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PASTOR GENERAL'S
REPORT
TO THE MINISTRY OF THE
WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
VOL.l, NO.l
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
CHRIST NOW SETS HIS MINISTRY BACK
ON GOD Is TRACK
AUGUST 6, 1979
The system that has led to competitive power blocks within God's
Church, from the Director of the Ministry on down, is now a thing of the
past. There is no room for special power blocks seeking competitive
poli cal power in God's Church.
We in the Church of God are ONE BODY, under Jesus Christ as our Head.
Through His chosen Apostle, the living Christ, as HEAD of God's
Church has continued moving swiftly to restore PEACE, and HARMONY and
UNITY within this specially called Body of Christ. I am reminded of my
mother's favorite passage in the Bible, "Behold how good and how pleasant
it is for brethren to dwell together in unity" (Psalm 133:1).
At a meeting yesterday in Tucson, with the four Regional Assistants,
Messrs. Dean Blackwell, Dennis Luker, Burk McNair and Leroy Neff, together
with Mr. Raymond McNair and my personal assistants Joseph Tkach and Kevin
Dean, the offices of
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Area Coordinators" were abolished.
For the present, Mr. Burk McNair will be my Regional Assistant in
the far east Atlantic Coast states, from New England to Florida. Mr.
Leroy �e££ will serve in the same capacity from eastern Great Lakes states
on the north to New Orleans on the south. Mr. Dean Blackwell will re
present me in a general area from Milwaukee to Texas on the south, and
Mr. Dennis Luker the Pacific area from Washington to San Diego.
A map outlining the territory served by each Regional Assistant is
enclosed with this Pastor General's Report.
This, for the present, wil1 replace the "Area Coordinator structure,"
which seemed to lead to competitive areas of power and authority.
The following former Area Coordinators will come to Pasadena for a
Sabbatical period: Messrs. Elbert Atlas, Tony Hammer, Paul Flatt and
Edward Smith.
Mr. Norman Smith will become Senior Pastor at Nashville. Mr. Ron
K�lLy will remain at Denver as Senior Pastor. Mr. Ken Swisher will be
Seni8r Pastor at Dallas. Mr. Ray Wooten will remain at Kansas City as
Senior Pastor. Carl McNair will remain at Milwaukee as Senior Pastor.
Guy Englbart will remain at Cleveland as Senior Pastor, and Larry Salyer
wil: be Senior Pastor at Washington, D.C.
Th� will be no line authority under Senior Pastors.