The kingdom halls where are they headed?

by moomanchu 13 Replies latest jw friends

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  Gayle

  According to JW Annual Report: Congregations in US: 2007 - 12,494 and 2006 - 12,390 about a .8% increase.
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  Cc81

  i heard recently that the hall i grew up in "merged" with another hall to form one cong..
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  OnTheWayOut

  A hall I attended for many years in Chicago had 5 congregations in a single hall.
  Now two of the foreign language congs. moved away and one of the English congs.
  is split into the other two. So they now have only 2 congregations there. They are
  full at meetings, but 4 out the 5 always were before. The foreign language congs.
  are flourishing, but at new locations. They don't get converts from the field, really.
  They get dubs from the homeland country that move here, so it might be registered
  as growth, but it's really relocation.

  I see attendance at English drifting downward slowly there on weekday meetings,
  but they are maintaining a full house on weekends. They have tons of pioneers
  (retired single sisters and widows) but they always get chastised for not covering
  their territories.
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  moomanchu

  That's one mystery solved.

  There are countless familys from new york and new jersey that have relocated here.

  to find out that up north in NY state that the Watertown/Carthage/Adams
  congregations all closed and condensed themselves into one hall...

  Thanks for the comments.

  I played a little trick with this thread. The info is off the JW web site http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/152630/reply.ashx

  THE CHURCHES
  WHERE ARE THEY HEADING?

  WHAT is happening to the “Christian” churches? Where you live, are they declining or prospering? You may hear claims of revival, and reports of swelling congregations occasionally come from such places as Africa, Eastern Europe, and the United States. Yet, news reports from other parts of the world, especially Western Europe, tell of church closings, dwindling congregations, and widespread apathy toward religion.

  In the face of declining attendance, many churches have changed their style. Some proclaim themselves “nonjudgmental,” giving the idea that God accepts any type of conduct. Increasingly, churches offer entertainment, excitement, and secular attractions rather than instruction from God’s Word. While some churchgoers see the changes as needed adaptations to the realities of the modern world, many sincere people wonder whether the churches are straying from the mission that Jesus gave. Let us take a look at the trends churches have followed in recent decades.

  I just thought it was funny how what they are saying about other churches applies equally to themselves.