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PUBLISHED BY THE WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
VOL. 3, NO. 9
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
FROM PASTORAL ADMINISTRATION
Dear Fellow Ministers:
MARCH 19, 1979
Greetings this time from rainy Pasadena! We are continuing to have
cold but very clear weather for which we are all thankful. Also, we are
most thankful that the receiver is �one. Now we can get back to the
business of doing God's Work without the distractions this recent legal
furor and receivership have caused.
Mr. Armstrong is fine and is looking forward to seeing the area
coordinators this Wednesday. They are now arriving, and Burk McNair and
I were able to have a fine lunch with Elbert Atlas. Arriving back at
campus, we were able to greet Tony Hammer, Guy Engelhart and Carl McNair
who had also just arrived for our conferences which begin tomorrow
morning and continue through Thursday afternoon.
Mr. Leroy Neff is now installed in an office, and we are pleased
to have him on our "team" here at he.adquarters. I know he will make a
fine headquarters coordinator, and he is deepl� respected by all of the
older members who have known him for so many years.
Vince Szymkowiak left just a few days ago for Joplin--my old hometown-
to replace Don Mason who is moving to the pastorate in Tulsa. I certainly
wish them both well in their new responsibilities and hope to see them
again soon.
We are now moving ahead with plans for evangelistic campaigns in
chief cities this spring and early summer! We will plan to run the full
page ads giving our side of the story of this recent attack and include
a mention of campaigns in these ads, as well as running smaller special
ads besides, announcing the campaigns with times and places. Since we
are getting more media attention at this time anyway, we hope to use this
to the advantage of God's Work to get out the gospel. So please PRAY
for God's guidance on our efforts and for the success of these evangelistic
campaigns!
Mr. Rader, incidentally, is all for these campaigns and is freeing
up money from the media budget for this purpose.
Speaking of budgetary matters, perhaps it would be helpful to some
of you to explain how the income is up and yet there is still a cash
crisis?!? This is truly the case, fellows, because of factors which are
quite real. First, this time of year is normally below par for income.
So we normally borrow an extra $1 million or so and then pay it back after
the spring holy day offerings. Additionally, as you may have read, a
loan for $1.3 million was called by United California Bank the minute
they heard about the "receivership." And, the receiver himself spent
about $1.6 million paying off the auto line (paying for the lease cars