And I would say those are mostly their own children.
2007 B.S. 546,631 Baptized 37,243 6.8%
2008 603,313 35,597 5.9%
2009 657,544 34,739 5.3%
2010 683,090 35,120 5.1%
And looks like percentage is decreasing, by their own record.
Only about 5% of JW (book) Bible studies ever get baptized
by Gayle 8 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
-
-
designs
From the Bible Studies I use to conduct the Door to Door work was the #1 reason people stopped their studies and #2,3 were the Blood issue and Holidays.
-
WontLeave
@designs
Even a lot of JWs hate preaching. I can understand, because they have nothing to say. They don't read the Bible, they don't know what they're talking about, they can't answer any questions. They're going out and telling people what to believe, when they are not qualified. It's intimidating, as if throwing a 4th-grader into the job of brain surgeon, especially with all the hype about it being a "life-saving work". That's a lot of pressure on someone who is completely clueless about what they're doing.
Moses and Jeremiah were reluctant to speak, because they didn't feel qualified. When Jehovah gave them his message, they preached with boldness. Once they had something to say, they became confident. Even JWs understand they can't go to someone's door with a bunch of arbitrary decrees from a publishing company. They know what they're supposed to believe, but the vast majority of JWs have no clue why and can't back up hardly any of what they believe with any reputable or respected source.
The arrogance of some elders and pioneers is obvious, in the ministry. They just spout JW opinion as if the householder is supposed to either already know it or blindly agree with it. No scripture, no proof, just their arbitrary parroting of some old man's opinion. Then, when the person at the door doesn't give a toss about what some magazine says they're supposed to believe, the elder or pioneer feels embarrassed, because they believe they are supposed to be uber-preacher, but nobody cares about what they have to say. So, they call the person names on the way back to the car.
A good man brings forth good out of the good treasure of his heart, but a wicked man brings forth what is wicked out of his wicked [treasure]; for out of the heart’s abundance his mouth speaks. - Luke 6:45
-
unshackled
This is clear indication of how in-effective the door-to-door work is.
What percentage of those spoken to in FS accept a bible study? That would be much lower than 5%. Therefore, the percentage of those reached in FS that get baptized would be even lower again.
I'm guessing we're down in the less than 1% range.....0.2%? Does 2 in 1000 people spoken to in FS get baptized seem high or low? High to me.
-
sir82
As has been pointed out in other threads....
he WTS doesn't give a flying fig if their methods are inefficient. Actually, it's in their interests that it be ineffecient - it keeps the worker bees busy and "out of trouble".
Field service isn't designed to get new recruits (although the handful that it does produce are welcome).....the purpose of field service is to keep the publishers feeling busy, persecuted, and relatively guilt-free.
-
Broken Promises
How many of those "Bible studies" are family heads studying with their own kids?
-
Gayle
The above figures were for the U.S.
Worldwide percentages of baptisms per total Bible (JW book) Studies is even less, decreasing also.
2007 - 4.5%
2008 - 4.1%
2009 - 3.6%
2010 - 3.7%
-
OUTLAW
Bible Study?..
No JW has ever had a Bible Study..
Ever..
JW`s Study WBT$ Literature about the Bible..
Independant bible study is Strongly Discouraged in Watchtower World..
.....................
...OUTLAW -
Mad Sweeney
In the USA, around 24% of the population is under age 18.
That number is probably higher in less developed countries and a little lower in Europe.
Seven million JWs, roughly, means 1.68 million of them are kids. Say on the conservative side half of them are already baptized. That leaves over 800,000 JW kids that should be reported as Bible Studies.
