Is There Some Sort of Campaign Going on?

NotFormer

A pair of young blokes came to my door @ 10am (ish) today (Wednesday, if that matters). I wasn't up to it. I opened the door a crack to : Hi! Just asking a question: do you think that the world is getting better or worse?*"

I took a few seconds to think whether or not to entertain this. I felt, "No; not feeling it today", and closed the door, saying "No, thanks". He laughed a bit and said "Oh! Okay". Then they left.

After they left I looked out the kitchen window to see two young ladies engaging with my next door neighbour, for probably about 15 minutes.

Two more young ladies** came down the other side of the street knocking on doors. A bit behind them came an older gentleman on his own; he seemed to have a bible or something in his hand.

So at least 7 people out in field service just on my street alone.

Is there some major campaign going on? If so, is it global, or more local?

*I thought afterwards that I should have said something like "I'd love to have a chat, but you've got to promise that you won't run away!" (See my previous two encounters for context)

** As far as I could tell, the young ladies were all wearing skirts, no slacks/trousers.

a watcher

Regional Conventions.

NotFormer

Is it convention season globally? Are they rolling out the JWs everywhere? Is the question that they ask at the door the same every time?

Riley

Tell them that the worst time in human history was the 12th century when Genghis Khan and the Mongols killed 1 in 4 people in the known world, then followed by the black plague in the 13th century.

Why didn't Jehovah end it all ??

NotFormer

Knowing me, I doubt that I would have risen to their bait, but would have immediately headed off on some tangent. I guarantee you, conversations with me never follow their script, for some reason.

If I did, I'd probably do what I always do when confronted with present day gloom and doom: quote the first line from "A Tale of Two Cities" and go from there.

Is this particular question going to be the theme of the conventions?

a watcher

No. The themes of the convention are the preaching work and Jesus.

no-zombie

Probably the CO is visiting that congregation, and those guys just want to make a good impression. There is always a push when the CO turns up.

Ron.W.

Interesting.

I haven't seen publishers on the ministry or even the carts where they are usually set up for ages.

Phizzy

I wonder if anyone has stats/experience of how much actual door knocking they do now ? I got the impression in my area in the U.K it dropped off a little when the carts were introduced, but dropped a LONG way when the new reporting thing came in ??

NotFormer

I've been in this Australian country town for a couple of years now, and yesterday was the third visit. The other two were presumably memorial invitations. This is the first visit that actually felt like old fashioned field service (I say that based on my experiences as a recipient of their visits). As mentioned above, there were at least seven people canvassing this street.

The first visit I received two years ago was basically their first venture out after the Covid lockdowns. They seem to be getting their confidence back, for better or for worse. I see the trolley/cart in town from time to time, manned (or womaned [staffed?]) by different people.

Is There Some Sort of Campaign Going on?

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