The Dec. 1 Watchtower is very remarkable - it is rare to read such a forthright article begging for money.
I don't recall any such appeal except when the Society went into a panic over their 'voluntary donation arrangement'
some years ago.
The article contains about 10 paragraphs concerning the need for more money ( "tithing", "material goods")
but ONLY TWO about pioneering! In fact, the two that appeal for more pioneers seem out of sequence,
out of place... ( "Oh yeah, we better throw in something about pioneering, we don't want to be seen as money grubbing....")
Taken together with OTHER recent Watchtowers about money - and the November KM - I'd say something
remarkable is happening. Whatever their claimed increase may be, the hard cash comes from Europe, the US and
Japan - places where trouble is brewing........
metatron