Individual Action toward Increase
7 When we look at our task and the results thus far, the per cent increase for all nations on the average is splendid; but if we are going to see Kingdom interests increase as we have never seen it before, what must we do during the year 2011? Individually, we cannot bring in a half a publisher or a third of a publisher, but we can, as publishers of the new world, aid another creature to understand God’s purposes, help him in going out in the work, grounding him well in the truth, and letting him see his privilege of being a minister of the Most High to join in this great shout like that of thunder and sing praises that Jehovah is King. By Jehovah’s undeserved kindness a far greater crowd will sing these praises before Armageddon, and Jehovah’s Witnesses will share in gathering them. Would it not be well, then, for every one of Jehovah’s Witnesses today to try to help at least one person to gain sufficient knowledge of the truth during the coming year so as to aid him to become a regular publisher? We may have to conduct many studies to gain one for the truth; but if we are able to do this and everyone made it their goal, regardless of in what land, territory, city, village or countryside they live, the number of publishers would be doubled by the end of the service year.
8 Every congregation will continue to strive for increase as it has in previous years, but it should not stop at that. Why not, in addition, have every congregation, by the Jehovah’s undeserved kindness, strive for at least a 34 per cent increase on its peak number of publishers? In other words, let every congregation take the peak of publishers that it had during last year and add 34 per cent to that and make that your quota for your peak to be reached during your 2011 service year. If every congregation, circuit or branch, can accomplish this, it will mean that by the end of 2011 we will have well over 9 million interested in preaching this good news of the Kingdom. That will mean 9,779,651 persons, to be exact; surely a great crowd whose voice will sound like many waters and like heavy thunder, proclaiming that “Jehovah our God, the Almighty, has begun to rule as king”.