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PASTOR GENERAL'S
REPORT
TO THE MINISTRY OF THE
WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
VOL. 8, NO. 2
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
JANUARY 17, 1986
January 10, 1986
Dear Brethren and Co-Workers,
This is my first letter to you in 1986, and could very well be my
last. Now in my 94th year I am in a very physically weakened state
enduring severe pain and with virtually no strength whatsoever.
I
briefly described my condition in last month's co-worker letter to you,
and now it has worsened. It may be that the Work God has given� to
do is complete, but not the Work of God's Church, which will be
faithfully doing God's Work till Christ, the True Head of this Church,
returns.
After much counsel and prayer over the past months God has led me
in announcing a decision last week to appoint Mr. Joseph
w.
Tkach,
director of Church Administration, to the office of Deputy Pastor
General, to assist me while I am in a weakened state, and should God
choose to take my life, to place himself totally in Christ's hands to
lead God's Church under Christ, succeeding me as Pastor General, in the
difficult times ahead. Christ will lead in the decision about which
men will continue the telecast.
Remember, brethren, this is not the work of Herbert
w.
Armstrong,
nor will it be the work of Mr. Tkach, or any man. It is the Work of
the Living Creator, God. You are supporting this Work of God, arid it
is the Great God who will pour out his blessings on you for your
generosity.
Continue to sacrifice through 1986 to finish the
commission God has given his Church. The greatest work lies yet ahead.
Christ con£irmed that in � 4: 35, •say not ye, There are yet four
months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your
eyes, and look on the fields1 for they are white already to harvest.•
Never before in the history of the Church has it been possible to reap
so great a harvest. It has only been made possible through modern
technology, beginning with the printing press, radio, television, and
rapid mass transit and mass communication. I personally have seen
IN THIS ISSUE
Pastor General's Office.
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From Church Administration • • 2
YOU Update • • • • • • • • • • 5
From Facilities Administration 6
On the World Scene • • • • • • 7
nearly all of these technological
advances in my lifetime, starting
in the last century through the
horse-and-buggy age to the current
space age.
It was prophesied in Daniel
12 that in the last days knowledge
would
be increased.
This has
been fulfilled, yet with this awe
some progress we are experiencing