As reported elsewhere on the forum, there were 12 ex-JWs at our baptism service yesterday. Yes. TWELVE.
It was quite an experience to hear about an ex-JW who had moved to another part of the country and had written down 150 names of JWs in the area of Glasgow she was originally from and had started praying for all those names last summer. Two of the people on her list were at the church yesterday, with their wives and children. One of them, along with his wife, was getting baptised.
Another couple, who have never been witnesses, told us that they began praying for the Kingdom Hall we all used to attend. They started doing this just over a year ago. Guess what? 9 of the ex-JWs who were at the service yesterday used to attend that very Kingdom Hall.
Also in attendance were ex-JWs from Falkirk and Tillicoutry, all of whom had exited the Watch Tower Society and turned to Jesus.
On a personal note, I can't remember anything quite like this in my lifetime, so many Witnesses exiting around the same time from the same Kingdom Hall. It must surely be rattling cages among the Witness community locally.
Whether all 9 of the local ex-JWs who were at church yesterday to see the baptism will become Christians remains to be seen. But the point is they were in a church!! That alone shows they've managed to untie the WTS shackles on their minds, and that makes me proud of them all.