month the office in Utrecht received a visit by Mr. Dexter
Faulkner, Executive Editor of The PLAIN TRUTH magazine. Mr. Faulkner was
accompanied by his wife Shirley. Mr. Faulkner discussed with Messrs. Bram
de Bree and Johan Wilms various aspects of editorial services provided by
Pasadena and the interrelationship of articles for the Dutch language PT
and GN.
The automatic renewal program of De ECHTE WAARHEID subscription list is
doing quite well. Fifty-five percent of primes renew their subscriptions.
The ECHTE WAARHEID list now stands at 62,749.