JW: Special Global Preaching Campaign

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  pixel

  The following is from JW.org, but first, one observation: Why they are putting all the importance in the Bible Teach book and not in the Bible?

  Also, if you look on the home page, on an image they have, you see all the Witnesess holding the Bible Teach book in the foreground, and in some pictures, a witness holding the Bible in the background. So much for putting the Bible first.

  For Immediate Release
  February 29, 2012

  Jehovah’s Witnesses to launch special global preaching campaign in March

  NEW YORK—Jehovah’s Witnesses were so pleased with the results of their special worldwide campaign in April of last year, they are launching another special campaign in March 2012.

  Jehovah’s Witnesses have long recognized the value of preaching systematically from house to house and have used this method so extensively that it has virtually become their trademark. During the campaign, which begins on March 17, Witnesses will be distributing invitations to their most important annual event, the Memorial of Christ’s death. On April 17, 2011, an all-time peak of over 19 million gathered for this religious observance and the Witnesses are hoping for an even larger attendance for this year’s event on Thursday, April 5, after sundown. The weekend following the Memorial, Jehovah’s Witnesses worldwide will also present an intriguing Bible-based discourse entitled “Is It Later Than You Think?” Additionally, Witnesses will feature the book What Does the Bible Really Teach? in their public ministry throughout the month. The publication is a Bible study aid designed to provide scriptural answers to questions that concern many, such as the following: Does God care about us? Why are we here? What happens to us when we die?

  Worldwide, there were 2,657,377 Witnesses who volunteered to spend 30-50 hours sharing in the April 2011 special campaign. Added to the increased activity of the other 5 million Witnesses that month, the global outreach represented the most extensive preaching effort in their history. “The excitement and joy from last year’s special activity was a highlight for all of us,” states J. R. Brown, a spokesman for Jehovah’s Witnesses at their world headquarters in New York. “We are thrilled that so many are planning to expand their activity again this March.”

  Media Contact:
  J. R. Brown, Office of Public Information, tel. +1 718 560 5600
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  wha happened?

  more keep busy work.

  I remember these campaigns back in the day. Everyone would get so excited as if they were part of Bible prophecy. They work so diligently to go to EVERY householder so that they get an opportunity to except it or decline. It annoys me that I bought into it as well back in the day.
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  Alfred

  I'm going to buy some Dunkin Doughnuts and Starbucks stocks on ETrade right now and sell them in the last week of March...
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  pixel

  It's funny they says this also:

  "...preaching systematically from house to house and have used this method so extensively that it has virtually become their trademark."

  Maybe they will start a lawsuit againt every religion that tries to preach?
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  yourmomma

  "Worldwide, there were 2,657,377 Witnesses who volunteered to spend 30-50 hours sharing in the April 2011 special campaign. Added to the increased activity of the other 5 million Witnesses that month,"

  isnt the above quote an outright lie? is he not saying that basicly every single JW "increased" their activity? thats utter rubbish.
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  No Room For George

  “The excitement and joy from last year’s special activity was a highlight for all of us,” states J. R. Brown, a spokesman for Jehovah’s Witnesses at their world headquarters in New York. “We are thrilled that so many are planning to expand their activity again this March.”

  Facepalm moment..........God I hope to get hit with a stray bullet sometime soon.
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  agonus

  I thought it was already "later than we thought" like four decades ago.
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  yknot

  Its Memorial season....

  But as for 'emphasis the bible'....

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/218409/1/JW-Manhattan-Project

  They betting heavy on the BT book more and more probably so they can have reason eventually to crank out less and less public WTs and Awakes......
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  smiddy

  same ole...same ole.....same ole....

  How many times can they keep going over the same ole thing ? And very few ever twig.!!

  smiddy
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  Bubblegum Apotheosis

  "Preaching House to House" implies they go "door to door" not, driving in circles, doing the two hour return-visit call, with eight people sitting in a car. These eight people getting 16 hours of Field Service, for sitting in a car, under a tree and playing with their i-Phones. Were the books cooked, and the Society signed off on the Field Service accounting report? How many stacks of "The Bible" book are sitting in car trunks, peoples homes, not placed but sitting and collecting dust.

  It's easy for those at the top, to call for a special month, do they plan on joining the rank and file members preachings door to door? Will the Writting department, Gilead Friends and Top Dogs preach in this special month, or do they receive an exemption?

  How do they measure sucess for the "Special Preaching Month", is the push to show more love to memebers of the JW Congregation? Why not fix your own house (Congregation) before you try to fix another man's household? Pure Churnings, don't you think?