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/ PASTOR GENERAL'S
REPORT
TO THE MINISTRY OF THE
WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
VOL. 8, NO. 5
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
JANUARY 31, 1986
Dear Fellow Ministers of Jesus Christ,
What a weekend!
I mentioned last week that we expected a record response to the
special "World Tomorrow" telecast honoring Mr. Armstrong's life and
work. And what a record it was! While we had expected to double the
weekend response record of 26,000 calls on the WATS lines, we more than
tripled it with 81,359 calls.
In addition, the number of calls
"trickling" in through the week is running at six times the average
rate. By mid Tuesday, we had received a total of more than 90,000 calls
requesting "Mystery of the Ages." It is possible that by the time this
issue of the "Pastor General's Report" is printed we will have received
more than 100,000 calls!
Clearly, this has been a tremendous encouragement to all of us to
"Be strong and of good courage," as God told Joshua after the death of
Moses.
We know that we won't, at first, receive this kind of
extraordinary response from the new telecasts. However, we do anticipate
outstanding responses in the 20,000 to 25,000 range at first, with
steady growth as God grants it.
But let's bear one thing firmly in mind. God will bless us when
our ways please Him! As God's ministers, we shoulder the responsibility
to take the lead in getting our personal lives on track, in drawing
close to God in daily, fervent, heartfelt prayer, in regular fasting (or
"fastings often," as Paul put it ) and in meaningful study of God's Word.
Then we have the wherewithal, as helpers of the joy of God's people, to
teach, encourage, instruct and train them to do the same.
Jesus Christ prophesied that "because lawlessness will abound, the
love of many will grow cold" (Matthew 24:12). He went on to explain
that those who endure to the end will be saved. We do live in a world
of lawlessness, a worlcf"that grows farther and farther from God daily.
But God admonishes us to "come out of her, my people." The apostle John
warns us: "Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone
loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him" CI John 2:15).
How seriously do we take the clear message God gives to us as His end
time Church?
IN THIS ISSUE
Pastor General's Office• • • • 1
From Church Administration • • 2
From Fleet Administration • • • 4
On the World Scene • • • • • • 5
John further states that the
world is passing away, but he who
does the will of God abides
forever Cv. 17). Our hearts, minds
and affections must be on the
things above, the things of God.
What is of most value to us?
What really grabs our attention?
� 1986WorkJwlde Churcri ol God