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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, August 14, 1979
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Dear Mr. Armstrong:
Your letters and sermons, articles and editorials have been truly
inspired and inspiring to all of us. Your latest letter to the
ministers-:-C:HRIST NOW MOVES TO PUT GOD'S GOVERNMENT BACK ON THE
RIGHT TRACK, shows clearly once again why indeed you are God's
Apostle. My wife and I want you to know that we are back of you
100%, and so is the vast majority of the members in our area.
You mentioned in the article that:
"There came to be a total lack
of response from ministers when I repeated requests during 1975 and
thereafter."
Actually, Mr. Armstrong, nany of us did respond but
the response never reached you. We would write but could never be
sure that you would ever receive the letters. The Pastor's Report,
Worldwide News and other publications did not mention what you were
doing except only in vague terms. I can see why some perhaps
believed that you were senile or even dead.
If it were not for
your own letters and articles we would have heard virtually nothing
about your activities. I would call Headquarters and ask about you-
no one seemed to know anything. As late as last December I wrote a
memo to the Pastor's Report staff humorously saying I was getting
more Hews about you from the grapevine out of Tibet than I got from
Headquarters. That Memo went to Wayne Cole but created no response
or change. Indeed, when the Receivership struck the only news we
received was Mr. Cole's side of the story--and it just didn't sound
right.
Please don't think that the majority of ministers are not behind you.
Only a handful left in comparison to the number that have remained
loyal. It is sad that so many of your "spiritual sons" have revolted
against you while at the same time Japanese Congressmen, who have
no interest in the Church, have asked to be your sons. Well, Mr.
Armstrong, I consider myself one of your sons as well, and my wife
considers herself your daughter. You have taught us everything that
counts, you've fed us God's Words of Life. I feel that the majority
of true, loyal ministers and members today consider themselves your
children as well.
When my wife and I returned from overseas in 1973 we were saddened to
see the state of the Work and College. Ted was "in charge" and we
tried to back him up. But, I finally asked to be transferred to the
field where we could at least do something constructive in feeding
the flock--Headquarters was just too much like the worldly institu
tions and businesses we had come out of and we were frustrated in our
attempts to do anything about it. We are extremely thankful and
relieved that God has once again placed you over the whole Work and
Church. That is exactly as it should be.
In my sermons and teaching I have repeatedly quoted Isaiah 50:10:
"Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of
his servant...
?"
You certainly are the Servant of God and as such I honestly feel the
one we must follow. I believe we are being trained to obey you and
follow your lead, not just as a man, but as God's Servant. I continually
point my flock to your leadership--where you are, there is the Work
and there is the leadership of the Church of God. Obviously God backs