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PASTOR'S REPOR��
PUBLISHED BY THE WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
VOL. 3, NO. 16 {'.
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
YES! YOUR LETTERS DO GET THROUGH TO ME!
MAY 14, 1979
I have just received two anonymous letters, apparently from
ministers in mid-east areas.
I DID NOT READ THEM!
I threw them into the waste basket!
Recently there has been a tendency for a VERY FEW members and
ministers--either dissident or for some reason wanting me to hear a
voice (as in a telephone call) not knowing who is talking. If you call
me anonymously on the telephone--if you expect me to listen when you
refuse to identify who is talking--I shall, as I'm sure you would, hang
up.
Fellow ministers, ANY of you can get through to me at ANY TIME. So
can our lay mernbers--yet some ministers have become nervous and verbal
if for any remote purpose I let the membership know they can reach me if
and when they feel necessary. Naturally I do have to be screened from
250 thousand members and co-workers--too many trying to get through to me
at once. Like the Volkswagen ad, I'm only human. But there is no un
willingness on my part to hear from any--except the anonymous.
But let me make clear TWO important points:
1) If you wish, I will respect your privacy, and your letter will
be put to no use, as an anonymous letter would--except it won't hit the
wastebasket.
2) If your letter accuses someone or carries a charge against someone,
that someone remains innocent in my mind unless or until proved guilty.
Especially if a lay member writes something against a minister, I fully
protect the minister unless PROVED in the wrong.
FROM PASTORAL ADMINISTRATION
Dear Fellow Ministers:
Greetings from Pasadena! It is a busy and happy time out here with
scores of parents and friends around for college commencement which takes
place at 4:00 p.m. this afternoon.