by shotgun 3 Replies latest jw friends
I remember a few years back when the Indian Government stopped all external money from the WT from entering India. This put a crinkle in the WT expansion in India, they had started a huge Bethel undertaking which they decided to finish.
This past weekend I heard there are lots of past Missionaries being flown to India for the dedication of this branch which is now complete.
Anyone heard anything about it and also whether the Government of India has softened or something?
good morning shotgun..
I haven't heard anything about this Bethel in India and I am grateful for it's past problems with the India Government.
I guess the India Government is looking for companies that are a boost to their economy.. like building lots of call centers, rather than bringing in something that is going to suck money out of the people.
Certainly, Bethels doesn't provide paying jobs for the public.
I just don't know what The WTS, does with all it's money.. Somebody in that religion has to be living high on the hog or their syphoning it to somewhere.
sincerely
Special K
bttt
The India Bethel has been moved from Pune, which is not far from Bombay, to Bangalore, in the south.
The Indian Bethel in Pune had a big shake up a couple of years ago. Basically, there was a lot of ?jobs for the boys? going on, and as a result, the Indian Bethel was grossly over staffed compared to the number of publishers in the country. As a result, a lot of the staff found themselves out in the field (a rather hot, sticky one at that) as pioneers rather than enjoying the cushier life in .
The move toBangalore is also interesting. About 90% of all publishers in are in the South, coming mainly from former Christian backgrounds, in Kerula, , etc. In the north, which is typically more traditionally and strong Hindu, there has been very little growth, despite the activities of missionaries in the 50s and early 60?s (until the majority were kicked out by the government).
India is an interesting place; each year more new Indian babies are born into the world than there are witnesses globally! Yet God will not think twice about destroying these innocents at Armageddon, which, as we all know, is just around the corner.
Eyeslice
