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. 1 PASTOR GENERAL'S
REPORT
TOTHEMINISTRYOFTHE
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WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
VOL. 8 , NO. 1 7
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
MAY 13, 1986
Dear Ministers,
I was able to spend the last day of Unleavened Bread with the brethren
in Anchorage, Alaska. I deeply appreciated the great contrast between the
chilly Alaskan weather and the wonderfully warm reception by the brethren.
These church visits are a tremendous lift and encouragement for me, and I
hope they are also for God's people. I'm looking forward to seeing more
of you on future trips.
Details of this trip will appear in "The
Worldwide News."
Through the Days of Unle"-vened Bread, God has again given us the
blessing of impressing upon our minds the need to remain close to Him.
Now that these days are over, I want to stress to each of you ministers
the great importance of keeping that lesson before yourselves every day!
You are the ministers of God. You must let God's Spirit lead you. But
you cannot do that without a close, daily, personal relationship with your
Maker.
I call upon you ministers to increase your prayers now. Begin now
praying a little more fervently than before, and a little longer than
before. Mr. Armstrong often stated, "God's Church moves forward .Q.!1 its
knees." The more we humble ourselves, submit ourselves to God, the more
He will use us and work through us in doing His Work. We are lost without
Him. Pour yourselves into God's Work and into heartfelt prayer and Bible
study even more now after we have been renewed spiritually by this Holy
Day season. Let us, as the leadership of God's Church, draw closer to God
between now and the Day of Pentecost so that we will be all the more
reliant on God and truly using and being led by His Spirit when that Holy
Day arrives. Do not ever forget, men and wives, that judgment is NOW on
the house of God.
Let's make a unified individual and collective,
prayerful effort to repent of personal sins and faults, as leaders in
personal example and instruction. Don't allow Satan to deceive you into
lethargy or discouragement. God tells us to come boldly before His throne
IN THIS ISSUE
From the Pastor General
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From Church Administration.
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Treasurer's Office • • • • • • • 6
Editorial Services • • • • • • •
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From Fleet Administration • •
Mail Processing Update • •
On the World Scene • • • •
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of grace to find help in time of
need.
Jesus Christ, our High Priest
and advocate, is alive and real.
God's mercy is real! Let's stir YE
the gift that is in us as the
apostle Paul exhorts.
Income frorn the Holy Day
offerings was up 11 percent on the
first Holy Day and 10 percent on
the last.
These increases helped
the overall income picture to
remain steady for the year-to-date.
0 1988 Womwidl CVCh ol Goel
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