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PASTOR GENERAL'S
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EPORT
TO THE MINISTRY OF THE
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WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
VOL. 8, NO. 24
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
AUGUST 19, 1986
Dear Ministers,
Since I last wrote, we have returned to Pasadena from the recent trip
to Britain and Kenya. I mentioned last time our tour of the office in
Borehamwood, and the Annual General Meeting and Board Meeting of the
Church on Friday, August 1. After lunch with the staff in the office's
conference room, we were driven a short distance to Radlett to tour the
Ambassador Press, Ltd.
Ambassador Press was sold by the Church to the
Passmore printing family in 1981. We have maintained an excellent working
relationship with them since then. All our European language editions of
"The Plain Truth," as well as other publications for distribution in
Europe, are printed by Ambassador Press. Passmore International is the
entire printing and mailing firm owned by the Passmore family.
Next we were driven to Bricket Wood, probably less than one mile away,
to tour the site of our former Ambassador College campus there. Many of
you ministers who graduated from or attended college in Bricket Wood will
appreciate the strange feeling it can give one to walk around the grounds
and in the buildings that look so much like Ambassador College, yet no
longer contain the spirit or atmosphere that was once there.
It was
beautiful, still rather well maintained, yet seemed so empty. The campus
is now a staff college and conference center for the Central Electricity
Generating Board. It is easy to see why they refer to it as the "jewel of
their crown."
On the Sabbath, August 2, more than 2,000 brethren from 24 congre
gations in England and Wales gathered for services in the Wembly
Conference Centre in London. After my sermon, Mr. Frank Brown presented
me with a beautiful clock on behalf of the British brethren. He told me
that every time I look at the clock I will know what time it is--time to
come back to England!
I enjoyed meeting individually with the brethren for about two hours.
Then it was time for a meeting that Mr. Brown had arranged for all the
full-time ministers in a private room right in the building. I was able
to speak to them for another hour before we all adjourned to attend a re-
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From the Pastor General
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From Church Administration • • • 3
Editorial Services • • •
Mail Processing Update.
On the World Scene • • •
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ception with the local church
elders. There I had the opportunity
to spend a good deal of time
meeting and talking to them as well
as getting better acquainted with
the full-time men.
Sunday
morning
we
Luton
airport
for
Scotland, and our summer
nearby Loch Lomond. Loch
activities are varied and
departed
Glasgow,
camp at
Lomond's
unique.
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