The LATEST JW Worldwide report on line

by bj 15 Replies latest jw friends

  • bj
    bj
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  • funkyderek
    funkyderek

    Put a character - any character - before a link to make it clickable. http://observer.org/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Site=WO&Date=20011119&Category=JWANDSOCIETY3&ArtNo=111200001

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  • Moxy
    Moxy

    with all the decreases here, witnesses will be happy to know that the Memorial Partakers has increased again! yay! its oscillated about the same spot now for 14 years.

    with the exception of the anomalous year of 1978, USA has had the lowest number of baptisms on record. my records go back to 1969.

    mox

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  • battman
    battman

    IMHO, it seems that the countries with the
    double digit increases are very obscure ones
    with tiny populations of Dubs. Therefore if
    even a few relatives get dunked it shows up
    as a large % increase. To go from 10 Dubs
    to 12 is a whopping 20% increase. hahahaha

    I would be interested in any other observations.

    battman

    still counting tine. NOT!!!

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  • RunningMan
    RunningMan

    What I find interesting is that every developed country that I could find
    was showing a negative or zero increase. Their only area of growth is
    in under developed, poor nations with little internet access.

    As well, I noticed that Canada (0% increase), had a decrease of over
    500 publishers. That translates to a decrease of 0.49%. I have to wonder
    if they didn't fudge those numbers a little bit. The August peak of 110,000
    seems a little convenient to me. It is also noteworthy that the number of
    hours spent in service is down by 15% in Canada from its peak a few years
    ago.

    Most importantly, the baptisms are dropping - it appears that the waters under
    the old whore are drying up. If you subtract the growth from the baptisms and
    divide by the average, you find that the attrition rate is 2.8%. That seems to
    be higher than normal.

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  • openminded
    openminded

    Moxy-where do you find the stat on partakers? I did not see it.

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  • roybatty
    roybatty

    Too bad they don't break down the annual reports by ethnic groups. Here in the USA, the only congregations that I ever saw growing were the Spanish speaking ones. I wonder what the numbers would be like if they weren't included. And how much longer before before they begin to wise-up.

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  • bj
    bj

    In France, they closed 70 congregations. If they continue decreasing with the same speed, in less then 50 years, there wouldn't be any JWs over here. This is their 6th consecutive year of decrease.

    I would like to thank ALL of you for your hard work and contribution.

    Joe

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  • Moxy
    Moxy

    > Moxy-where do you find the stat on partakers? I did not see it.

    at the very end

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  • openminded
    openminded

    My brother just moved to France. Maybe I should too!

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