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The GOOD NEWS
BIG SANDY, TEX., PROPERTY -
Negotiations are being completed for
the sale of the Work s Big Sandy,
Tex.,
property. Aerial view
shows
the
formerAmbassadqrCollegecampus.
Inset: The
Roy
Han:>mer Memorial
Library s
a
focal
point on
the
grounds.
T r e ~ u r e r
.details campus sales
By Stanley R. Rader
price "of 2 million pounds (approxi
mately $4 million) for the sale
of
the
campus,. This is more than our in
vestment in the property,
saine time provide interest , which
can be added to our income in the
years ahead.
Monday, Nov .
6,197
HOLY
DAY
OFFERING UPDATE
We are still
in
the p r o c ~ s s of
entf;>ring
all the HOly Dai
o f f e ~ i n g information into ourfHes fo[ttje Feast of Tabernacles
and Last Great Day,
so
we
do
not have final figures at this
time, but wewol ild like togive you
theprefiminary
numbers in
-. thiS report (United States only).
Total offering
Average aHendance
Per person '
9n
$2.099,107.29
66,072.00
$31.43
1978
$2,205,465M
66,555.00
$33.13
Chango
+5.1 percent
0.7
percent
+'5.4 percent
Therewill
be
adpitionalofferingscoming from
U.S.
citizens
who attended Festival sites
n
Canada and
n
the international
areas,
so
ihese figures will go
up
slightly.
Mr. Armstrong is encouraged by the. inancial support of all
the loyal membefs and wants 10 thank each of
you
for your
part
in
this great Work of
God.
Stanley R. Rader
Treasurer
ASADENA
- N ow that
w re'
completing the negotiations for the
sale of the two campuses (Brickel
Wood, England. and Big Sandy.
Tex.) 1 would like to share some
of
the
details with you.
As early as 1973, Mr', Herbert
Armstrong bad determined that both
the
Big Sandy and Brickel Wood
col
leges should
be dosed,
This is a task
that could not
be
accomplished
over
night as there were a number of per
sonnel and financial considerations
to
be'
handled. The rest
of
the story
ha
s alfeady been told.
The Big Sandy campus,. closed
in
..
1977 when all college operations
were consolidated in Pasadena, has
now received one offer of purchase
that is being considered by'the execu-'
tive committee. The offer is
$)00,000 higher than our original
asking price and about
25
percent
higher than the estimated market
,value we had obtained in July. We
have
been carrying the
campus'
value on
our
books at approximately
$8.4
million.
Feast over., but challenge
remains
what
do
we
do
with
what
we
learned?
In
1974 we closed the Brickel
Wood college and approached the
flIm of Cluttons
of
London to assist
us in the sale
of
he campus. We had a
number
of
interested parties, both
from England and foreign countries,
but we were unable 10 come 10 a
equitable agreement until the middle
of his year. We f i ~ i l l l y a g r e e ~ on a
We feel that we have been good' .
stewards
in
these transactions. We
have not lost money on these transac
tions nor have we obtained unreason
ably high returns.
It
is our intention
_ to .utilize the funds rece),ved from
'these sa
le
s as
an
investment that will
provide much-needed underpinning
for our working capital , and at the
A Feast farewell
The F e a ~ t
of
Tabernacle s,
1978, is over. For some it may
have been their first ; for others
their fifth, 12th or
even 25th. For
my family
it
was the 20th. From
all indications as reports come in
to
The Good News
from around
the world others felt as we did -
that it was a moving, encouraging
and uplifting Feast. A Feast thl\t
depicted
peace
and unity.
One
.that will not soon forget.
However, it is easy to slip back
into
our
routine
of
life and forget
the spiritual and physical lessons
learned during this past Festi
val season.
The following poem, written
by Michelle Briden
of
the To
ronto West
churth,
first-place
winner in the 1977 Feast of
Tabernacles Canadian YOU Tal
ent contest. was read on the Last
Great Day
at
the Festival site we
.attended. J felt it was worthy of
sharing w i t ~ all our readers. .
.. .
Feast
Gather
ye
together now,
_Here in the place .of God.
A place where angels guard your
sleep
With ho ly staff
ana
rod.
_E Jjoy this time
of
happiness,
Of
peace,
of joy, of
love.
Grow closer to your fellow man
And 10 the Lord
above,
This issue s column was writ
ten by Dexter Faulkner. manag
ing edItor.
of
The Good News.
Take
in the beauty of 'this time
When summer turns to fall.
The glory
of
he:changing .leaves,
Of
creatures large and smaIL
Drink in the words
Of
all the wise,
Of
heaven's holy men,.
And understand old things anew . .
Stir up your zeal again.
Picture a time wilen life will be
As it
is
'now today . .
Remember, all you chosen ones.
To study and
10
pray. .
Plug 'in your mind.
Recharge your heart .
Grow ~ l i d
in
thi s word.
And when you go back to your
home
Remember what you've h e a r ~ L
For if yo.u do I'm sure
you'll
finel
Your smile will never fade. '
And you will leave a happy heart
In every place
you've
stayed.
YOU'll find your feet have
grown quite light;
.Your hand will work with ease_
Your faith will soon come :natu-
rally.
And love will be aoreeze.
Remember , you must reach' for .
God,
Then He will reach for you.
And when you know Him as your
heart,
Then He will know you too.
So
as you leave this
place of
God.
Re member what you've viewed.
And go with love. with peace,
with
joy
And with your faith renewed.
By
Var J.
Aspenns
With the singing
of
the final hymn
and a closing prayer, another Feast of
Tabernacles becom.es history. ' We
can easily recall the inspiring, mean
i.1gful
messa'ges given from the pul
pit and .can still savor the millenial
like , abundam, joy(ui living experi
enced during the eight days or more .
Probably-we all feel encouraged , up
lifted and spiritually rejuvemited.
And as a result of the Feast, we've
come away with a greater sense of.
commitment, dedicalion and resolve
.
~ 9 w q ~
9 q ~ ~ i ( r in
generaL .. '
But will tliis resolve arid renewed
enthusiasm ast?'
Or
will it be as
short-lived
as the proverbial
New. Y ~ a r s resolution, which lasts
.about as long as the hangover? Will
this year's Feast give us an added
spiritual boost that will raise us to a
higher. spiritual
p.lane
of
existence
whereby we will personally reflect
the image and c h a r a ~ t e r
of
Jesus
Chfist more profoundly than ever be-
fore? . .
K n o w l ~ g e
put
use
The answer lies ~ o t so much in
what
we've
heard
1
or
seenor.e:ltperi
-
e n c ~ d ,
but if). h a t we will personally
do right now and in the days ahead.
,
As
Herbert W. Annstrong has often
said, knowledge
is of rio
real value
- unless
it
is put to use . This is espe
cially
true in respect to spiritual
knowledge. What will we' do wit.h
our
Feast experience? Will we use it?
Will we ponder over it. and build
upon it, or will let it lie dormant
and die a slow death?
It's quite clear that unless we use
the knowledge and apply it to our life
.and circumstances, it will be lost,
perhaps never to be regained. There
is an
old motto,
use it
or
lose
it."
It's
simple, yet so profound. When
viewed
in
this light, it seems that our
options are somewhat limited. It is
hoped we' all will make the. right
choice and with God's help will use
the spiritual momentum
of
the Feast
to successfully project us through
another year, no maller what obsta
cles
or
trials this life may bring, indi
viduallr
or
as a Work.
Paul led the way
In another time, in anol_er set(jng,
a man named Paul trod this same
.
Christian
road before us
He
was nOI
unfamiliar with the trials and tests
of
life. Few can match his record of
labours,
of
beatings ,
of
imprison:
ments, of perils', of fastings ..
(see
II
Corinthians II). His life is a
glowing example of how to be a
Val Aspenns is a senior corres- ,
pondent with the Work
s
Personal
Correspondence l)epartment
'in
Pasadena,
Chri stian no matter the circum
stances, be it in poverty or wealth, in
sickness or in health. If the stress
of
life is seemingly ioo much , take
heart, Paul has been there. He over
came and freely gives us the benefit
of his experience.
Paul, an apostle
of
Jesus Christ,
" P r e d a t i n g t l i e . r e c e n t j o g g i n g
on a
, number
of
o'ccasions used an7n(erest
ing,analogy comparing our calling to
. a race arid exhorted us to . : . run
with patience the race thai is set be
fOle us n ~ e b r e w 12:1).
To
participate in this ra
ce
'you
don't have to ,be a beautifully con
'ditioned athlete." There is rio specific
age qualification , and the race
chairman doesn't even' discriminate _
and chosen to participate in this r
for eternal life. To reject this opp
tunity c o u ~ d mean our salvation.
run we must, day by -day, week
week. Along the route we
mi
stumble at times or have to s
momentarily
at
an aid station
som.e thirst-quenching water,
remember that Paul. who was tr
and tested in much the same mann
is_ heering us on; '
s o
run , that
may obtain (the prize]" (I Cor
t h i a ~ s 9:24).
The Feast
of
1)78' is over, but
. us the challenges and1
Ha
Is
'
remain'. ;
We
'
have
been ' given
1 m o w l e d g ~ and we have the tools
_
isi
now
ounesponsibiiity
to medi
on'the blessings we have been giv
to
assimilate
the r i c ~ spirh
nourishment received and renew
. resofve and commitment to back
Mr. Armstrong and this Work in
end-time commission.
The
apostle Paul
met
his ch
lenges, accomplished his work
ran his race. He won his crown.
against wornen. But you (10 have to
aChristial1- willing to work hard .
an.d put out, a lot
of
ef.fort:
-', too have a crown prepared for,
A long.distanee run
The lace Paul alludes to is not a
short
60- or
IOO-yard dash over
a
perfectly level artificial running
turf
e n c o m p a s s ~ d
by stands .filled
.
with
admiring, cheering fans. It is
more
like a long distance cross-country run
winding over unpaved dirt
or
gravel
roads as well as hard concrete, with
stretches
of
level ground and hilly,
gut-wrenching terrain.
Because
of
the long distance, the
field
of
f1,..IOners spreads out quickly
and you may_feel
you're
running all
alone. At other times , you see run
ners pass you and you'-re tempted to
. drop out in discouragement. After
all, who would know (or care)? And
then
there's
the pain
of
blisters
or
ust
plainJatigue.
What
a relief it would
be to quit. There's also the double
threat
of
heat and humidity , which
can sap your strength, but you go on.
The drive and resolve has to come .
from within' as there are no cheering
tJ:lrong s to ' encourage.you along -
but, finally, the long-awaited finish
line.
While only one can come in Tirst.
-
when you've run hard a ~ d done your
best, you' know you've won. Those
who have experienced this know the
joy
of
rUl;ming ,
AI
the end
of
hi s life
Ihe aposlle Paul expressed this Joy.
knowing he had run his spiritual
marathon well and won the crown
of
righteousness (11 Timot.hy 4:8).
We must run
We Christians have been called
Behold.)
come quickly: hold
which thou hast , that no man take
crown (Revelation 3:11). So in
comjng year when the roa.d
of
gets'toygh, remember Paul and k
on running .
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8/10/2019 Good News 1978 (Prelim No 22) Nov 6
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6,1978
The GOOD
NEWS
3
HOWTHEWORL.DWIDE CHU'RCH
OF 'GOD CAME INTO BEING
(Continued from page 1)
was taken into this "qay of the
Lord" called "the Lord' s day"
in Revelation 1:10. This period,
"the
Day
of
the
Lord,"
espe
cially that phase of it PRIOR to
Christ's coming (although it shall
continue
through the millen
nium), is the ,THEME of tile book
of
Revelation. '
Continue in Revelation
I:
10
:
d i ~ c o u r a g e d
- had lost their flIst
love. But, also, that has been true
of
every era
of
the Church -
only not so dominant as in the
fIrst two centuries.
The Church
did
become
scattered
Never
again after the
flIst century was '
it ONE lWELL
ORGANIZED, COMPACTED BODY
This is a fact that most today
have not realized - and Perhaps
most have supposed there existed
a centrally organized closely knit
Church from the first century
by very disturbing dual chal
lenges. My wife, after nine years
of
happy marriage, had hegun
k ~ e p i n g the seventh-day Sab
bath. I was aghast That , to me,
was religious fanaticism She
claimed to have found this
e a c h ~
ing in the Bible.
My first upsetting thought
was, What will my business con
tacts and friends say? It
was a dev
astating thought , humiliating
All h e a r g u m ~ n t s came quickly
to my mind. They were
of
no
in
Genesis.
First I ' delved
'-
thoroughly into the works of
Darwin, Lyell, Haeckel, Huxley,
Spencer, Vog , Chamberlin and
Moore-t and even into the earlier
. works
of
Lamarck and his theory
of "Use
and Disuse, which
preceded Darwin's
"survival
of
the fittest" hypothesis.
Immediately ' those writings
appeared c o n v i n c i n g . They
,
necessarily are, to have wonvir
tual universal acceptance in the
worldofhigher
education. I read-
, Also I ,had the enjoyment of
being able to cause my sister-in
law to
~ a t
those words" brand
ing me as "ignorant. " All f
which was merely vanity on my
part, which I had not yet eradi-
cated. . .
I i1ad proved tbe reality OfTHE
GREAT MAJESTIC
GOD But my
wife's challenge was still tor
menting my mind. Already, in
the evolutionary research, I had
studied Genesis . I knew each
of
the world's religions
h ~ d
tIieir
own sacred writings. Once God 's
. . . and heard behind me ,a
great voice. as
of
a "rumpet,
Saying, I am Alpha and Omega
[A and Z], the flIst and the last:
and, Wnat thou seest, write in a
book, and send
it
unto the seven
churches which are in Asia"
Then Christ named the churches, ,
starting with Ephesus and ending
with Laodicea.
"The Church
did
become scattered Never again after the first
century was it ONE WELL-ORGANIZED, COMPACTED BODY "
reality was
p r o v ~ d
I
ex
_ peeted to contirtue in the pursuit
of
compar.ative religions to see if
any such sacred writings proved
authoritative. Through which
of
these did GOD speak to mankind
- if any?
hen,
in his vision
John
tumen
and saw seven golden candle
sticks and . . . in the midst of he
golden candlesticks one like unto
the Son of man [Christ] . . . . And
he ' had i ~ h i s right hand seven
stars . . . . .
Then He (Christ) said, " The
mystery of the seven stars which
thou sawest in my right hand; and
the seven golden canclesticks .
The seven stars are the angels
of
the seven churches:
and
the seven
candlesticks which thou sawest
are the seven chuiches" (Revela-
,tiqn
);20),. _ '
.. . '. ,_.
Then follow , in chapters
2
and
3, Christ' s messages to the angels
.of
these seven churches.
I studied deeply into these
seven churches and Chrjst's mes
sages to them 51 years ago. And I
concluded, on exhaustive fe
until now. BUT THA T
IS NOT
TRUE
.
Yet. when Christ comes . He is
coming'to a Church that
S
well
organized - .,the " h o u s e ~
hold
of
God . . . in whom all the
building fitly framed .together
groweth unto an holy temple
in
the Lord" (Ephesians
2:19-21).
THAT
IS
THE
TEMPLE
TO
WHICH CHRIST SHALL
COME.
THAT is the one and only Church
that shall.
RESURRECTED, MARRY
CHRIST
But, when I first was con
vened and came on the scene, the
.Church,.( lardis, er.a) was widely
scattered. There
was
a U.S.
headquarters at Stanberry, Mo.
But there were a few very small
.scattered groups, which w.e
have
discovered since, in Central and
South America
"nd.
E\lfope.
These brethren were still keeping
But
God's
Church, though continuous
through all generation's from
D.
31,
LOSTmuch or all oUts originalorganiza
tional patternestabl ished
BY
CHRIST
.
_
,
.
search, that they rePresented the
seven conditions that would be
found in the Church
of
God at all
times,
from A. D . 31 until
,.
Christ's coming -
BUI tJ So
the
~ v e n
ERAS
of God 's Church
during these 'more than' 1,900
years. God showed me that the
Ephesuscondit,ion here described
would he
PREOOMINANT
during
the first era, the Laodicean condi
tion described in the last era just
prior to' Christ's second coming ,
predominant just hefore Christ's
coming.
):Iut
definitely they de
pict
SEVEN SUCCESSIVE
ERAS .
Loss of first
love
The predominate characteris
tic
of
the Ephesus
era- the
first ,
heginning A.D .
31 ,
- : was loss
of its first love. The Church in
A.D: 31 on the day 'of Pentecost
started out with great rejoicing
and. deep spirituality. But by ap
proximately A .D. 59 to 59, they
already were turning to
ANOTHER
GOSPEL - the GOSPEL MESSAGE
OF JESU S
CHRIST
WAS
BEING
SUPPRESSED
A violent 'persecution had set
in by A.D. 33. A.D . 70 the
true Church was vinually forced
to go
underground. They were
Sabbath, the
Holy
Days
(which the Sardis people ' in
America
WERE
]\lOT), and ~ t i l l
kept tbe
NAME,
Church
of
God.
I
They are
now .
part of the
Worldwide Church
of
God.
NOW - Herbert
W. Arm
strong
a n d
die Sardis era
I was hom
of
stable and up
right parents with an ancestry in
thi: Quaker faith that had emig
rated from England to Pennsyl- '
vania
with
William Penn . a
hundred years before the United
SHiles
became a nation.
At age
18
I dropped all
butlhe
most passive interest in religion.
I had put myself through an in
tensive self-examination , cou
pled with a survey
of
the various
occupations and
p r o f e s s i o n ~
to
d e t e r m i n e ~ h e r e I helonged,..-- to
avoid
fitting the
proverbia
square peg in the round hole.
This led into tbe advertising pro
fession and a business life. I was
unusually successful. I had con
tinued through the. years diligent
study and .
application
. I had
planned that my business
c o n ~
tacts were largely with the 'great
and the near-great.
Then, at age 34, I was assailed
avail. She said she found this , ily understood how ihe field
of
teaching in the Bible . education had been gripped in the
"But the Bible 'says," I pro- clutch of the evolutionary con'
tested , "thou shalt observe Sun- cept. . '
day ." Evolution, as I finally learned,
" Can you show that to me
in
is the atheists' attempted expla-
the Bible?" she asked. nation
of
the presence of a c r e a ~
"
No,"
]
replied, I don't
tion withoutthe preexistence.of a
know much about the Bible. My Creator.
interest and studies have been in This initial stage of my re-
the area
of
business. But I know search rudely'shook my faith
in
the existence
of
God . It brought
the Bible teaches Sunday obser- me to
realization
that
r
had
vance, because
all these chfTches assUlJ ed
the reality
of
God,
be-
=an'/ be wrong. and they receive 'cause from childhood I had heard
their beliefs from the Bible." _ and therefore assumed _ it.
, " If," she smiled sincerely -
F o r
a while my head was literally
buttome 'ex.asperatinglY .-:::.,.5 .o
u
. i swimming Was aU
I
had ever
can show me where the Bible believed mere myth and error
commands Sunday observance. after all? I was awakened to the
I ' l l go back to it." realization
I
had. never seen
There was no dodging the chaJ - PROVED the reality of God Now I
lenge . My marriage d ~ p e n d e d on , was
determined
to kilOW the
it TRUTH .
My mind
was being
A second ~ h a l I e n g e ,
Coincidentally,
.a
s i s t e r ~ i n
law, newly married and f r e s h
o u t
of college, hurled at me a second
humil\ating challenge. "
"Herbert
Armstrong,"
she
accused contemptuously, "you
are
fust
plain
ignorant
Everybody who has any e duca
tion knows' human life has coroe
by evoluti >n.' ,
I was p(oud. I had not ne
glected study and ' education . I
thought I Knew the facts ahout
evolution, and I didn' t believe
in
it. But now I had to admit. I had
never pursl;Jed a thorough, in
depth research of the question.
The dual challenge drove me
into a de.termined almas, n i g h t ~
cleaned out from ideas and be
liefs
previously
taken for
granted.
.
Of
all the writings on evolution
Moore , alone, had culled out
many discrepancies in the theory.
Yet he, too, went along with the
doctrine overall.
But now I had , first of all , to
prove or dispro;ve the existenc e
of
God. It was no casual or superfi
cial ~ t u d y . I 'continued in this re
search as
if
my life depended
upon
i l
as in actual fact
if
did,
as well as my marriage . I studied
books also on the other side of the
coin .
God's existence
proved
SuffIce it to say here that I did
find irrefutable
PROOf of
the exis-
Bible r e s e a r c h continued'
Since I had to researcb' tbe
Sabbath question anyway, and
already , had delved into
'Genesis, I decided to continue
my study in the Bible - intend
ing to 'exapline in depth the writ- .
ings
of
other religions afterward.
In my biblical study I came .
across early the passage in Ro
mans
6:23:"" . . .
the wages
of
sin is death . ." I stopped,
amazed. W tges" s what one
paid for what one has'done . H,ete
] was staring aba statement
diametrically
opposite to .my
Sunday. school teaching prior to
age 18.
" Why ," I exclaimed,
"bow
can that be? I was taught
in
church that the w}iges
of
sin is
EVERLASTING LIFE in an eternally
burning hell
.
. Another shock came on r e a d ~
, ing tIW last part,
of
he same verse:
" . . . but the gift
of
God is ,eter
nal life through Jesus Christ ,our
Lord."
"But, " I questioned in disillu
sionment, "I thought ,I already .
had 'e te roa ll ife - I am, or I have,
an iinmottal soul. Why should 1
need it as a
gift?"
I researched the word soul .by
means,
of
aBible concordance.
Twice I found the y;ords, "
the soul that sinneth, it shall die"
(Ezekiel 18:4 and Ezekiel 18:20)
Then I' n;memhered I had read
in
G e n e s i s
how God said to the
first human, " But of the ~ e e of
.
n d ~ d a y
research. That intensiv.e
study continued for six months
before
-I found
' the
proved
answer. Yet the study to this day
has riever ceased .
I
began to ask, "WHERE, then, is the real
true Church which
CHRISTfounded?
I was
nol
only humiliated and
angered by these challenges, I
. was
determined
to prove both my
wife and sister-in-law wrong .
Both challenges focused on a
oommon starting point, book
of Genesis in the Bible, although
that was only the beginning,
These challenges came at
a
' period in life when I had ample
time on my hands . I plunged with
intense concentration into the
study. '
Evolutionary writings
researched
But I did not begin the research
t e n c e
of God the 'Creator , and I
found proof positive
of
the fal
lacy
of
the evolutionary theory. I
had the satisfaction of winning
the admission
o
one thorollghly
,steeped in e v o l u t i o n a r y l h o u g h t
- having spent years in graduate
work at the University of
Chicago and at Columbia - that
I had defInitely ~ h o p p e d down
the
trunk of
he evolutionary tree, .
though like Dr. Moore , she had
been so thoroughly brainwashed
in it
she had to continue
in
what
she had seen and aCknowledged
waS-rROOf.
of
itl fallily.
the ~ n o w l e d g e of good and evil ;
thou shalt not eat of it: for in the
day tIiat thou eatest thereof thou
shalt surely die ."
In Genesis 2:7I read how God
" . . . formed man
of
the dust
of
the ground and breathed into his
nostrils the breath
of
life; and
, man [dust - matter] became .a
living soul." This stated plainly
that a soul is physical -' -
fonned
from matter.
-I
found that the En
glish word
soul
is translated from
the Hebrew
nephesh
and that in
Genesis j' fowl, fish and animals ,
HIM, "I' 41
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INTO BEING
Continued f rom page 3)
all three, were
nephesh
as
Moses
was
inspired to write .
Next, 1
hapPened to
read
where Jesus said, "And no man
hath ascended up to-heaven. but
he that caqle do'wo ' from heaven"
even the Son of man, , ," (John
3:
13), 1 researched the heaven
and hell teaching further,
1
saw
yvhete
the
inspired
Peter.
on
the
day he received the Holy Spirit
said,
"For
David
is
not ascended
'into -
the
heavens
...
(Acts
2:34),
Taught opposite
of
Bible
J was, in utter astonishment,
coming to realize that what 1 had
1;>een taught growirig up in church
was the precise o p ~ s i t e of what
/ the Bibie says in:clear language,
This is
not'the
place for a -
lengthy, lishing house.iri
Stanberry, Mo,
B t this. left me quite con
fused.
Fo 'r this
was
a .
ittle .
church,
e s p e ~ i a l l y
compared 'to
the Roman Catholic, the
'Methodist, tbe Baptist, tbe Pres
byterian, ' the Lutheran
or
other
l.arge churches nuoibering mil
lions of members : The'n I saw
where
jesus
called His_Church
the "little flock,"
But still 1 was not completely
-
satisfied.
1
was
deeply c o n ~
c e r n e d ~ 1
prayed a great deal
over
it.
For here
>was
a church, which,
compared to
t ~ e
large-scale ac
tivities of the Catholic and big
Protestant bodies, was ineffec-
_ This initial stage
of
my research rudely shook my faith
in the
existence
of
God. It brought
me
to realization that I had assumed
the reality
of
God, because from childhood I had heard - and
therefore assumed -
it.
For
a
while my head was literally swim-
ming. Was all I had ever ,believed mere myth and error after all?
tive. I could see 'that it was imper
fect. It wielded no great power
Jesus had said;
,
, ,ALL roWER
'is' given unto me
In
.heaven and
earth" (Matthew
28:18), 1
read
how Jesus Christ was to'beIN Hi
~ h u r c Q He guides. it direct
This ,was the
small
-actually
finitesimal-start
of
what was desti(1ed
to grow in 38 years
to' a major world-
wide
Gospel Work
reaching
m i l l i ~ f 1 s
..
. every week. ,
it
He"EMPOWE,RS
it
He said ,Hi
Chu.rch w.as to R_ CEI\'E'
P O W ~
(Acts 1:8)"
'
' No person is even a member o
the true Church unless he has re
ceived and is filled and led by th
Holy Spirit - and the Holy Spir
is the ~ p i r ; o f roWER This littl
church seemed to be powerles
-
p a r a t i : v e ~ ~ impotent
f a i l ~ d to
s.ee' where
it
:Was be3J;in
much if any fruit Could a frui
1ess church
be
the ,ONE AND ONL
~ t : U e ~ U f f P , >
,
, : , a ~ q e ~ p ) Y J , ; I J ' J e ~ ~ d , l;tei
was
a
little church, with scattere
members probably
>num1lerin
, less than 2,000, mostly in rur
areas, Apparently,
as
nearly ,as
could learn, ..t had: '(jiily': 'a ver
limitd:l '; 'numbe;r
of
, loca
- ch1:lrche$, -none as
Large
.as
10
mdnbers. .
As 1 began to come' in conta
with some
of
its leader-s; .the
seemed to be 'men
of
little educ
tion - no college
degrees:-'
i
miQistry ' could
hardly be de
scribed as an educated ministry
Their
preaching
haQ
. a
c ~ . r t a
fire, yet seemed toially to lack th
POWER
that attracts sizable
. a u d
ences, that
moves
people,
sli
".hearts, and 'changeslives, I
cou
see n9 visable results. .
C o ~ l d this be God ' s one an
only- true Churcfi on earth?
Th
very question seemed preposte
ous
.. u ~ , w h e ~ else?
And'
y e t -
Yes, anc;l
yet, 'small,
p o w e r
less , resultless, impotent thoug
it appeared to be .
h ~ r e
church with the right nam
"keeping the commandments
God and
the
testimony
of
Jes
Christ ," and closer, in its . do
trines and teachings. to what G
had
be
,en opening my eyes to s
plainly in His Word than a
otber church of which
1
knew
Small and impotent though it a
peared,
it
had
'
more Bib
TRUTH tMn any church I ,cou
jind '
, Meanwhile, what was I to d
I
was not at all convinced this w
the one aqd only true Churc
Yet,
ifit
was not,
which
one
wa
This one
came closer
to the Bib
qualifications than any
1
knew
(See CHURCH
;
page
5)
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41
Therefore, I hegan to fellow
ship with their scattered and few
members in Oregon, while at the
same time refraining from
acknowledging membership.
We were living in Portland,
Ore at the time. I knew of no
members
of
this church in Port
land, but there was a sprinkling
of them through the Willamette
Valley
between Salem
and
Eugene,
in
Oregon
- mostly
farmers
or
truck gardeners. They
welcomed the fellowship
of
my
self
and Mrs. Armstrong.
We
found them to he simple ,
plain and humble people, hard
working and industrious, and
loving
the
Bible
TRUTH -
as
much as they had - wil ling to
suffer persecution for it.
And
so it was,
in this detached
fellowship, that Mrs. Armstrong
and I continued the fust ye';'s
of my ceaseless nightandday
STUDY of the Bible - of history,
",specially as connected with bib
lical history and prophecy -
and of pertinent allied subjects.
These, too, were y ~ r s of
much and earnest prayer . Much
of the Bibh: study done at home
was done
on
my
knees.
combining
study with
prayer
.
M-uch time was spent during
these years, as it had been that
first six months; at the public li
brary. I delved into intensive re
search in the"
commentaries,
Bible encyclopedias, Bible
die
t ~ o n a r i e s . comparing various
translations Gf the Bible, examin
ing Greek and Hebrew texts of
doubtful
or
questionable pas
s a g ~ s .
cheCKing . lexidms
Conference. I learned that they
were organized as a General Con
ference, with elections
of
officers
held biannually. Most
af
the
Oregon meinbers lived in the
Willamette Valley in the vicinity
of Jefferson. Most of them were .
in atte.ndance at this business
meeting.
About balf
of
them were op
posed
to
Elder Dugger. They
wanted to organize a state con
ference. Some
of
the other states
'
had
state conferences. The pur _
pose of his Oregon.State Confer
ence was to hold the tithes and
church funds contributed by
Oregon members
in
Oregon.
But actually, it was born of
opposition to
and
dissatisfaction .
with the Stanherry membership
.. and state conference. The other
half
were
just
as verbai in their
loyalty and
&upport of Elder
Dugger and the Stanberry re
gime.
The
dispute
over
Stanberry
politics and Elder Dugger's per
sonal fitness and integrity waxed
more and more heated. One tall
man who weighed considerably
over
200, and was a leader, spoke'
of dirty
politics
and called
Elder Dugger a wardhealer
An equally vociferous man on the
oUier side of the dispute rose to
defend the honor
of
Mr. Dugger.
Words flamed hotter and h o t ~
Each
side was sincere and In
'roused earnest. lJnder the tense
pressure tempers were flaring.
I
. became afraid it was going to he
settled (or unsettled) by fists.
- At that instant
I
rose, and
in
a
loud but cahn voice asked if I
might say a word. Since
I
was a
guest,"they didn't refuse.
B r e t h r e n I- said,
you
all
, know as recorded
in
the
" . .
we
did
not
yet realize ourselves that
. CHRISThad started; in us/the Philadel
phia
era
of
His.Church, committed with the
GREAT COMMISSION. .
and Robertson s GramrniJr
o f
he
ruk New Testament. I made an
intensive study of ancient history
in connection with biblical his- '
tory and prophecy. .
Meanwhile, on their urging, a
few of these articles had been
mailed in to The Bible Advocate
in Stanberry, Mo. These articles
began appearing on
the front
page.
The near flgbt
at a meeting
Along in Novemher of 1930
the Runcoms, neighborS of my
parents, asked me to go with
them to a business meeting of
brethren
of
the Church of
Ood,
being held in the home of Mrs.
Ira Curtis, near Jefferson, Ore.
Altbougb I was aguest - I had .
never become a member
of
this
church, wbose headquarters were
Stanherry, Mo.
-
\hey asked
me to act as secretary and take
down the minutes of the meeting .
I learned that the meeting was
called for the purpose of
organiz
ing these Oregon
~ e m b e r s
into
an Oregon Conference.
, I
sensed immediately there
was a feeling of division 'among
them. Elder A. N. Dugger was
the real leader of the church at
Stanherry. He was editor of the
church ' s weekly paper sent to
members. He either was,
or
had
heen, president of their General
first chapter of Jl'b,
when
thi:
sons of
Gnd came
together,Saran
came also. You also know how,
in the
1 2 t h ~ h a p t e r o f R e v e l a t i o n ,
we
are
told that the people Satan
is most angry with are those wbo
keep the commandments of God .
and have the testimony 'of Jesus
Christ. That means us. Satan 15
here. He is stirring up rage and
anger in your heaps . am going
to drop to
my
knees right now and
ask God Almighty.to cast Satan
out of this bouse All of you who
wish may kneel with me and pray
silently ,"
Without another
w o ~ d
I
quickly'dropped te) my knees
be
side my chair and began asking
. God to rebuke Satan and this con
troversial spirit that -
was
rousing
tbese men to anger and drive
Satan fro'm our presence and to
giye us pea
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WORLDWIDE-CHURCH OF GOD
BALANC-E
SHEET
WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF G O D
\I\IORLO HEAOOUARTER'S
F\IIo$A.DI :N...,.CALF'ORNA, 9 n ~
STNoII.HA
.
1\ODf1I
_ _
-
WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF
GOD A HB A SSA DOR
COLLEGE
BALANCE SHEET
ecember
31
1977
Current a sse t s :
Cash
and Cer t i f i c a t e s of
,
Deposit
Short-term investments
Receivables, current
Inventor ies
and prepayments
Tota l c
urren t
asse ts
Plan t
a s s e t s ~ net (Note 1)
Capi ta l
l eas
es
net
Plan t
asse ts held for
sale
(Note 1)
Ambassador
College .
United
Kingdom
(Note
Z)
Noncurrent
receivables
Depos i ts
Total assets
L iab i l i
ties and Pund
a lance s
Current i i abi 1 t i es :
Accounts
payable
Accrued l i a b i l i t i e s
To ta l
12. -31-77
p e r e n t ~ q e s
2,307,800 2.8
157,300
.2
794,300
1.0
1,614,800
1.9
4,874,200
- ,-- :g
61,713,000
.
74.3
2,475,300
3.0
8
,400,
000
10.1
3,979,100 4.8
1,582,500
1.9
,
l l200
i83 , 025 ,
300
l2 2 : 2
1,652,200
7.5
2.0
481,500
2.2
.6
Current
port ion of
long Oterm debt
Current port ion of obl igat ions
under
2,973,500 13 '
.5
3.6
cap i ta l
le a
ses
Deferred amounts
.
Other
c
urrent l i ab i l i t i e s
'
. Tota l curren t
l i ab i l i
t i e s
Long-ter
.m
debt (Note 3')
ObUga
t ions
under
capi
t a l
l eases
.
Deposits
.owed to ..students and others
; Tota l '
l i a b i l i
t
i es
.
Fund ba lances:
Avai lable for curren t
use
Invested in
AC UK
and
plan
asse ts
o f discont inued opera t ions
held
fo'r sa le
Net investment in
plan t .
Tota l
fund balances
Tota l
l i ab i l i t i e s
and
fu'nd balances
\
NOTES TO FI NANCIAL STATEMENTS
Hotol
PLANT
ASSETS
\
358,000
1.6
.4
280,400
3
.3
205,200
1.0 .3
5,
950,800
27 .T -r.
13,176,700 59.9
15.9
2,819,
ZOO 12.8
3.4
38,100
.2
',26".5
S2I,984
l
8IH'j
ll. ,J ;
3,800,5QO 4.6
12.379,100
14.9 -
44,860,900
54.0
$61
,040 ,
500
73.5
$83,025,300
l2.2.:
"Our
e5tm;rleel market llllue
01
the Big Sandy campus isin excesS
01 $1
0
m ~ 1 i o n
t
Not02
AMBASSADOR COLLEGE, UNITED KI,"?DOM
The Ambassador College real property in the United
t Dec. 31, 1977, the book value of plant assets
other than those held10r sale as a ,result of the discon
tinuance
of
o p e r ~ t i o n s at the campus in Big Sandy,
Tex., are as follows:
Kingdom has been sold for an amount in excess of
$4
miltion.
Land and improvements, net
. . .
$ 9.396,100
. Buildings and improvements, net
39,376,000
Business aircraft, net
(G-II and. Cessna Citation) .
2,915,900' ,
' Equipment aM
u r n i s ~ i n g
net . 6,7
90,000
Libra:ry book s' . .
.
1,237,100
Vehicles, net. . . 1,407,200
Construction in progress .. . 349,500
Leasehold improvements, net. . 241 ,200 .
Total $61,713,000
Plan) assets located at the campus In Big Sanely are
presented below:
Land and
improvements..
. $1,092,100
Buildings and improvements
..
, 6,044,100
"Equipment and furnishings, net . . 910,500
Library books . . 263,100
Vehicles, net .
AlreraH.
nol
'
Total
.66,700
, . . . 23
,500
$8,400;000
.
"OUf GlOmman Gulfstream a craft actuany appreciated In value and
has a marlj:et value
in
excess of
$5 millon.
The
Cess . Citation has
slbse;quent y been sold.
Note 3
LONGTERM DEBT AND CREDIT AGREEMENTS
Long-term debt, excluding the portion due within one
y e a ~ o u t ~ t a n d i n g at Dec
.
31, 1977, is as follows:
Mortgages payable:
Ambassador Auditorium .
. $
5,807,600
Student center, parking .structure 1,178,200
Press and transportation buildings 1,163,800
Hall of
~ d m i n i s t r a t i o n
.. . 630,500
Grove Terrace - student dorm .... .431,300
Other buildings . . 2,189,100.
Total mortgage. payable
Loans payat>'e
..
.. 110400,500
.
. . .
, ,1,776,200
Total
mortgage. and
loan8 payeble
$13,176,700
CREDIT AGREEMENT
The Church's
p ~ 1
bank line of credit agreement
provides for loans of uf; to $4 .3 million as folloW5i
1
million unsecured line of credit to support cash floW,
interest at prime;$2 million unsecured construction line _
of credit, interest rate at prime plus one-hatf percent,
repayable at ~ 7 5 O O O
per month plus interest; 1
.3
million secl.{red motor-vehicle-fleet line of credit, in
terest at prime.plus three-fourths percent. .
In
the Sept. 25 edition of. The
Good News
a Statement o
Income and Expenditures w ~ h accompanying charts was pub-
_ lished. Since is customary that a Balance Sheet accompany the
foregoing statement, the following combined balance sheet of the
Worldwide Church of God and Ambassador College for the yea
ended Dec. 31, 1977, is presented. This statement, however,
includes only our United States operations.
The combined Balance Sheet w'3 derivBd by'combining finan
cial information contained in the certified' individual Balance
Sheets of the Worldwide Church of God and Amoassador Col-
lege. "
On behalf of Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong, WB want to Bxpress ou
deep and sincere appreciation for your continued sllpport o
God's Work. -
'.(111-.
NONCURRENT
/RECEIVABLES
1.9%
OBLIGATIONS U N D E R
CAPtTAL LEASES
. DEPOSITS OWED TO
STUDENTS
AND
OTHERS 0.2%
59.9%
, --::-::'''7
54.0%
.
INVESTED
IN
P c ~ C N ~ ~ S ~ ~ S
OF DISCONTINUED
OPERATIONS
HELD FO
R
SALE
I
,
I
TOTAL LIABILITIES
AND FUND BALANCES
14.9%
IAC/WCG COMBINEDI
I
I
I
I
I
LONGTERM
DEBT
FUND
BALANCE
tNVESTMEN
IN PL ANT
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Excerpts
of Mr.
Rader s
tqJk on ,Last
Great
Day
I would like to announ"ce some
thing that gives me great pleasure. -I
had the
choice of
announcing
it
at tbe
e':ld of my sennan or
at
the begin
ning, but
it
is the
kind of
hing Ideo
' ,
want to postpone. My daughter
Carol, whom Mr. lierbert W. Arm
strong married last June at our home;
in Beverly Hills, Calif., has told Mr.
Armstrong
and me that
she
wants to
be
baptized. She
is
here today .with
her husband Mr. Larry Little and
my
wife. Immediately upOn our return to
the Pasadena area, she will be baptized
by one
of
the ministers.
This gives me a tremendous
amount of satisfaction, because al
though I really haven't tried to teach
her about these things, which I feel
are so
pe
-rsonal, between man and
God, I have tried' to set the right ex
ample and I have tried to inculcate in
that way those values that have be
come important to you and those val
ues, that, of course, have become SQ '
important to me, All of my family',
my chiJdren
in
particular,
I
would
say, have been very much influenced
by Mr, Armstrong. lust by what
he
does in their presence, what he says
in their presence and what they have
generally observed, and .they are
leading the kind of lives indicative
that much of what
Mr"
Armstrong
stands for, and \Vhat the Church
stands for has indeed rubbed off,
Five years ago at the Feast
of
Tabernacles
I spok.e
about the fact that
the Work
of
God was
I,mique,
and
I'm
sure by now
all of
you under
stand
that. As
Mr,
Armstrong's
closest adviser, then as now, I could
see many, many changes that would
actually lie ahead for ' the
Work,
Changes that would be beneficial for
the Work. Changes that
I
felt would
be
a
s j g ~ tha,t
the
g r ~ a t . commission.
was
-
being fUIfiileCt. Aner some
of
.those ~ h a n g e s ; I believe, were
foreseeable in the aftermath. of the
events
of
1971 and 1972, events I
felt would ultimately compel -the '
brethren
of
this Church to come to
grips with the only reality - the real
ity that this was, and is, and will be the
true Church and a Work of the living ,
God and not a Work ~ e r e men.
Television
inte"iew
Just a few days ago I was inter
viewe.d
by
a television journalist for a
program devoted to the W o ~ k its
past, its present and its future. Once
again I proved, I believe, to that
journalist that the Work
of
the living
God
dOes
not ex.ist to make a pro-tieu- .
Jar radio program, with a particular
frequency of airing, in' particular
places and at particular times. The
same for television. The Work does
not exist to produce a television pro
gram with a particular format for air
ing at particular times and places. It
doesn', even exist for the purpose
of
pro iucing and
distributing
a
magazine or any number of
magazines with a particular format
and frequency of publication. It
doesn't exist to maintain one or two
or three collegiate.grade academic
institutions in one or more places
around the world. It does ex.ist, how
e v e ~ , for one and only one purpose,
and that is,
of
course, ' to propagate
the Gospel of Jesus Christ - the
Gospel of the coming Kingdom of
God - to propagate. that message,
that announcement for
a
witness to
ali nations. If is this immutable' pur
JX>se that we hope is best being '
served by the various activities
of.
the
Work that Mr.
Armstrong, as
Christ's apostle, feels will best fulfill
thai great commission.
We know that our doctrines, as
well as the basic purpose of the .
Church, are immutable also : We
know , or should know, that we can
reach an understanding of what those
doctrines are, as well as the resolu
tion of all of our problems, by.took
ing to _one place primarily for a
s o u ~ c e of great strength and knowl
edge- the
Yrinen Word
of
he living
God, the Bible. We don't have to go
to mana'gement tex:tbooks to learn
how to govern God's Work. We
don't have to go 10 graduate schools
of business and. finance to learn how
to govern God's Work. We
don't ..
have to go to academic and scholarly
treatises of a theological nature to
understand message in the written
Word of the living God", and '?Ie
know that we can rely on the faith
that has been given to us and with
hope and with Iove for God
al}d
our
neigh boiwe will be able to over.come
any and all problems, as they arise.
Changes have indeed takeQ place
over the past.five years, and many
changes have -taken place during the
last five months.
I
am certain that you
all realize, however, how necessary
these changes have been. I am c.ertain
th.at you are as grateful as
I
that we
areback'on t ~ e right track, that God
is on' His throne, that Christ is head
ing thiS 'Work and Mr. Armstrong, as
C.hrist's apostle in this end time, is
being led as always by God the
Fatl)er and Christ the Son.
God u:uly does work, however, in
m y s ~ e r i o u s ways. He gives us faith,
and
we
pray and we hope for the
miracle that will save
us
from our
most dreaded fears, 'from our worst
afflictions He has answered our
prayers this time; a miraCle has oc
curred. He has Intervened to restore
life and vigor to Christ's apostle.
I
would .like
to
share a little bit of
my
own experience of witnessing the
miracle
t h a ~
unfolded before my
eyes. I would like to share a bit
of
the
drama, a bit
of
the story that now can
and should be told. Little did Mr.
Armstrong or I suspect"that conges
tive heart failure 'would st.rike him
down So suddenly .1-4 months ago.
when we returned after a worldwide
journey from the middle of ,he Afri
can continent. -Little did we know
thacmore than one time in a three
week- period
he
would be on the
threshold of death, that during this '
three-week period he wo uld
in
fact
die as he has written to you, and that
he would have to be revived by
mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and by
manual heart massage. Little did we
know that in high places,
within the Work, would write him off
as dead, would write him off as
buried, would write him off as never
to return. And little did'we-know that
many
in
high places, seeming.ly free
' to abandon God's Way and God's
laws, would be SO
willing to do so.
Yes, the first few weeks
of
Mr.
Armstrong's illness were very criti
cal indeed. Yes, Mr.
~ r m s t r o n g
did
die - yet he was revived. But the
Jiving
GOd
in His mysterious ways
saw fit to
let some remain blinded to
Mr. Armstrong's recovery, even
while he caused Mr. Armstrong to
give evidence of his recovery and to
give everyone the opportunity to
realize that
the
miracle had indeed
occurred. But just as the Jews in
Christ's time refused to recognize the
Messiah so long awaited,
SO
too those
in high places refused to believe Mr.
Annstrong was alive and well.
the right thing in God's eyes.
Mr. Annstrong consented and said
nothing about the rebellion and said
nothing about the decisions. Mr.
Armstrong was assured that he need
not remain for the conference be
cause he was further assured that doc
trines of this Church would not
be
discussed and would not in any way
be involved at the ministerial confer
ence. Mr. Armstrong and I returned
to Tucson, Ariz., after we each ad
dressed the ministers. Mr. Arm
strong ~ e l a t e d much
of
what
I
have
Board of Directors meeting ,
now told you about his miraculous
Mr. Armstrong finally returned to recovery, and I spoke on the need for
Pasaden.
a,
immediately following unity, love, harmony and coopera-
New Yiar's
Day,
and
lan.
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3
he tion in
God's
Work.
chaired a meeting of the Board of Since January, Mr. Armstrpng has
Directors,."pf the Church. He an- point by point reJX>rted all subse
nounced to the members of the board quent events to you in personal let-
that he had indeed recovered, that he ters, in articles in The
Good
News
had been restored to ' life by the and in sermons in Pasadena, Tucson,
gift of the living God. Ti;Jen he Phoenix and Big Sandy, Tex. lie has
outlined what must be
d o n ~
to save literally poured his heart ou.t to yo u,
the Work of the liVing God. What He has revealed much of what: he
must be done to get the Work moving h o p e d w o u l d never have to be made
again. What must be done to get God known to many. He has been literally
the Father and Christ the Son back heartbroken, over the loss of a physi-
into God's Work. Some of ' these cal son
in
whom
he
had placed so
board members were astounded, not much hope, and from whom he has
only by Mr. Armstrong's recovery suffered so much pain and anguish.
but by the insight that
he
had as to ,Don
I
think for one moment that it
what was needed
in
God's Work, But was easy for him; don't think for one
, though astounded, they were happily moment that he has not suffered;
astounded. Some might have ,been a don't think for one qtoment that
he
bit incredulous, unbelieving but also has not
b ~ e n
sorely grieved and d i s ~
happily so. One person was r e s e n ~ - appointed. I know better; I've lived
fut That one person shocked the :with him every day, for all practical
others
by
his open and naked hostility purposes, as he just said a few mo-
and his unveiled and all too revealing ments ago, for the past 10 years. And
disrespect. But Christ' s apostle was
' 1
myself have never worked so hard
equal to the occasion. He calmly and SO futile'ly, so unsuccessfully to
reemphasized his points, gave
o v e r ~
bring about a contrary result.
all directions to the others to carry out Wharhas not been told
in
my opin
the Policies that
he
had enunciated -ion is that there were two miracles as
and. to keep in touch with him over I view the events of the past 14
ttte ensuing . , 9 ~ t h S . ~ r . . : : -
t1
+;.,;::; 4 rnonlhs. The first miracle was,
aS
"r
The ne
x. '
morning
Mr.
Arm'-
-
already stated, Mr. Armstrong was
strong's son sent his wife _nd
an
restored to life and vigor, restored
assistant to Mr. A r m s t r o n g s home, with his faculties so necessary to
they pleaded that Mr. Armstrong carry on the Work of
the
living God, _
make no mention of the open rebel faculties that were bestowed upon
lion thathad occurred the day before him by the living
God, undi-
and to make no mention of the minished, undiminished, and
Mr.
momentous decisions thai Mr. Arm- Armstrong has been given
the
oppor-
strong had made, when he, Mr. Arm- tunity to continue as Christ's apostle
strong, was scheduled to
sp
eak in this
end
lime. But the second mira-
within the hour at the opening
onhe de
was one that wedidnot prayior;
it
ministerial conference
in
Pasadena. ~ a s one that we did not hope for;
it
A few moments later ,Mr. was one that we did not foresee, and
Armstrong. s son pleaded with his we did ' nol envision. God struck
father on his own behalf to .make no down Mr. Armstrong in such a way
announcements about the decisions as
10
p e ~ m i l
him after being restored
that hl)d been made and to make
no
to life to see-firsthand what
Ihe .
Work
mention before the ministers of
the would be like if he were
no
longer
rebellion. ' Mr. Armstrong decided here, if, in
fact, he were dead, if. in
once again at thai point to give his - fact, he were not to move to correct
son one more chance. One more op- the mistakes that he had made in the
port unity was thus given his son
10
do past
in
orde r to protec " his son. In
FAMILY PHOTOGRAPH - The Stanley R. Rader family poses with Herbert W. Armstrong lor an informal family
portratt. From left are son Stephen, 23, daughter Janis, 26, Mr. and Mrs: Rader, daughterCarollile, 25, and Mr.
. Armstrong. Mrs. l i tt le was baptized Oct. 27 after counseling with Mr. Armstrong. (See Update, page 20.)
other words', God gave Mr. Arm
strong another chance to render to
Him that accounting th.at Mr. Ann
strong always knew he would have .to
render, because he has always said he
is accountable to God. He gave him
another chance to render that ac
counting after making all of the cor
rections that were necessary before
the accounting would have 'to be ul
timately submi ted and'
he
gave Mr.
Arm.strong an opportunity to. take aU
the steps neCessary to ensure that
God's WOIk
would be done, that
God's
ways would be preserved,
even
if
God should decide in his wis
dom and 'mercy that Me. Arm&trong
will not be able to complete it in his
lifetime
. Mr. Annstrong has told people
that he could very well outlive all of
us and I believe that very, very
strongly, and we
all
hope that Mr.
Armstrong will be able to complete
the Work, if that is what God's over
all plan has provided for Me. Arm
strong. But, if not, Mr. Armstrong's
timely action, as a result of the two
miracles as I have seen them, his
timely measures, his timely actions
'will ensure that the Work will bedone.
. Faith enhailced
. So, brethren, there were tw'o mira- .
cles that the living God performed fQr
the direct benefit this time
of
His
Work. Miracles 'perfor,med before
our eyes, if we were simply
of
the
mind to see them. Is there any won
der that my faith has been enhanced a
thousand-fold Should there be. any
dOllbt that t ~ e r e is a living God in the '
minds of any of you. Is there any
douht in your mind now that this is
the true Church, the only Church and.
a Work.of the living God and not a
work of mere men.
I-hav,e"a lofm ore tflat I could. share
"i
,.:
.
with you, but I
don't
Y'ant to take the :
time now. I know that yo u're waiting
as
I
have for so long to hear Mr.
Armstrong sPeak here again 'in Tuc-
son.
1
snail write more to you in the
future in the pages of The
Good
News
and from time to time maybe some of'
my comments given in forums or else
reach you by cassette or videotape. I
cannot thank you en
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the finest in years in a Jetter of
gratitude to the worldwide ministry.
It was a spiritual revival," he
I said. Afle} our living Head of
God's
Church moved to set His
Church back on the track , .then His
college, now He has set His Festivals
back on the track.
It seemed all members were up
for this Festival,'" Mr. Annstrong
said as he praised
the
leadership
of
God's ~ i n i s l e r s for making 11 so.
A t t e ~ d a n c e
up
. U.S. Festival director Sberwin
McMichael said attendance was. up
significantly at several sites from
what the Big Sandy-based Festival
Office had expected.
According to Mr. McMichael Big
Sandy was expecting 6,700 breth.ren
bot ended uP .with 8,800. The same
seemed to
be
true at
the
Lake of
the
Ozarks site "
amon S
others,
he said.,
As of press time Mr. McMichael's
office did not have final attendance
figures'.' An uf offidal tally by
The .
Good News
based
on
r e ~ > r t s
, .gathered froin sites around the world
.
shows
90,200
brethren
kept the
Feast. (Our figures are derived_from
registration, high attendance and es-
timated figures.) .
In addition to the
::7
sites around
the world,
The Good News
'is also
relorting on the 1,383-slrong
Pasadena and ' Jerusalem
(l77)
Feasts, which were nOI official sites
as designaled by Mr. McMichael's
office. '
.Better atmosphere
Mr. McMichael, who this year
spoke
at
four new U.S. Feast sites
(Fresno,
Calif.;
Seattle, W a ~ h . ;
Saratoga Springs, N.Y.; and Nor-
folk, Va .),
said
the reaction he got
from the Festival coordinators and
the audiences
he
spoke to was that,
uthis year the atmosphere was better,
more enthusiastic, more responsiv.e .
. than 1'd 'seen in years and years . '
.. It
was noticeable everywhere
I
went, and 'It's what the other coor
dinators said as well ," he said.
Acco'rding to MJ , McMichael,
Mr
,
Armslrong expanded the number
of church pastors
who
spoke, making
fo r
a
greater variety
of
speakers.
" More people
at
various sites saw
their church pastor speak than they
had
in
recent years, " he said.
InOuence felt
Mr McMichael pointed
to
the .
purpose of' the Feast as the dominant
the me this t
year
and said,
Mr.
Armstrong's influence was felt more
so worldwide this year than ever be
(ore with his keynote address and full
address on the first Holy Day, Every
Festival site around the world had the
opportunity 10 hear ,Mr, Armstrong,
which has never been the case. .. .
Mr. McMichael summed up his
feelings
of
Ihe
Feast
by saying,
"Considering the many difficulties
the Church has faced over the past
year, to be able to experience such a
wonderful Festival with enthusiasm,
sincerity
and
purpose
is
deeply
gratifying."
Following are individual reports as
of
press time from 73
of
the 75
Feast sites around the world,
These reports were written from
information supplied
The Good News
by Festival coordinators whose
names appear at the end of each re
port (except
in
a small number of
cases when a non-English speaking '
coordinator had someone else file an
aCcount):
UNITED STATES
ANCHORAGE. Alaska - Are
laxed and warm atmosphere in which
the
world tomorrow was the theme
was- enjoyed by 365 brethren here.
Most of the blethren .stayed in the
same hotel in which services were
conducted. Speakers spoke on the
contrast between today' s world and
the wo-
1d
tomorrow (lohn ' R o b i n ~
son),
God's
government
on
eanh
The
GOOD
NEWS
FE ST
.OF T BERN CLES
REPORTS WORL WI E
(Earl Roemer)
and--
what the world
tomorrow will be like
(Phil
Shields).
11Je
Feast
and those attending it
received
a
full-page article in ,the
maio AnchoIage' newspaper. Earl
Roemer.
I
BIG SANDY, Tex. - A visil by
Herben W. Armstrong in midweek
was high point for the 6,630 brethren
registered for the Feast here-In .his
sermon
Me.
Armstrong
~ m p h a s i z e d
theJorward thrust of
the
Church and
the headship of Christ, also later ad.-
dressing the ministers anending the
Festival in Big Sandy. C. Wayne
Cole delivered a much-aJ:W;eciated
sermon on the imPOI1ance
of
emain
ing in the B : ~ d y of Christ,
w h e ~ e
C h r ~ s t is working. '
The Feast was uplifting and en
couraging to the Jll:ople, who were
excited about
the
emphasis on good,
b ~ s i c
doctrine and pleased to have
excellent weather throughout the
eight days. David Robinson.
FRESNO, Calif. - Six lhousand .
' registered Feastgoers tried out the
new Feast f a c i l i t i e s 1he Sel-
land Arena. ,
Vast social
and recreational
facilities along with fJJm p r e s e n t a ~
tions highlighted the Festival,
Sherwin McMichael spoke on the
Ambassador International Cultural
Foundation, Hal Baird on
~ h e
world
tomorrow, Ellis La Ravia on' Chris
tian maturity, Dan
Orban
on Christi,n
refining, Graemme
M a r s h a
on
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realism in today's world, Greg
AJ
brecht on peace in the world and Ron
Kelly on the meaning
of
the Last
Great Day. Ellis La Ravia.
LAHAINA, Hawaii - One
thousand six hundred brethren regis
tered for the Feast held at the Lahaina
, Civic Center on
the
island of Maui.
Sermons were delivered by Gary
Antion on personal aspects of how to
make a better Feast, Dennis Pyle on
an overView of the world tomorrow
and looking to Christ, apd Richard
Rice on God's Spirit in us.
Almost aU
of
the brethren attended
the scheduled luau, and most took
advantage of the fabulous weather to
make short side trips in the islands.
The relaxing and rejuvenating Feast
was the best in years.
John Ouvrier.
LAKE
OF
THE OZARKS. Mo.
- A total of
9,041.
brethren regis
teredo or the Feast at the Church of
God Convention
Center
in the
OZarks, where the Feast ran very
smoothly and the members enjoyed
clear skies and bright sunshine every
day.
Key speakers were Roben Fahey;
discussing the meaning of the Festi
val , Guy Englebart , speaking on
Jesus Christ as the central figure in
our lives, Dean Blackwell, em
p h a s ~ z i n g the world tomorrow
Raymond McNair, discussing loy
ally, and David Antion, winding
up
on the Last Great Day.
A
high point
for all the brethren was being able
10
see Herbert W.
Armstrong
on
16-mm. film .
Excellent auendance
prevailed
throughout the Feast, and
God's
people were well received by the
local residents and businessmen.
Jerold
W
Aust
NORFOLK. ' Va. - A lolal
of
8,415 Feastgoers registered
at
lhe
' Norfolk Scope, one of several new
or ~
~ : f t a t e s this
year .
The
a ~ i l i t y
to see and hear Herbert
W. Armstrong on film , the traveling
speak.ers. the numerous ~ e c r e a t i o n a l
activities, 'thl;: dances and a talent
show .contributed
to
a full Feast.
Main speakers addressed reded j
cating your life to God and the Work
(Steve Martin) , walking with God
(Dr. Roderick Meredith), and the
Ambassador International Cultural
Foundation and the meaning of the
Last Greal
Day
(Sherwin
McMichael).
The enthusiastic
, and
inspiring
Feast had a sense of seriousness
about it. The imponance of being
active in God's Work, rededication
and the preparation we have.t0 make
to ~ o m part of Qod's Kingdom
was emphasized. ick
Thompson.
PASADENA. Calif. - The
un
of
f idal
Pasadena
Festival ran
smoothly, with attendance on the
Holy Days reaching 1,294 and 1,383
respectively. The weather was de
lightful and helped to create an en
thusiastic and congenial atmosphere.
In addition to sermons by Dr.
Herman Hoeh, B ~ n Chapman ~ n d
Fred Coulter, Leon Walker flew
in
frum Tucson, Ariz., to add spice to
the Festival and Bob Fahey presenled
the Ambassador lntc;rnational Cul
tural Foundation sliae show and a
sermon on the Last Great Day.
Joseph Tkach, associate pastor of
the Pasadena Auditorium
P.M
congregation, was designated as the
Festival coordinator. Activities were
designed
with all
age-groups
in
mind. Bill Brazil and his country
and-western band played for a dance
in the Student Center, .children and
adults enjoyed an evening of roller
skating, and a banquet was held fo
the
senior cilizens The
eldesl presen
was Lizzie Henderson,
lOr.
The success
of
the Feast was the
result
pf
a total learn effort by those
serving and
those
being served
J o s ~ p h Tkach.
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ST. PETERS,BURG, Fla, - The
opening sermon
by
Herbert
w
Arm
strong set the stage for a fine Feast
here. Feastgoers registering to attend
services at
the
Bayfront Cenler Arena
numbered 10,500.
Principal speakers.were Mr. Arm-
strong, whose sennon'on
the
hope
we
have in the future was videotaped for,
later uSe, and Rod Meredith : David
Antian and Wayne Cole:
who
dis
cussed the reality
of
what
the
Feast
a y ~ picture and how to weather the
t r i ~ ~ e ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ h e r
was
t i f u l
and
warm enough for
members
to
go
to
. the
beach. The only discomfort was
the somewhat crowded conditions.
,At
services
the
people were
genuinely happy. . . A much needed
. Feast,'J an ,
'up'
Feast,
and a
shot
in
the arm were some com
ments heard. Jim Chapman
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N,Y.-,- ,
Brethren here made the best of record
cold temperatures at
the
beginning of
the Feast as they huddled
in
the
Saratoga Performing Arts Center . a
semienclosed auditorium.
Despite the cold
the 4,800
breth
ren had
feeling ofbeing
at
one as
t ~ y
heard Roderick Meredith speak on
the need for the coming Kingdom,
Steve Martin on marriage and the
family. -Sherwin McMichael on- re
'ports from other Feast sites and'Les
lie McCullough on
the
need to be
prepared fo
the
difficult days ahead.
The weather warmed
up
mid-Feast
making for a very successful F e ~ s t
overall. The brethren here also
made
a real ,: i ~ p a ~ t on
t h l . c o r i i r n u n . i t y
David Bierer ' -
SAVANNAH,
Ga,
~ h i s sOuth'
ern
city
proved
to
be
3'
historical as
well as ,entertaining city for _some.
5,290 -brethren observing the Feast ,
here for the first time .
The
example
of Jesus Christ was
preached (David Antion) as was
walking
with
God
(Roderick
Meredith) and the Last Great
Oay(C.
Wayne Cole).
.
God
has poured
QUI
his Holy Spiri.
on his people this year as the attitudes
. of the brethren were exemplary of
- real Christianity.
Ray Wooten
SEATfLE
, Wash . - A larger
number
of
Feslivalgoers than ex
pected gathered in the Seattle Center
Arena for the F ~ a s t this year. The
highest attendance recorded was
5,413, which topped the official reg
istration figures.
Everyone
s
eemed
to be 'on a
s
piritual hign from
day one
10 day
eight. Attendance was larger than
expected - offerings very good -
very few problems. ,Our Church
members are really hanging in there.
Main speakers were'Leslie McCul
lough, speaking on the . meaning
of
the
Feast
in genera' ;
Sherwin
McMichael on the world'in which we
live and the importance
of
the Work;
Art Mokarow on human ]X>tential;
Bob Bertuzzi
on
rewards
of
he saved;
Ronald Kelly. what it will be l i k ~ to
be spirit; Dale Schurter. ':Ne are per
fectable in the Kingdom; and Joel
Lillengreeri on what we are promised
in the Kingdom.
The 74
acres of the Seattle Center
offered recreati
ona
l and educational
opportunities for yo ung and old
alike.
Dale Schurter
TUCSON, Ariz. - A positive
proach on the part of the ministry
and
brethren here marked a fine Feast for
6 391 brethren.
HeJbert W. Annstrong made ,Tuc
son his . last
F e s t i v a ~
stop and ad
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r e ~ the breihren the Last Great Da
y
as he spoke on
the
great of udg- .
ment.
Other
su bjects
covered
were
God s presence in the Work (C.
Wayne Cole), why do we suffer
'(Leon Walker) and
God s
wrath
(Clint Zimmer:man).
Sc vices along with active panici
pation in activities such as a"widows
and widower luncheon and YOU day
added up to make the Feast a
strengthening experience.
Wglter
Dfckinson - .
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WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis . -
Registered Feasigoers
numbered
6, 875 at this Church-owned site.
Weather varied from cold to warm.
from wet rb dry, always with a back
g r o u h d of autumn co lors, and breth
ren were
mc)re
excited. united and
happy about the Feast ihan ever be
fore. .
Visiting minister m o n ~
McNair spoke about
the
purpose
of
the
Feast and.loyalty , Robert Fahey
discussed . he Ambassador Interna
tional Cultural Foundation and our
international. ~ m m i s ~ i o n and Dean
Blackwell covered the meaning
of
the Last Great Day .
The ' choir provtded outstanding
music throughout the eight ' days .
Leroy Neff
CANADA
CALGARY, Aha.
- Main
speakers were Leslie McCullough,
R o ~
Kelly, John Halford , Charles
Bryce and Oeorge Patrickson
at
this
Canadian site
in
the Calgary Conven-
; Iioo Center, wJth 1,585'
f e a s t g ~ r s
-
regist.ered .. . r _ .
Brethren were up for the Feast,
concluding with a record offering for
the site
of $30
per person.
An
8-foot
Church seal
set
the tone for the stage
decor.
Neil
Eark
CHARLOlTETOWN, P.E .I. -
A
highly family-oriented Feast
witl:l
. maximum participation was enjoyed
here by 526 brethren whQ -rep
resented
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Canadian provinces.
Sermon topits included
the
mis
sion
of the
Church
is
the same today
as for the original apostles , feeding
the.spiritually hungry with food that
satisfies (Colio Wilkins), marriage
should reflect the relationship
be
tween Christ and the Church (Ken
Kneebone) and compassion for
others (Bill Rabey). Ken Kneebone
PENTICfON, B.C. - R ecor d at
tendance (1,825 registered) and rec
ord offerings set a positive note to the
Feast held in 'the Peachbowl Conven
tion
eeruer.
Special speakers Leslie McCul
lough and John Halford gave exten
sive interviews to the local press,
which treated
the
Church's Festival
in an evenhanded manner.
Sermons ranged from God s plan
for our personal lives as seen
in
the
Holy Days (Leslie McCullough) to
the misery
of
the third world and how
we can qualify to change it (John
Halford) to learning to be a savior,
delivered by evangelist Norman
Smith:
The sermons were positive and uP:- '
lifting and extremely appl,icabJe to a '
person's life. The attitude
of
the peo
ple encouraged the speakers and the
two worked together to build a spirit
of
enthusiasm
and
appreciation that
lasted throughout
the '
Feast.
Bob
Millman
REGINA, Saslc - Tremendous
weather, record offerings and strong
sermons made for a great Feast here.
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the elegant Grand Hotel Moskva
P a r k here , the East German b ~ t h r e n
enjoyed
the
Feast with a small family
atmosphere, eating two
of
their three
daily
meals together in the hotel din
ing room. Aftern900 trips were made
to
the
Marienbad and Carlsbad health
spas and to Prague, Czechoslo.vakia:
Sermons were ,given
by
Victor
Root 011
,how
God
is developing His
c h a r a c t ~ r in us, Alfred Hellemann on,
true Christianity, Frank Schnee on
Christian love and John Karlson on
how marriage and family are prepar
ing
us
for God's family. ary Hop
kins.
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Sweden-Though
this new
Festival site was among the smallest,
100 brethren from
the
Scandinavian
countries, the United States, the
United Kingdom, the Netherlands,
Canada and South Africa
attended.
All services were held
in English ex-
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