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Germany Celebrates 10th Anniversary With Growth
During the Feast of Tabernacles in Schluchsee, Germany, a brief presentation highlighted the first 10 years of the Vereinte Kirche Gottes (UCG–Germany). The Church was officially registered on Aug. 13, 1996. The Powerpoint presentation (1.1 MB) shown during the anniversary is posted at www.ucog.org/PDF/vkg10years.pdf.
GN Grows 24.5 Percent
The November-December issue of the Gute Nachrichten (Good News in German) was mailed to 4,234 readers in 20 European countries, a 24.5 percent increase over November 2005. Of these, 364 also receive Intern (United News in German), representing 8.6 percent of the total GN circulation.
German Web Hits up 205 Percent
In the 12 months ending Sept. 30, 2006, 50,435 visitors from 41 countries visited the Gute Nachrichten Web site, a 60 percent increase over the previous 12-month period. The number of "hits" increased by 205 percent.
—Source: www.ucog.org.