Can anyone confirm this? New congregation consolidation 'unofficial' policy

by truthseeker 25 Replies latest jw friends

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  jayhawk1

  I was once in a congregation with 150 publishers. It was huge. We didn't split, though, which I was naive enough then to wonder about. The GB must have known that something was going to happen, because within two years almost ALL the young people had been DFed.
  

  Hm... maybe changing the religion would solve the problem? Maybe if we quit excluding people, quit predicting the end of the world, and focused on the real message of the Kingdom, which is Love God and Your Neighbor - maybe include charitable works under "Service Time" and arrange for people to work helping the poor, the sick, the orphaned? The organization has so many good people who could do so much good if someone would just show them how!

  Whatever...

  CZAR

  Now there you go making sense again. Now stop that before something good becomes of it. Seriously, if they did include chairitable works under "Service Time" and arrange for people to work helping the poor, the sick and the orphaned, they would almost be normal, wouldn't they? Nope, they will never stoop to doing real works, that might do some real good for their fellow man. They just can't have anything to do with that, that would be helping out those who are part of Satan's world. Stay away from the Worldly People they have Kooties!
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  Englishman

  WSM has 2 congregations of around 170 each.

  Guess what? One of them has not been able to produce a PO of it's own since 1962! It's legendary in dub circles as a "problem cong" and still has "Need is greaters" driving in from Bristol to run it.

  Englishman.
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  mizpah

  I wonder if the Watchtower Society will ever boast that it is "the fastest shrinking religion in the world?"...haha
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  Adam

  This tactic totally makes sense. The GB keeps people so seperated, different, and isolated from the real world that the individuals need a large group of fellow JWs to keep their sanity and continue to fulfill the necessary human requirement to belong and to associate with other humans. If a congrigation gets too small, members of the flock will naturally look to outside sources to fill this need since the smaller group isn't enough to do it. Looking outside will expose them to reality and undermine their commitment to the un-natural way of living that the GB imposes on them. I immagine that there is a critical mass of regular attendees that must be maintained to keep the group sustained. Once the number falls below that limit, mass exodus for that particular group is an eventual enevitability. I am sure that the GB has studied this in depth and taken these measures to avoid it.
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  ESTEE

  Deleted? DELETED? DELETED? You delete stuff on your computer screen. You delete stuff using white out on your printed page. The WTS must be one arrogant piece of crap to refer to a congregation and all those HUMANS and families who spent their time, money and efforts to support it and then say they were "deleted." As if the WTS takes a piece of white out and erases humans like they are a piece of print on paper. ... They DELETED the congregation, as if it were some new entry in their accounting ledger: Congregation "xyz" is deleted. Savings: $38,000 per year. Drones re-assigned to Congregation "abc." Should help the bottom line, even though the nearest congregation is 150 miles away. ... Filthy, money mongering Corporate assholes......."By their fruits you shall know them."

  Yup, Farkel ... DELETED!!!

  As in entries on a Ledger page...

  How else would a book publishing company cut its losses?

  ESTEE
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  Elsewhere

  maybe include charitable works under "Service Time" and arrange for people to work helping the poor, the sick, the orphaned? The organization has so many good people who could do so much good if someone would just show them how!

  They will never do that... how can they move their stock of books if everyone is so busy helping people?