July has been the best month for income in Canada for about three years! A 24% increase for the month puts the year-to-date income figure at +11%. Coupled with -4% on expenses, the financial picture is looking very healthy as we move into planning fall programs.
There has been a noticeable increase in co-worker activity over the past month along with a growing number of positive comments on the radio program. Mail received is beginning to turn around now, after a period of several months of year-to-date deficits. It seems that regular subscribers, donors, co-workers, and members alike are reacting very excitedly to the upgrading of the Church and its publications under Mr. Armstrong's direction.
The latest statistics on membership, co-workers and donors in Canada are: Members 5,664; Donors 3,828; Co-workers 8,850. Another growing group of involved people are the 9,754 Bible Correspondence Course recipients.
The Church in Grenada (In the Caribbean)
The church in Grenada had its beginning back in 1975. At that time, the church was being served both from Trinidad and Puerto Rico. Services were held twice a month, once by a sermon tape and the other time by a visiting minister.
Since July 1977, Mr. Victor Simpson became responsible for Grenada, traveling from Barbados twice a month to conduct services. There are 35 baptized members and more about to be baptized, and the church's attendance is around 65. The church is also well served by a recently ordained deacon, Mr. Desmond Andrew, and another church pillar, Mr. Harold Joseph helping out with sermonettes.
In addition, there is a local Spokesman's Club, a YES program, and a progressive newsstand program with 1,000 magazines going out monthly in Grenada and in Carricou, a neighbouring island.
One sad bit of news is that the broadcast which has been on Radio Free Grenada since 1977, has been banned now due to the current political changes in the island. So as of now, we are no longer on radio in Grenada. Nevertheless, the church is planning other projects such as offering select pieces of literature to subscribers and extending an invitation to local lectures. The church in Grenada intends to find a way to continue generating responses as the broadcast used to do.
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