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NEWS SUMMARY, April 30, 1979
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CLARIFICATION RE: HWA & WCG DONATIONS AND RECEIPTS
In the Pastor's Report dated April 17, Mr. Richard Rice, manager of the
Mail Processing Department, clarified a number of questions that have been
asked concerning "Herbert W. Armstrong" and "lvorldwide Church of God"
donations and receipts. Following are the main pdints he covered:
All tithe and offering checks should be made payable to "Herbert W.
Armstrong" and mailed to Tucson. However, some are still making their
checks out to "Worldwide Church of God" and sending them to Tucson. These
"WCG" checks cannot be deposited in Tucson and must be forwarded to
Pasadena for processing. Any checks of this type that may still come in
will continue to be acknowledged on "Worldwide Church of God" receipts.
In March when the critical need arose to raise $1,000,000 for a bond to
stay the receivership, all checks -- whether made to HWA or the WCG -
were kept in Pasadena. �oth HWA and WCG checks can be deposited in
Pasadena, but only HWA checks can be deposited in Tucson). The "Special
Offering" donation which appears on Worldwide Church of God receipts
dated March 1979 refers to this offering for the Bond. Since some local
churches turned in one large check for the entire congregation, receipts
to individual contributors in these situations may be delayed until dona
tions are clarified.
Since the Work must keep separate accountings for the WCG Pasadena and
HWA Tucson contributions, separate HWA Tucson receipts will be sent to
everyone who sends money there.
The "year-to-date" totals on HWA Tucson
receipts will NOT list any contributions receipted by the WCG.
Some members have expressed concern over not receiving receipts for
tithes and offerings they have sent since earlier this year. It was
noted that all "Worldwide Church of God" checks have continued to be
receipted on a monthly basis. However, because of the increased work
load, many "Herbert W. Armstrong" checks sent to Tucson are merely late
in being acknowledged. Everyone's patience and understanding in th�
matter will certainly be appreciated.
OFFICIAL NEWS RELEASES NOW AVAILABLE FOR MINISTRY'S USE
Recently, Mr. Rader's office began to implement a suggestion from the
field regarding dissemination of Church news to the media. Now that the
attention of millions has been caught through extensive publicity, the
Work has the opportunity to capitalize on this media interest in the Church.
Some of our ministers have been approached by various representatives of
the media asking for information about the Church's court battle with the
State of California and related developments. It was suggested by Eugene
Noel, pastor of the Youngstown, Ohio Church, that we begin to occasionally
include official press releases separate from, but along with the Pastor's
Report. These releases could then be duplicated by the local Church Pastor
and distributed to the media as necessary. This way it will be very easy
to give members of the media pertinent and accurate information on develop
ments concerning the Church's court case, and other matters of public
interest.
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