by orbison11 5 Replies latest watchtower medical
greetings all
comment just made on tv by 'the organization' that there are 22,000 jw's in b.c.(late night global tv news)
and that blood issues, etc are not creating a decline, rather they have 500 joining every year
now here is my point,,how many leave b.c. per year,,,,say 700 leaave, that would make a deficit of 200
any here have any b.c. numbers?
thanks orb
They don't publish numbers by region, only nationally so unless there's someone with the scoop in bethel you'll be hard pressed to get them.
Might I suggest though that the increase ( 500 people for 22,000 members or 2.2%) could be attributed to some extent by the natural birth rate which is about 0.3% in Canada it brings the increase to under 2%. Not a good increase if you look at it from a business point-of-view.
Kwin
On another point ... I'd just take the national figures and divide them by the % of JW's in BC to get semi-OK figures for BC.
Kwin
Jehovah's Witnesses in Canada
Year Peak Pubs Avg. pubs +/- Ave. prev Baptised Congs
1997 113,763 109,880 0 110,235 3,671 1,388
1998 113,136 109,664 0 109,880 2,986 1,383
1999 111,032 108,437 -1 109,664 2,467 1,384
2000 111,173 107,742 -1 108,437 2,316 1,362
2001 110,818 107,218 0 107,742 2,030 1,343
2002 110,814 108,217 1 107,218 2,144 1,340
2003 111,781 108,409 0 108,217 2,255 1,332
2004 110,221 108,012 0 108,409 2,210 1,325
2005 109,604 107,534 0 108,012 2,028 1,318
2006 110,298 107,618 0 107,534 1,982 1,325
Statistics
Between 1997 and 2006 24,089 people were baptized. This is roughly 2,408 a year.
2006 saw baptisms fall under 2,000 for the first time.
To detemrine growth, note how JW's in Canada had a 1997 peak of 113,763 publishers.
The 2006 peak was only 110,298 publishers.
There is a net loss of 3,465 publishers but that does not take into account those baptised.
A grand total net loss, inc. baptisms = 3,465 + 24,089 baptisms = 27,554 missing JW's.
1997 113,763 109,880 0 110,235 3,671 1,388
2006 110,298 107,618 0 107,534 1,982 1,325
The number of congregations in Canada during 1997 was 1,388.
In 2006, the number of congregations declined 4.5 % resulting in a decrease of 63.
OK, so using the stats that truthseeker provided ... if there's 22,000 JW's in BC, that represents about 20.44% of the JW's in Canada. If you look at the growth in Canada from 2005 to 2006 (using the average JW's figure) you have a total increase of 84 JWs, Canada wide. 20.44% of that would be a growth of 17 JW's in BC. If you go by the number baptised in Canada, in BC there would have been 405 JW's baptised in 2006.
Crappy numbers I'd say!
Kwin
You will also want to consider the following article at
http://www.eni.ch/articles/display.shtml?05-0938
At the end of the article you will find this point: "For example, in the 2001 census the Jehovah's Witnesses are showing a loss of 8.1. percent..."
