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PUBLISHED BY THE WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
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VOL. 2, NO. 4
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
FEBRUARY 13, 1978
NEW APPOINTMENT Ray Wright has been named vice president for finan
cial affairs for the Worldwide Church of God, announced Mr. Herbert
W. Armstrong February 12. Mr. Wright fills a post vacated by Mr.
Stanley Rader February 1 when he became senior consultant to the
Church. Mr. Wright has, in effect, functioned as the Church's vice
president for financial affairs for some time. Mr. Rader, commenting
on his resignation from the financial post, noted his "minimal
involvement with the day-to-day administration of the Church and
College" in recent years because of his full-time duties with Mr.
Armstrong.
With Ambassador College's pursuit of accreditation, a separate busi
ness manager for the college was named earlier this year, freeing
Mr. Wright to concentrate on Church matters.
SUPPORT OF YOU POLICY On behalf of Pastoral Administration, I want
to go on record as saying that we are very pleased with YOU's
increasing emphasis on spiritual orientation. We've been deeply
pleased to see the attention to the development of character, obedi
ence to God, the establishment and maintenance of standards of con
duct, etc. that YOU has been actively fostering among the youth of
the Church.
We also wanted to make it clear that Pastoral Administration totally
supports both the policy and emphasis of YOU and that we expect all
Field Pastors to do the same. Of particular concern is YOU's policy
requiring Sabbath observance as a condition of membership in YOU.
Over the years, a number of young people in the Church have made
considerable sacrifice in order to keep the Sabbath. One of the
motivations in the establishment of YOU was to provide activities
where these young people could participate. In a way, YOU's policy
regarding Sabbath observance is a gesture of respect to those young
people who have faced the problem squarely, made a firm decision,
and have stuck it out.
If this somehow creates a conflict for you in your local church,
you should contact us inunediately to discuss the matter while you
continue to actively and openly support YOU policy. Any hint of a
lack of solidarity between the field ministry and YOU is bound to be
detrimental to the Church and especially to the youth.
The YOU policy regarding Sabbath observance for its members has the
total support of Mr. Ted Armstrong as well as the Pastoral Adminis
tration Staff. However, if there is something wrong with an existing
policy and there is a need to change it, then all of us, like mature
Christians, will work for and stand by that change.
Thanks for your continuing support.
--Ronald L. Dart, Pastoral Administration
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