WWN 1984 (No 06) - Herbert W. Armstrong Library and Archives

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EVENTS IN THE WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
The WORLDWIDE NEWS Monday. March 12, 1984
PASADENA - Pastor General
Herbert W. Armstrong approved a
student transfer program between
the Big Sandy and Pasadena campuses
of Ambassador College Feb.
24, according to Aaron Dean, the
pastor general's personal aide.
"About 15 Pasadena juniors will
be selected for leadership positions
next year on the Big Sandy campus,"
Mr. Dean said.
Under the program Pasadena
juniors will be appointed to positions
of faculty assistants. resident
assistants, club presidents and other
leadership positions on the Big
Sandy campus. The juniors will
rcturn to the Pasadena campus to
complete their bachelor's degrees
after the 1984-85 school year.
"These leadership positions will
also be available to sophomore and
freshman students who continue
beyond the two-year program," he
added.
Mr. Dean said that Mr. Armstrong
approved the program aner
discussions with evangelist Leslie
McCuUough, deputy chancellor of
the Texas campus. and Larry
Salyer,dean of students, during Mr.
Armstrong's trip there Feb. 24.
"Mr. Armstrong noted that there
are still plenty of opportunities for
underclassmen to develop leadership
qualities at Big Sandy," Mr.
Dean explained. "The freshmen and
sophomores there next year will be
able to learn from the leadership
experience of senior-level students
from Pasadena."
PAS A J)ENA - Thirty-eight
U.S. Festival coordinators and business
managers took part in planning
meetings here Feb. 22 and 23 for the
1984 Feast of Tabernacles, according
to evangelist Ellis La Ra,ia,
Church facilities manager.
Also attending were Richard
Frankel. coordinator for the Jerusalem,
Israel, site; John Halford. coordinator
for the Nanjing, China, site;
and George Patrickson, representing
the Canadian Regional
Office in Vancouver, B.C.
"These were the smooth.!sl set of
Festival meetings we've had," Mr.
La Ravia said. "We look forward to
a Fqast of Tabernacles of equally
high caliber."
M r. La Ravia serves on a Festival
coordinating team with evangelist
Joseph Tkach Sr .• director of M in isterial
Services, and evangelist Leroy
Neff, C hurch treasurer. The three
report directly to Pastor General
Herbert W. Armstrong.
Mr. La Ravia said that work is
proceeding on the 1984 Festival
Planner, a tabloid publication listing
accommodations for Canadian
and United States Feast sites. The
publication is scheduled to be distributed
in late April, he added.
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BURLEIGH HEADS, Australia
- After seven weeks on the air in
the Pacific nation of Kiribati, The
World Tomorrow was suspended
from future broadcasts, according
to Phil Kingsman of the Church's
regional office here.
The Australian Office received a
telegram from the manager of the
government·run station saying
complaints were received from lead·
ers of the Catholic and Protestant
churches claiming The World
Tomorrow conflicts with major
churches' interpretations of the
Bible.
Kiribati, formerly the Britishcontrolled
Gilbert Islands, was the
second western Pacific nation to
begin broadcasting The World
Tomorrow in 1983. The first was
Nauru (see "International Desk,
WN. June 27,1983). One Church
member lives in Kiribati.
Robert Morton, regional director
of God's work in Australia and
Southeast Asia, said: "It is a p:ty
that in this time when many doors
are being opened to God's work, that
this one should be closed. Howevt"r,
Chri st knows what He is doing and
will open something bigger to
enable His Gospel to reach the
people of this area,"
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PASADENA - four consecutive
World Tomorrow telec