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PASTOR GENERAL'S
REPORT
TO THE MINISTRY OF THE
WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
VOL.5, N0.25
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
FROM MINISTERIAL SERVICES
JUNE 27, 1983
Answering Ministers' Biblical or Doctrinal Questions
Messrs. Richard Rice and Carrol Miller recently contacted me re
garding Biblical and doctrinal questions mailed or called in to
the Personal Correspondence Department by field ministers. PCD,
headed by Mr. Rice and Mr. Miller, has as its primary function
the answering of Mr. Armstrong's mail. PCD has been his personal
staff to answer his mail, especially letters involving Biblical
and doctrinal questions, for over twenty-five years.
However, questions from the ministry should not be phoned or
written in to the Personal Correspondence Department. Instead,
your questions should go directly to Ministerial Services. We in
Ministerial Services then work hand in hand with PCD in answering
these questions to ensure that we are all speaking the same thing
in unity, and that ministers' questions are answered as clearly
and rapidly as possible.
When all ministers' questions come in to one place and are
handled from there, the whole operation is smoother and without
overlap, duplication of effort, or confusion. So please remember
to direct your questions to Ministerial Services.
--Joe Tkach
International News
Report From Canada The May income was up by a healthy 17.5% over the cor
responding month of a year ago, bringing the year-to-date increase to
13.5%. It is certainly exciting to see the continued dedication of the
Canadian membership in supporting God's Work.
The Pentecost offering shows the brethren are still experiencing some
financial difficulties, with many still unemployed. The total offering was
up a few percentage points over last year, but the per person offering was
on the minus side. Attendance was up a healthy 7.4%.
As a measure of how God's Church in Canada has grown, the amount received in
offerings on the first three holy days of 1983 almost surpassed the total
received for the calendar year of 1967. It is certainly very rewarding to
see how God has blessed His Work in Canada.
The latest update from Baker-Lovick, our advertising agency, shows the
broadcast is now aired on 142 radio stations from "sea to shining sea."