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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, JUNE 22, 1984
Department, accepted an assignment to work in the U.S. Consulate in
Jerusalem, and has now been there since January of this year. Mr. Clore and
his wife, Rhonda, have been very busy organizing visiting tours and con
ducting church services on their own time. Growth in the Middle East is
also excellent, with the PLAIN TRUTH list now over 10,000.
Feast of Tabernacles preparations are going well, with the following num
bers allocated to each site: Torquay--1,071; Jersey--1,126; Tenby--1,328;
Scarborough--1,024; Denmark--257 and Italy--761.
Please note that the
sites at Tenby and Torquay are now full and no further transfer requests can
be considered.
From Canada May began on a very positive note. We saw the fruition of many
months of work when Revenue Canada ruled that third tithe and excess second
tithe would qualify as tax deductible. This wi11 certainly be an added
blessing to many of the members. Also, Canada Post is still reviewing our
application for second class mail. They recently requested more informa
tion about the magazine.
Printing The PLAIN TRUTH during May presented us with some interesting
challenges. As the recovery in the U.S. economy began to spread, demand for
paper, which had been very soft, suddenly became strong. So much so, the
industry has gone from having a more than adequate supply twelve months ago
to not being able to meet the industry's demands. This was compounded by
the strike/lockout in British Columbia's pulp mills. Unfortunately, Law
son's (our printer) found themselves short of paper at a most critical
time--just as we gave them our largest print order: over one million maga
zines!
We tried to assist them by having Pasadena approach Donnelley's,
our U.S. printer, to see if they would free up any paper stock, a normal
procedure between print shops. However, these are not normal times, and
Donnelley's could not fulfill Lawson's request.
After trying various sources in North America, Lawson's could not obtain
enough paper to print the entire PT run. Faced with this problem, we were
able to solve the difficulty by utilizing the printing plants in England
and the U.S. Fortunately, we caught the tail end of the U.S. print run and
David Gunn assured us the printer in England had enough paper to handle an
extra 110,000 magazines. He did mention that U.S. companies were buying so
much paper in Europe that it was forcing the price up. Having England print
their newsstand copies may become a permanent arrangement.
Income for May was up an encouraging 18.6%, bringing the year-to-date in
crease to 15.5%. Incoming mail by the end of May was 40,481, up 29.6%, and
outgoing mail was up by 189.8%.
Comments From Monthly Church Reports
From the United States
PHILADELPHIA, PA--CARLOS PERKINS: It was a great treat for the
members to visit Mt. Pocono for the purpose of hearing Mr. Arm
strong. It never ceases to amaze me how a man of his age can get
so much done, and with such power. Obviously our God is sus
taining him.