What's the difference? The brother in law couldn't join us this weekend because he had to put in Pioneer hours. How are they different? Do they do something different that go door to door?
thanks!
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Pioneer hours vs other hours.
by 4mylove 9 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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sir82
Pioneer hours operate much like quantum mechanics.
For example, a pioneer might spend 30 minutes actually "giving a witness" during a day, but upon observation, those 30 minutes get transformed into "6 hours" on his time slip.
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blondie
Pioneers have a quota of hours monthly they agree to. Regular pioneer--50 hours and auxiliary pioneer--35 hours. The ordinary jw has no quota except to get 1 hour a month in (or 15 minutes/month if they are sick/elderly).
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White Dove
When you are granted the label "pioneer," you are expected to hand over your entire lifestyle to the FDS.
I remember living in my dresses when I pioneered. I had no life. There was no time for one.
At that time, I had to get 90 hours in per month.
Yes, the hours are different as one represents the minimum kind of hours you can get and the other represents abject servitude.
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wha happened?
Join u in service or socially?
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elder-schmelder
to Blondie:
I think that the hour req. are as follows.
66.66 Regular Pioneer (800 Hours per Year)
50 Aux Pioneer
Is this correct?
When I was a regular Pioneer it was 1000 hours per year
and Aux Pioneer was 60 hours. (About 12 years ago)
elder-schmelder
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stillajwexelder
The current requirement is regular Pioneer 70 hrs per month and 50 per month for an Auxiliary Pioneer There is Strong rumor but not been confirmed that these will drop to 50 and 35 respectively.
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Octarine Prince
sir82: *smile*
wha happened: either way, he is too elite! -
WTWizard
Pioneer hours are just regular hours. The difference is that there are more of them.
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NewYork44M
There were a few in a congregation I attended where publishers would do "pioneer days."
This ment that they would wake up early and spend 10 or 14 hours in continuous service. The reality that most of the time was wasted, even by their own definition, but doing a pioneer day was the thing to do.