In the area I live in the Pacific Northwest, three Spanish congregations we're merged into two a couple of years ago and in the next month or so four English congregations will be cut down to three. Both situations happened because of lack of growth. A few years ago, I would never have imagined Spanish congregations disappearing or merging but it's happening. May the decline keep gaining ground.
Continuing congregation mergers
by Are you serious 16 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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OnTheWayOut
Three cheers for the decline.
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Wakanda
Watch for a new foreign language group. They count as congregations on their tallies, and I notice a new one almost every time I see a merger.
So, the almost 500 less congregations in the U.S. probably is more like 1500.
Lying sick bastard asshats. Hell would be too good for them.
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_Morpheus
Seriously? Thats why hell is too good for them? The way they choose to count their membership is worthy of eternal damnation...? The idea that a language group, with its own meetings, is counted a congregation angers you that much?
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Are you serious
Wakanda there are no signs of new language groups here so we're good on that. Im pretty sure in a few years the three English congregations will be down to two.
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Vidiot
Jeezus, at the rate they're going, in ten years there's only gonna be, like, a dozen Halls in the entire fricking country...
...and they'll still (somehow) call it "growth".
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Wakanda
It was a little sideways anger Morph. uggh.
Edit 1:Look for the new group by August, or August of next year I would guess. I just saw a group added where a merge happened and it took a year.
Edit 2: It is just a desperate move, but I want people who are still doubting to have all the info.
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ToesUp
Jah is really speeding up the chariot!!! lol
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Sandino
And, from what I've seen, numbers of baptisms at the assemblies is nothing to write home about.
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Tech49
Are you serious.....
Send me a PM, I too am in the PNW.
Where exactly are you? Sounds just like what is happening in my area also!