I was thinking about this anouncment at the Zone Visit today. This so called test of faith may be that the WT is going bust. Let's face it, for a while now we have seen the WT trying to scrimp and save as much as possible such as
- covering up wrongdoing so that they don't get sued
- selling off Kingdom Halls/consolidating congregations
- Monthly congregation accounts always in deficit
- saving money on ink and paper through jw.org
- new arrangments for kingdom hall maintenance etc
and the list continues.