2013 Report - difference in av. pubs compared to % of baptisms

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  Gayle

  This is about 'Bible Studies,' showing continual increases, however, baptisms not increasing by comparison:

  Worldwide:
  
  Bible Studies Baptized
  2007 6,561,426 298,304 4.5%
  2008 7,133,760 289,678 4.1%
  2009 7,619,270 276,233 3.6%
  2010 8,058,359 294,368 3.7%
  2011 8,490,746 263,131 3.1%
  2012 8,759,988 268,777 3.1%
  2013 9,254,963 277,344 3.0%
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  U.S.:
  
  2007 546,631 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%
  2011 714,151 32,953 4.6%
  2012 722,179 32,039 4.4%
  2013 723,326 32,118 4.4%
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  Gayle

  U.S.: 85 avg. pubs/cong. 183 attendance/Memorial/cong. So, 98 non-pubs attended Memorial. Everyone gets excited about Attendance number. Of these, the cong. has to get 3 attenders for year to become publishers (whether new or reactivated) to get at least an increase of 1% (the increase noted last two years each) (avg. cong. odds that one pub. will die and one will be DF'd)

  Pubs. avg. .6 Bible study, so avg. cong. has 52 Bible studies. Avg. cong. had 2.3 baptized.

  Avg. cong. has 11 reg. pios. and 5 aux. pios/mo. Avg. pub (aside from Pios) is 9.8 hr/mos. Population Ratio was same for 2013 as 2012: 1 pub to 262 U.S. pop.