There has been some rumour that the growth in most developed countries comes from imigrants. While this has been stated by COs and DOs it is now official in Germany. The Kingdom ministry for February 2008 states that in Germany there are 36,000 foreign publishers in 531 congregations und 272 groups. That is more than 20% in terms of publishers (163,065) and in terms of congregations (2224).
The km says that there is a need in many German congregations and calls Elders to "consider under prayer" if they can move to a German congregation. They mention foreign publishers that were raised in Germany and went to school here to consider moving to a German congregation.
The branch calls it a "changed need" to avoid to neglect the German territory. After years calling for helpers for the imigrants they now openly ask the imigrant for help because the German congregations are obviously dwindling down.
