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PAG E 2
PASTOR GENERAL'S RE PORT, DECEMBER
13, 1985
my 94th year. God may grant that I continue in this very limited manner
to direct the Work for some time, but the occasional severe heart pains
that I have endured have made me feel the necessity of letting the entire
membership know of the condition as it is.
Also, I feel God has led me in deciding that it is necessary that we
close the operations at Big Sand y, Texas, after the end of this present
school year. The certification of the college requiring the pursuing of
accreditation, the financial needs of the first commission of the Church
and the needs of the ministry made this decision necessary. The trained
ministry at the campus in Big Sandy are sorely needed elsewhere because
of the thousands of prospective [misspelled in the member letter as
•perspective• in transcribing the dictated text] member visit requests.
I have ordered implementation of this decision to the appropriate
officials involved.
Remember, brethren, this is the Work of the living Creator God. We
are now very near the end of this present age. I will continue to give
my all to the work of God up to the last breath.
I hope you will all
real ize the seriousness of the time in which we live and that nothing is
important any longer other than to be close to God and assured of a place
in Bis very soon coming Kingdom.
This world is not God 's world, and of that we may all be thankful.
It is now in its very last days. This illness has impressed heavily on
my mind, more than ever before, the uselessness of this present evil
world. Thank God we are all very near to its end. I thank you, beyond
words to express, for your loving concern and for the many thousands of
cards and well wishes that have been coming in from great numbers of you
from all over the world.
With all my love,
In the name of Jesus our Lord and Savior,
Herbert w. Armstrong
P. s. I have had to dictate this letter due to lack of the physical
strength to type it.
[Pastors please note: Mr. Armstrong has also mailed the above
letter in significantly revised form as a co-worker letter.
Please mention to your congregationCs) that though the co
worker letter is similar, it should be read carefu lly by all.]
FROM CHURCH ADMINISTRATIO N
N&l LETTERS1 FLOODING1 PRAYER REQUES TED
Rev Letters To give additional assistance to the ministry in handling
questions about Church attendance from new contacts, two new letters have
been prepared for use by the Personal Correspondence Department.
These new letters will explain the Church teaching about attending
services to those who spec ifically inquire about it. They will be used
in the United States immediately and will be available for use by the