Weekly Update Library

July 21, 2022

Greetings from Charlotte! Last weekend, our ministers presented four initial Tomorrow’s World Presentations (TWPs) and four follow-up TWPs attended by 99 guests and 207 members. Dr. Douglas Winnail reported from Belfast, Northern Ireland, “We had 60 people today for the TWP in…

July 14, 2022

Greetings from Charlotte! The Texas Living Youth Teen Camp is now in full swing with “about 118 campers and 86 staff members to serve, work, and enjoy an activity-filled two weeks ‘recapturing true values’ and developing a godly culture of life,” as I mentioned in the July 11 co-worker letter that…

July 7, 2022

Greetings from Charlotte, Messrs. Gerald Weston, Rod McNair, and Jonathan McNair are traveling this week from Charlotte to Texas for the teen summer camp that begins next week, where they will soon be joined by many additional ministers, staff members, and excited campers. Your prayers for a…

June 30, 2022

Greetings from Charlotte, The Western Regional Ministerial Conference was held this week and it was wonderful to interact with the men in person and to answer questions that have come up. We have begun posting articles in Hindi on the India website and will have new content each week to keep the…

June 23, 2022

Greetings from Charlotte, We had very profitable Council of Elders meetings this week. All except a few men were able to attend in person with the others connected by livestream. A range of topics was covered—some listed in the weekly video update. One item was the lessons we can draw from the…

June 16, 2022

Greetings from Charlotte, Mr. Mario Hernandez and Mr. Cristian Orrego recently travelled to Mexico where they ordained six deacons, one deaconess, and two elders, for a total of nine. Mr. Rob Tyler reports that Mr. Rajan Moses recently travelled to India (the first time since COVID lockdowns) and…

June 9, 2022

Greetings from Charlotte, This week we posted Mr. Richard Ames’ French-dubbed telecast: “The Amazing Real World to Come,” offering The World Ahead: What Will It Be Like? Also posted in the French language was the whiteboard “What Is Sin?,” advertising Christian Baptism…

June 2, 2022

Greetings from Charlotte, A new French-language telecast, “Malachi’s Prophetic Message for Today,” presented by Mr. Rod McNair and dubbed in French, was posted this week. It offers the French-language version of Do You Believe the True Gospel? I recorded a new program…

May 26, 2022

Greetings from Charlotte, We were all deeply saddened by the tragedy that took place in Uvalde, Texas, this week. This is the second senseless mass murder here in the United States in as many weeks. While politicians and pundits argue over the causes, we understand that this is the result of a…

May 19, 2022

Greetings from Charlotte, Dr. Douglas Winnail, Mr. Rod McNair, and I conducted a three-day Regional Conference last week in South Bend, Indiana. On the Sabbath prior to the conference, we had a “packed house” with 44 guests and 17 members for the Tomorrow’s World Presentation in Fort…

May 12, 2022

Greetings from Charlotte, Just when you think it can’t get any worse, it will, and it has. Elections in Sri Lanka have brought violence to the country. Our minister there, Mr. Kuma DeSilva, requests immediate prayers for our members: “We are moving into a bad phase as there is anarchy right…

May 5, 2022

Greetings from Charlotte, This week we held online Council of Elders meetings. Several Council members had recently contracted the COVID virus, but all the men (and their wives) had either recovered or were well on their way to full recovery, and the men were able to participate in the two days of…