How long will it be before no one over 18 becomes a jw?

by fullofdoubtnow 11 Replies latest jw friends

  • OnTheWayOut
    OnTheWayOut
    As long as there are 3rd world countries without the internet, there will be adult baptisms.

    Even afterwards, there will be some baptisms of adults, but generally, the numbers will
    be down. Here's how that's going. Poorer countries are not getting desktop computers.
    They are getting cell phones. Cell phones are a big source for internet access. From
    cell phones, the next step will be the little hand-held basic computers that are like
    blackberries, but with better screens. After all the rich countries pay for the technology,
    the poor countries will be used as dumping ground for old technology, so give them a
    bit more time, and they will have the internet on their basic technology cell phones with
    a big screen. Even the poorest people will know someone, or the Oprah/Bill Gates of the
    next generation will get it into their schools and libraries.

    I say twenty years before the adult baptisms are down to virtually nil. I say ten before
    there aren't enough to replace those passing away in the org. I say five years if you include those
    jumping ship. So IMO, by 2012, all recruitment numbers will not overcome the losses.

  • hillbilly
    hillbilly

    in the west statistics indicate taht may be true already I dont know of many "new hires" since the 70's.... the few folks I saw enter in the 80's had relatives or were on the fringe as kids. I dont know anyone around here (Central Michigan) who has made an of-the-street convert in 10 years. ~Hill

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