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PASTOR GENERAL'S
REPoRT
TO THE MINISTRY OF THE
WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
VOL. 5 , NO. 3 4
FROM MINISTERIAL SERVICES
International News
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
AUGUST 26, 1983
Vancouver Office Re � rt
The second half of the year began in a very
positive way for God� Work in Canada. Income for the month was up 17.7%,
bringing the year-to-date increase to 13.1%.
In July, Messrs. Richard Pinelli and George Patrickson met with Larry
Steinman, President of Canadian Teleconference Network, Inc. and signed a
contract with CTN for the audio-visual hookup at the upcoming Feast of
Tabernacles. Direct satellite reception seems assured and will give us a
cost savings of 38% over last year's fees. We are hopeful that costs will
continue to drop year by year as technology advances and competition
increases.
The current response figures on the READER'S DIGEST ad are French--3,165:
and English--1,702. As you can see, the French ad did considerably better
than its counterpart in the English edition.
Early responses from the
remnant ad in TV GUIDE total 80.
We have presently processed over 10,000 responses to Mr. Armstrong's semi
annual letter. This figure should increase over the next few weeks as re
sponses continue to arrive in the office, although it does seem that the
bulk of responses may already have been processed.
During July we had the opportunity of hosting Mr. Frank Brown--Regional
Director of God's Work in the U.K., Scandinavia, Middle East, East and West
Africa and the Mediterranean--at the Vancouver office. He included, in a
sermon, an update of the Work in those areas he supervises and thanked the
Canadian brethren for their continued generosity. Canada will continue to
print the newsstand PLAIN TRUTH for England, with a possible increase from
the present 75,000 to 100,000 per month beginning January 1984.
The newsstand program in Canada continues to expand, with 300,000 magazines
being printed in Winnipeg for the English-language newsstand program and
50,000 printed by Donnelley in the U.S. for the French-language program.
This program continues to produce a large percentage of new subscribers.
During the last six months, 28.1% of all new subscriptions resulted from
this program.
Unlike the U.S.A., we have great difficulty in securing locations in major
supermarkets. We hope to compensate for this by expanding the program with
outside boxes, locating them in high density pedestrian areas.
An experiment with YOUTH 83 magazine will begin next month in the city of
Vancouver. We will be placing it in newsstand racks alongside The PLAIN
TRUTH. If this pilot program proves successful, we will gradually expand
to the rest of the country, funds permitting. Everyone connected with the
program is very excited about the concept of offering YOUTH 83 on
newsstands. They feel it will open new doors for us.