STOP QUOTING JW GROWTH FIGURES UNTIL THE REPORT IS OUT!!

Dogpatch

The report is out!
http://www.watchtowernews.org/2007report.pdf
cooking the books with 3% increase??
no way.
lying old men
Randy
Justitia Themis

So, until we're able to see a scanned copy of the 2007 Service Year Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide, spare us the frustration of the pointless speculation!
Yes, starting a new thread about the subject definitely will make it go away.
steve2

Thanks Randy,
While the suspense wasn't killing me, and part of me could live without knowing, I'm a numbers-freak from way back who just loves mulling over numbers.
sspo

37k baptized in the US, that's very good news for "apostate".
That's a very low number considering there are over a million of them preaching.
It's primarily young ones that do it to please their peers and parents or just because they want to carry mikes.
oompa

nomoreguilt:
BrentR, yes, they are still cooking the books.
I believe brent would have been off the list for years and only ACTIVE dubs are ever counted....eh?
And what are the US numbers for the past few years for baptized? Is 37k close to average????? thanks...........oompa