This thread is about JWs and the Welsh language....
Richard Oliver: For this you have to remember that in Wales there are estimated to be about 562,000 Welsh speakers that is supported by only 10 Welsh congregations. There are in comparison 41 English congregation in Wales.
No, that is wrong.
There are only THREE Welsh langage congregations in Wales. And around EIGHTY - 80 - English language congregations in Wales - I'm getting MY data direct from jw.org - where are you getting YOUR data from??
There are eight Welsh language GROUPS in Wales that are attached to English language congregations - a group is too small to be it's own congregation, generally only one or two elders and maybe up to a dozen publishers.
In addition there are another two Welsh language groups in Argentina that are attached to Spanish language congregations.
ab.ortega: How did they do it before? Or is there now less Males qualified to give the talk? If that is so, I can see a trend here.
Exactly!
And that needs to be coupled with what we know from Barbara Anderson's excellent research that we are effectively seeing ONE JW minister being CONVICTED of child molestation EVERY SINGLE DAY.
Remember the news about the JW Elder from North Wales that hit the headlines just last month on 23 December 2016....
Oh, and BTW, the article says he's from Llanddaniel in Anglesey - this means that his NEAREST congregation - a 6 mile one-way drive - is the Bangor, WELSH congregation - his nearest ENGLISH congregation is Amlwch, which is an 18 mile one-way drive.
