A Program For Jehovah's Witness Growth

by SixofNine 59 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  sf

  Two words:

  PREPARATION H.

  And if I may be so bold as to assume hawkaw's comments:

  DEPENDS UNDERGARMENTS.

  sKally
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  MegaDude

  Super JW,

  Here is a list of suggestions:

  1. Delete the theocratic ministry school and service meeting. Three meetings a week is too punishing a schedule. Have the book study last only 45 minutes, with a 15 minute part on how to present the latest literature.

  2. Make the Sunday talks 30 minutes. Most JW speakers are terrible and it is painful to endure them, not to mention insulting.

  3. Dump stupid and harmful doctrines like 1914, the blood doctrines.

  4. Fire all the current Gov. Body members and clean house at headquarters.

  5. Blame previous error on dead and recently fired Gov. Body members.

  6. Make shunning a conscience matter.

  7. Issue a public apology.

  8. Embrace television and multimedia.
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  Valis

  skally...don't forget this!

  

  Sincerely,

  District Overbeer
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  stillajwexelder

  If they end disfellowshipping it will be 40,000 more witnesses per year --it would end a cruel practice and increase growth
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  imallgrowedup

  Dear Super JW,

  I find your posts most perplexing. You seem so genuine, while at the same time, (and with all due respect) ignorant of the fact that you are posting on a site where not one person here wants to be part of the WT and spreading the lies that it promotes. I don't understand why you have not realized this by now. What is your real intention for coming here? (And why is none of your "information" in the left-hand column visible, even after refreshing the page?) Although you are being very respectful, I don't know what you are hoping to accomplish? Could you elaborate on that for us, please?

  Inquiring Minds Want to Know!

  growedup
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  Joker10

  The grown in Great Britian and Japan is indeed slow. But although there has been a decline in baptisms, the retention rate is substantially higher than in the past.
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  link

  growedup,

  SJW knows exactly where he is and what he is doing and saying. He registered on 20 Feb but only posted on 23 rd so took plenty of time to look around and get to know the ropes.

  Like you, I can’t quite figure what he is up to yet nor how he removes his posting info. No doubt we will eventually find out.

  link
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  Valis

  *** Kingdom Ministry April 1999 p.8 ***

  "What Should I Do?"

  1 As a youth approaching adulthood, you might ask, 'What should I do with my life?' Christian youths want to expand their service to Jehovah in the ministry. But how can you do this while taking on the responsibilities of adulthood, which include providing for your own material needs? Finding the answer may not be easy.

  2 Some youths become anxious when they look at the world's economic situation and the forecasts for the future. They wonder: 'Should I pursue additional secular education? Should I enter the full-time service right away?' In order to make the right decision, a person needs to answer this question honestly, 'What is my foremost interest in life?' He must examine his motives.

  3 What have you cultivated as your prime concern during your youth? Are you mainly interested in seeking financial advantage, or do you really want to use your life to advance Kingdom interests? A university degree does not guarantee success in the job market. As an alternative, many have acquired marketable job skills by means of apprenticeship programs, some vocational or technical school education, or short-term college courses that require a minimum of time and involvement.

  4 Take Jehovah at His Word: An all-important fact to consider is the assurance from Jehovah God that he will provide for those who put Kingdom interests first in life. (Matt. 6:33) This is not an idle promise. Many brothers attending the Ministerial Training School earned college degrees prior to learning the truth. But what were they doing for secular work? Very few were pursuing the career for which they had been educated. Many were working in service-oriented fields, caring very well for their financial needs while pioneering. By expanding their activity in the ministry, they are receiving blessings far beyond anything monetary.

  5 In deciding what you should do after graduation from high school, weigh all the factors and examine your motives carefully. For a balanced view of your choices, consider such information as appeared in Awake! of March 8, 1998, pages 19-21. Speak with your parents, the elders, your circuit overseer, and successful pioneers in your area. That will help you make a wise decision about what you should do with your life.?Eccl. 12:1, 13.
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  MegaDude

  Super JW,

  You said:

  I despair.

  I'm sure you do. LOL, troll.

  I appreciate your input, but I must question the merit of your suggestions. Bear in mind that the question I asked was how to promote growth, not how you would like to reform the Witnesses so as to make them so bland as to be virtually inditinguishable from other religious groups.

  Wrong. It would lessen the toxicity of your current structure.

  You suggest less and shorter meetings. That would only decrease commitment to the organisation. Regular, long and trying meetings are essential for testing and maintaining loyalty to the movement.

  Words of a troll.

  We cannot dump the governing body because continuity and spiritual credibility of the leaderhip is important in promoting loyalty and sense of organised purpose. But we can hope that newer members of the governing body will be more open to radical innovation as in the Knorr presidency to stimulate further growth.

  I'm sure the Nazi Party felt the same way about Hitler.

  Disfellowshipping is important for the same reasons highlighted above. It is well known even among Evangelicals that strict churches do better whereas the liberal churches are everywhere in retreat. If anything disfellowshipping should be stepped up.

  No, actually it keeps the Watchtower from having mass appeal.
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  SpannerintheWorks

  OK, so who is SJW?

  Could it be Know_You, You_Know, Gammie, etcetera?

  Well it could be, but none of those were as deficit in the grammatical or spelling department as this one.

  And should we care who this individual is? Well it is a good entertainer, that is for sure.

  And I did detect a subtle flaw in the diction of this poster.....

  Spanner