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PASTOR'S REPORli
PUBLISHED BY THE WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
VOL.
3 , NO. 2 7
FROM PASTORAL ADMINISTRATION
De�= Fellow Ministers:
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
JULY 16, 19 79
Greetings from Pasadena! We are all fine here and the International
Directors are just now starting to arrive for the conference, which begins
tomorrow morning. It is great to see them again and to hear about the growth
in their various areas overseas.
Mr. Herbert Armstrong just returned from a very helpful and profitable
trip to visit the church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Our minister there, Mr. Don
Mason, reported that Mr. Armstrong gave a very warm and loving sermon which
encouraged the congresation a great deal. However, because of very serious
wrong attitudes and wrong accusations which he made, Mr. David Robinson,
the former pastor there, has been terminated from God's ministry.
Also, along this somber note, I do feel compelled to state once again
that all r1inisters who have chosen to go "non-career" are--unless other
wise advised by P.A.D.--to be regarded merely as laymen in God's Church.
They are to exercise no ministerial authority or responsibility whatsoever.
And any such individual who acts in defiance oY-this directive--which comes
fro2 >1r. Herbert Armstrong--will have to be disfellowshipped and possibly
even marked if he is trying to cause division. Mr. Arthur Mokarow, for
instance, is no longer a minister of the Worldwide Church of God or any of
its affiliates":"" He is not now in any way employed by God's Work or serving
as our representative in any capacity.
I: we decide--with Mr. Armstrong's permission--that some few of those
who have gone ''non-career" or have been "laid off" because of past budgetary
cuts should serve in a local elder capacity, we will let that be known to
the incividual, and to his minister and all his immediate superiors in the
;,Jerk.
Last Thursday evening, Mr. Dennis Luker buoyantly returned f�om what
he sa�d was a most inspiring conference of all the men in Mr. Ron Kelly's
area! Everything seems to be going well in that area. The men are warm and
supportive, and Mr. Luker was inspired by their interchange and by the re
sults of the conference.
We hope to hole �any more such conferences in your local areas in the
months to come, and I am sure we can all be more together in Christian
fellowship and service when we have opportunity to talk and think and work
together in such an atmosphere.
Speaking of growth and unity, the international areas have had the
greatest amount of this 1n the last year or two. WHY?
Frankly, the answer is not too hard to come by. Because of the fact
that :r.any of these 2-reas--such as Britain, France, Germany, etc., :,,
either had very iittle or no exposure from GTA--they have really been ;ro�-