by Gayle 42 Replies latest jw friends
Tortilla stand outside the convention would be a big hit. Faces of the GB appearing on the tortillas would also signal Armageddon is near.
Love it! LOL. I can see lines of JWs on a pilgrimage to see the likeness of brother Lett on a scorched tortilla!
24/5670 = 0.4%
Annual baptisms for a District are probably only about 1/3 represented by the DC baptism count, IMO. The other 2/3 would happen at the CA and SAD. I remember plenty of Bible Studies who specifically held off getting dunked at a DC because they felt uncomfortable getting dunked in a pool in a stadium.
Having said that, 24 x 3 = 72 baptisms for that District of 6,000 publishers per year. US Death rate in 2011 was 8.38 per 1,000 population, so 8.38 x 6 = 50.28 deaths per year for that District.
So, if no one went inactive or got DFed, they would have a net gain of 12 publishers for the year. I'll bet they lost around 1% (60 pubs) to inactivity/DFing. So that's a net loss of 48 pubs for the year.
That what I get on the back of my envelope.
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Sacramento last year was the same way. the amount dunked equaled about 0.05% of those in attendance. Historically is has almost always been 1.0%.
that is a third of young ones getting into something they don't understand too early with the potential for shunning just a whisker away.
it's still 24 too many...
How many of them are immigrants?
If two cars break down and fail to turn up, the number could have been halved. Wow what growth!
I will try to put any reports of baptisms and attendance figures of 2012 conventions on this thread. If anyone hears of any, could you add info here?
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how many were baptized Sat. morning? about? attendance #? I think 28 were baptized (surprisingly only about a quarter of them looked like young children), attendance ranged from around 7,400 to 7,800 |
