Weekly Update Library

June 25, 2020

Greetings from Charlotte, Mr. Nathan reports that in all of last year we sent out 141 copies of the Christian Baptism booklet in the U.K. This is not our most requested booklet, but it is one of the most important for future growth. At the end of May this year, the U.K…

June 18, 2020

Greetings from Charlotte, Mr. Jamie Meakin reported in the U.K. update last week that May saw 3,671 literature requests and 735 new subscribers there, both new records! These are great results for which we can give thanks. So far this year in the U.K., we already have a 25 percent increase in new…

June 11, 2020

Greetings from Charlotte, The world is beginning to open up after the initial shock of COVID-19. This does not mean the problem has gone away—in most locales it hasn’t, but it has in some. News reports tell us that New Zealand is currently COVID-free and, other than travel bans in and out of…

June 4, 2020

Greetings from Charlotte, How swiftly a nation can be brought down! The whole world is aware of what happened in Minneapolis a little over a week ago. We see a house divided and we know what Jesus said about that. We must remember that we in the Church are, above all else, followers of…

May 28, 2020

Greetings from Charlotte, Mr. Christo Botha sent some good news, that churches in South Africa will be allowed to meet, beginning June 1, with up to 50 people. Specific criteria will be required. This is good news because earlier reports indicated this might not happen until much later in the…

May 21, 2020

Greetings from Charlotte, We held a worldwide livestream Ministerial Conference on Wednesday to discuss how we can safely open up our services. We took questions from our ministers on this subject and also regarding the Feast of Tabernacles this year. As I pointed out to them, we are…

May 14, 2020

Greetings from Charlotte, This week we had a WebEx Council of Elders meeting. Council members reported on the positive attitudes they see in our members. They also reported being contacted by people wanting to fellowship with us, and a number have already begun faithfully tuning in to our…

May 7, 2020

Greetings from Charlotte, Mr. Mike DeSimone reports that “We just hit 300,000 subscribers on our Spanish YouTube channel! Also, in April we had the largest growth of our Social Media platforms on record for one month that I am able to identify. That is, over 37,000 added subscribers and followers…

April 30, 2020

Greetings from Charlotte, We had several meetings this week to discuss opening in-person Sabbath services again. A letter giving the overview of Sabbath services will be sent to the ministry and members in the next few days outlining our approach to opening up. We also held meetings regarding…

April 23, 2020

Greetings from Charlotte, This week I recorded the program “Why Does God Allow Pandemics?” The program offers a brand new DVD titled “God Answers His COVID-19 Critics.” This is being fast-tracked to get it out as quickly as possible. We continue to see large numbers of new subscribers, adding 2,…

April 16, 2020

Greetings from Charlotte, The Last Day of Unleavened Bread saw the majority of members tuning in to services streamed from here in Charlotte, where Mr. Ames gave an encouraging sermon on “Victorious Overcomers.” We apologize for the delay in starting as we ran into some kind of problem with our…

April 2, 2020

Greetings from Charlotte, We know from Bible prophecy that difficult times are in our future, but when the sun is shining, when fluffy snow-white clouds dot a deep blue sky, catastrophic events catch us by surprise. Thankfully, we were already preparing in Charlotte for moving vital functions to…