ISP, right after the 9-11 thing many inactives ran back to USA halls for a while which may increase the figures for the year although it is only temporary and would otherwise be down. They don't average 12 months anymore, just give the "peak" month, things are so bad off. Also as someone said, on the local level they do sometimes record false attendance figures.
Increase / Decrease - Whats the Real Picture?
by invisible 11 Replies latest jw friends
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crownboy
Actually nancee park, you are correct in your prediction about the 9/11 effect on US stats. At the final talk of the DC this year, the brother mentioned that for the first time in years, there was a positive trend in the numbers for English speaking JW's in the US (the miniscule increases are due largely to poor, non English speaking immigrants, I guess), and that the spike was especially pronounced after 9/11. He said that this March was perhaps "the greatest month in US history" for JW's, as far as field service, and memorial attendance combined. The "15 minute" publisher rule will no doubt also help for a short while.
Edited by - crownboy on 1 July 2002 18:36:47