by slimboyfat 169 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
They've slipped in this poor report at the end of COVID/lockdown etc & they'll blame it on that. See! ....Our ministry really does work because when we don't do it, look what happens!
The next few reports won't be as bad so it's smart to report the biggest drops at the end of a highly unusual period in history.
Naw worldwide pandemic is a Dream scenario for end of world cults. If they couldn't boost their numbers now, they never will. Bet next 5 years gonna be catastrophic for watchtower.
Memorial participants: 21,150
That must be so embarrassing for them. I can remember when the number of participants was dropping towards 9,000 (or maybe even lower). That dwindling number was supposed to indicate how close the end was... the last few anointed were being recalled to Heaven!
Then, they eased up on who could participate and the number just keeps going up. Does anyone even care anymore when someone partakes of the emblems, or do they just think "oh great, another pretender"?
Also, they report 8,699,000 Jehovah’s witnesses. How many are PIMO? I guess half?
The organization was trending toward oblivion after 1925, if it wasn't for the great depression and WW2. Then it got a big boost after 9/11. Obviously covid didn't bring the multitudes in. And the end didn't come. I think we can finally say the organization "jumped the shark"!
1,144,549 persons baptised in a 5 year period from 2017 - 2022
154,389 publisher increase in the same 5 year period
990,160 total MIA From 2017 - 2022
A major pattern seems to be large declines in Latin America and the Caribbean, and significant decline in the United States itself for that matter. A decline in Mexico has got to be pretty shocking for those who remember the spectacular growth often touted in the magazines in the 1980s.
But surprisingly, they are still showing some growth in many European countries including Britain, France, Germany. Spain, Portugal, and even Poland, which had been in decline for years.
The most significant growth seems to come from Africa: 8% growth in Nigeria and 5% growth in Zambia. Growth in those countries had been in decline in recent years. What’s behind the turnaround?
What impact has the war in Ukraine had? The 4% decline in Ukraine itself seems small considering the mass exodus from the country, but perhaps most of the service year was not affected. The increase in neighbouring countries might be partly a result of migrants from Ukraine - for example the 6% increase in Turkey.
Nothing against the Africans. But I attended chatt groups were most were African JWs. The great topic was about finding someone to marry in the western world and move from Africa. It's a traditional society. If your parents are JWs, then children must be too. Not about faith.
African JWs are not likely to be a significant financial asset to the organisation. Ultimately that is what the leadership care about most.
The steady increase in western Europe is a puzzle.
