Average Number Of Disfellowshippings Per Congregation Per Annum?

Englishman

I've just been chatting with Doug Y****, a once upon a time stalwart of the local congregation.

He's recenly been disfellowshipped. The usual reason, of course. But he has shocked me with what he had to say.

He said that there have been between 100 and 150 disfellowshippings shared between the 2 local congregations since he became a member in 1966. There is a total membership of around 300 at present. This means that there is at least 1 ex df'd witness for every 2 active dubs. Or one whole congregation disfellowshipped! WoW!

Yet if you think about it, it's perfectly possible that each congregation might have disfellowshipped just 2 persons per year since 1966 for there to have been a total of 152 df'd people around now in this little town.

No wonder Brooklyn gets all hot and bothered about apostates!

But I wonder just how many witnesses are disfellowshipped per congregation, per annum?

Englishman.

DocBob

I was told by a circuit overseer about 8 years ago that between one and one and a half percent of JWs are disfellowshipped per year and that about half that eventually are reinstated.

Aaac

40 000 disfellowshipped annually. Ray Franz says in "Search" 1985-86 about 35-36 000 were df'd annually. It was a cipher given by WT. I read it a few days ago but don't remember exactly.

Mulan

They used to put it in the Yearbooks. Understandable why they stopped.

Soledad

I remember always hearing about the 40 000 per year figure as well.

XQsThaiPoes

Us old hands (non-dfed) people realize that after a decade or so of attendance dfings means nothing. It did not sink in with me until the abuse scandal. More JWs were pissed that they were not dfed more than the fact people didnt call the cops. Then the ones that were DFed we reinstated in a few months to a few years. The there are people like firpo c*** that are are cyclically dfed. THe boomerange brothers i call them. Where the the elders keep throwing them out and they keep returning.

It dawned on me they want people to get dfed and never return. If you come back their is nothing they can do with you. Infact getting dfed is to your advantage. Think of all the fun stuff you now can do, and all the work you are banned from doing. Plus no more kissing A* because you can't talk to anyone. It only sucks if you have a dysfunctional zealot family. Then again why would you want a family like that talking to you anyway.

THats if you dont believe in the "privilages" BS.