by TheListener 15 Replies latest jw friends
What would really be interesting would be to an estimate/analysis (similar to the above) of foreign-language JWs over the past 10 years, and try to see the rate of increase/decrease for English-speaking vs. non-English-speaking publishers.
I'd bet a nickel you'd see near double-digit growth among the foreign language groups, and a significant decrease (- 3%? - 5%?) per year for the English publishers.
The question I ask is...How many of these 7K-8K are AWAKE!!!8K people all sleeping or in a near coma state...I would call it a non-event.
Too funny and so true. Glad i can sleep at home now, horizontally instead of propped up in a chair.
S
I remember being in such an uncomfortable stupor...
that when the clapping started...I'd just bolt upright and start clapping myself...
Did it once...on a false alarm...and boy did I look silly.\
u/d (of the Disorganized Seven Day Horizontalist's class)
ROFLMAO at upside/down. I've done that too. Man was I embarrassed. That's even worse than dropping your bible as you nod off and the noise jerks you awake. Everyone knows what happened!
The DC I went to in Rochester had max of about 4800 for three days, of that 18 were baptized. At that location I believe they do 5 or 6 conventions though its a combination of people from Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin.
Low point attendence wise was 4300.
Hope that helps.
I seem to remember hearing a few years ago that the intention was to have smaller conventions but more of them. Not sure the reasoning.
