The 2007 annual report should be in either the Jan 15 or Feb 15 2008 WT. The WTS has a nasty habit of eliminating the words "pioneers" and "publishers" in the annual reports
An example of this can be found in these dumbed down reports
WT format change - what gets changed?
by cultswatter 6 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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cultswatter
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cultswatter
Is there any body out there
nod if you can hear me
is there any one at home P.F -
horrible life
I don't know the answer to your question, but does the society know, that Alaska and Hawaii, are part of the U.S.??
I know the GB live in their own crazy world, but do you think we should tell them?
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WTWizard
They count Alaska and Hawaii as separate lands to inflate the number of lands they are in. Maybe next is to count each state in every country as a land, then each county or parish, then each city or town, then streets, then addresses...
Hey, if they count the ecosystems in the forests and oceans as separate lands, they could get even more lands. And they would get higher publisher numbers if they count the bacteria that live on our skin and clothing, the micro-organisms that live in the soil of houses that they call on, and pets (and pests) as publishers. And since such unintelligent organisms cannot think on their own, they would be permanent and not be able to turn apostate. What a way to inflate the numbers.
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aniron
The report you see on the Watchtowers website is just a shortened version.
The full report published in the Watchtower and Yearbook, usually shows "peak publishers", "average publishers", "average Auxillary pioneers" and average pioneers."
Considering that from January 2008 there will be two versions of the Watchtower, one for the Public which will be 1st of the month issue, and one just for JW's which will be the 15th of the month issue, as I understand it.
Will they publish the world report in the Public issue or not? I would be surprised if they do.
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Deputy Dog
I wish they would report the number of JWs that die because of refusing blood. I'll bet someone is keeping track.
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wha happened?
I think if they published the growth by language in the USA, there would be alot of growth in the foreign language congregations and alot of shrinking up of the english speaking congregations