Dear Brothers,
Wecome to the first issue of the smaller version of the Watchtower. In this current digital age, more people are turning less to the printed page and more to online sources for their reading material. This new format will enable us to reach more people and point to the vast wealth of knowledge that is stored from previous articles on www.watchtower.org.
While we know that faithful witnesses eagerly await the annual statistics to see the progress Jehovah's work is making in each country, with the smaller size we have had to reduce this detailed report to a overall summary of world wide growth. Note the positive growth! Isn't this much better than us highlighting how in the US and many similar countries with internet access our numbers have slipped into decline?
Now you can still feel like you made the right choice since we are still growing.
Sincerely,
Bethel Overlords
PS. All the growth has been in third world countries, we need you to step up the donations to make up for them. We have infrastructure to support here!