by Roddy 4 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
Does anyone know why Alaska and Hawaii are considered their own "countries" in WTS statistics? How come they can't be grouped with the USA statistics?
And another thing. How come the addresses for the Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico branches appear weird in the mailing addresses found in WTS literature? How come the WTS can't write the addresses in the normal address layout for USA postal mail?
Alask and Hawaii are just too far from the Mainland.
Maybe they haven't heard about it yet.
>>Alask and Hawaii are just too far from the Mainland.<<
Thank you, Joker. But it doesn't make sense.
From what I remember, the WTS claims to have publishers in 232 "lands and island groups". Not countries (although at first blush it sounds the same).
So they can organize their work into any political divisions that make sense to them, including subsets of nations like Alaska and Hawaii.
Actually this makes some sense from an organizational standpoint, For example, a branch located in Alaska can be more in tune with the "needs" of its congregations. And there must be some time and money saved in travel by having such decentralized branches.
