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PASTOR GENERAL'S
REPoRT
TO THE MINISTRY OF THE
WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
VOL.6, N0.23
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
REPORT FROM THE TREASURER'S OFFICE
JUNE 8, 1984
The month of May was the best so far this year, with a 24.7% increase in in
come over the same month last year! This brought the year-to-date income up
two full percentage points, from 13.5% at the end of April to 15.5% at the
end of May. We are very grateful for this upturn and hope that we will have
even greater increases during the remainder of the year. I am sure that the
concern, support and prayers of all of God's people have been the major
factors in bringing about this very good increase.
My wife and I returned from Europe June 4 after visiting the five European
offices of the Church. We had previously visited the Canadian office on
several occasions and had visited the Asian offices last fall in connection
with a Feast visit to Australia.
Such visits prove helpful in promoting team spirit and cooperation between
the Headquarters Financial Services area and the international offices. In
each place we saw the office facilities, met the office staff, some of whom
we had never met before, and then got better acquainted with those that we
already knew. We also had opportunities for some social activities which
were enjoyable and profitable. As a result of our discussions, I now hav� a
better understanding of business-related problems in each area. We also
have a better idea of how the Headquarters Financial Services area and the
international offices can better help each other.
In addition, we had the opportunity to attend special services in Bonn,
West Germany on May 26 and in London on June 2, where ten churches met to
gether. It was a pleasure and honor to be able to bring the brethren up to
date concerning Church news and to exhort them about the need to have faith
to believe God in this end time.
We arrived back in Los Angeles very tired after a 10�-hour nonstop flight
from London. This made me wonder how Mr. Armstrong can travel so exten
sively and cope with the travel and jet lag so well. Those who have not
traveled can probably not appreciate this point, but those who do travel
surely come to realize that Mr. Armstrong does receive a great deal of help
from God in this and his other endeavors.
--Leroy Neff, Treasurer
FROM MINISTERIAL SERVICES
Local Members Play Important Role in Attracting PMs
Prospective members form the reservoir from which most baptisms result.
They are our best indicator of future Church growth. Periodically we eval
uate the source of PMs as indicated on the PM Addition forms. This gives us
a better understanding of how new members are brought into contact with
God's Church.