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PASTOR GENERAL'S
REPORT
TO THE MINISTRY OF THE
WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
VOL.7, N0.27
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
REPORT FROM THE TREASURER'S OFFICE
JULY 5, 1985
It seems that my monthly financial area reports this year have been contin
ually changing up or down. May we were up; June we are down. I hope that
this is not an indication that when the income report is good, the Church
quits praying and cuts back on financial contributions. The needs are al
ways great, and additional opportunities to preach the Gospel always seem
to come. Almost every issue of THE WORLDWIDE NEWS tells of new opportuni
ties that have just become available. Jesus said that the harvest is plen
teous, but the laborers are few. The income never seems to catch up with
these needs. So please, fellows, always include a request in your daily
prayers that God will abundantly supply this need.
Before the May report was off the press, the income figures for the month of
June as compared to last June were way down, even negative for a while.
They improved gradually throughout the month until we ended June with an
increase of 6.2%. This brought our yearly increase down. For the first
half of the year, it is 11.6%, which is below budget by 0.4%.
In the overall expense area, the departments collectively are doing well,
even though some are unavoidably over budget, as I have mentioned. This
means that our bank balances are about what they were projected to be. Un
less there is a decided change in direction, we have passed our high point
in these balances for this time of year, and they will probably be decreas
ing until the end of September.
If we all pray urgently for the finances, I am sure that following reports
will be more encouraging.
--Leroy Neff, Treasurer
FROM MINISTERIAL SERVICES
Mr. Herbert Armstrong returned Thursday, June 27, from a very profitable
and interesting series of meetings in San Francisco commemorating the sign
ing of the United Nations Charter 40 years ago. Mr. Armstrong mentioned
that much useful material was obtained by our PLAIN TRUTH representatives,
Messrs. Herman Hoeh, Dexter Faulkner and Gene Hogberg, for upcoming issues
of the magazine. Mr. Armstrong was also able to renew several long-time ac
quaintances among the high-ranking diplomatic personnel present. We'll be
able to read the details in an upcoming issue of THE WORLDWIDE NEWS.
Then on Friday, June 28, Mr. Armstrong left to attend the 25th anniversary
celebration of the Church in Des Moines, Iowa, on his way to visit the
campers of the first session of SEP in Orr, Minnesota. As he has for the
past several years, Mr. Armstrong plans to visit all three sessions at Orr
this summer. These visits provide quite an encouraging boost to the young
sters, helping to orient them in the right direction, vividly showing them
the real meaning and purpose in their lives and the great future that lies
before them.
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