That's cool - yeah they say 'God's people would be persecuted', but I understood that they also believed ALL religion would ultimately be 'persecuted' - therefore they can't simply take 'persecution' in it's self as a 'stand-alone' identifying mark.
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Kentucky Today: "Religious freedom dying in Russia, missionary says"- Baptists also are the true religion because they are persecuted too
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://kentuckytoday.com/stories/religious-freedom-dying-in-russia-missionary-says,7267.
may 2, 2017. oryol, russia (bp) - russia's nationwide outlaw of jehovah's witnesses will likely ricochet and strike other religions outside of russian orthodoxy there, said a baptist missionary forced to shut down his church in central russia.. "the repression that has already started, in my opinion, it is likely to continue to get worse," donald ossewaarde told baptist press april 27th by telephone from his home in oryol.
"i don't see any sign that the russian government is having a change of heart.".
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2017 JW Conventions
by Christian Gutierrez inhey guys!
are there less assemblies in your country or area this year?
i'm noticing trends that they are becoming fewer and fewer.
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darkspilver
Here's the 10-year trend for the UK:
2007
125,000 average publishers
14 English venues / dates (mainland, excluding Guernsey)2017
135,000 average publishers
21 English venues / dates (mainland, excluding Guernsey)In addtion in the UK they're starting to get conventions running at the same venue over a number of weekends.
2007 data - scanned image below
2017 data: https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5695993188188160/_post/5998711073144832
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2017 JW Conventions
by Christian Gutierrez inhey guys!
are there less assemblies in your country or area this year?
i'm noticing trends that they are becoming fewer and fewer.
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Hey guys! Are there less assemblies in your country or area this year? I'm noticing trends that they are becoming fewer and fewer. Must be low on money this year
What's your proof? If it's a 'trend' you can point it out to us please....
No, they're getting more and more venue/date-wise albeit each one smaller - with a lower number of publishers assigned to each one.
The exception to this is if your country has got 'Special Convention' like here:
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5695993188188160/_post/6018766154498048
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Update on U.S. Local Design/Construction Arrangement—May 2017
by neat blue dog inhttps://photos.google.com/share/af1qipoujulgkxn02fa9s1iu-tzraj_4lwdepjgaur7crfbnqze5eccnvo8ki6jbnp-6sa?key=ajfvcy1vnfdra2dhzgdrwgtbekjmb04zrhlzwwf3.
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The letter (and video) - to be considered at this week's meeting in the US - is available here:
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6274730787078144/march-1-2017-boe-re-update-on-local-design-construction-arrangement
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Have you ever read the statement Jehovah discplines his organizatiion
by poopie ini'm looking for something in publications that specifically says jehovah is diciplineing his organization.
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snowbird, the actual name of the book is Light 1, Light 2. Written by Rutherford.
blondie - I think they're referring to more recent 2000/2001 books:
Isaiah’s Prophecy—Light for All Mankind I
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UK JWs go up 72 places in latest 2017 Charity 250 Index (2nd highest climbers)
by darkspilver ini'm not really sure what this charity 250 index is trying to do.
partly because i'd expect a few big household name charities to be on it at the top.
i've copied the table below - see positions 19 (up from 70) and 130 (up from 202).
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Me: It's evidence that he's blessing the mormons more.
Tithing income was £30.5 million
UK membership in December 2015 was 187,097 (2014: 186,878)
£30.5 million / 187,096 / 52 weeks = £3.13 per week per member
http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends51/0000242451_AC_20151231_E_C.PDF
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UK JWs go up 72 places in latest 2017 Charity 250 Index (2nd highest climbers)
by darkspilver ini'm not really sure what this charity 250 index is trying to do.
partly because i'd expect a few big household name charities to be on it at the top.
i've copied the table below - see positions 19 (up from 70) and 130 (up from 202).
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thanks - that's interesting - and any 'per week' figure is only a fluid ball-park to create a headline.
I've found the 'Cash' donations line in both Charities financials.
Interestingly the IBSA is showing a huge increase in the latest accounts (31 August 2016) of £39 million, up from your £14.5 million figure - I've linked the PDFs I used below
(41 + 39) million / 138,261 / 52 = £11.12 per week
Darkspilver, the websites you link to are summaries of WTBTS and IBSA financials. I downloaded pdfs of the actual financials last year. (I tried to attach the pdf's; I don't seem able to.)
Have you checked the 'Documents' tab on the Charity Commission's website? Are they the documents you mean? Or, are there others?
International Bible Students Associationhttp://beta.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regid=216647&subid=0
Click on 'Documents' tab:
31 Aug 2016 - http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends47/0000216647_AC_20160831_E_C.PDF
31 Aug 2015 - http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends47/0000216647_AC_20150831_E_C.PDF
31 Aug 2014 - http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends47/0000216647_AC_20140831_E_C.PDF
31 Aug 2013 - http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends47/0000216647_AC_20130831_E_C.PDF
31 Aug 2012 - http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends47/0000216647_AC_20120831_E_C.PDF
Watch Tower Bible And Tract Society Of Britainhttp://beta.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regid=1077961&subid=0
Click on 'Documents' tab:
31 Aug 2015 - http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends61/0001077961_AC_20150831_E_C.PDF
31 Aug 2014 - http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends61/0001077961_AC_20140831_E_C.PDF
31 Aug 2013 - http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends61/0001077961_AC_20130831_E_C.PDF
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UK JWs go up 72 places in latest 2017 Charity 250 Index (2nd highest climbers)
by darkspilver ini'm not really sure what this charity 250 index is trying to do.
partly because i'd expect a few big household name charities to be on it at the top.
i've copied the table below - see positions 19 (up from 70) and 130 (up from 202).
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fundraising activities
I believed, in the context of charity financial reporting, discussion of 'fundraising activities' would be related to the costs (ie expenditure) of those activities
For example Cancer Research UK raises an annual total income of £635 million - BUT out of that they pay out £188 million as the cost for 'raising funds' (presumably newspaper and TV adverts and 'charity chuggers' or similiar etc etc).
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UK JWs go up 72 places in latest 2017 Charity 250 Index (2nd highest climbers)
by darkspilver ini'm not really sure what this charity 250 index is trying to do.
partly because i'd expect a few big household name charities to be on it at the top.
i've copied the table below - see positions 19 (up from 70) and 130 (up from 202).
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It's a bit like a high street charity shop claiming that it doesn't fundraise because the goods in the shop aren't sold , but instead people are told to donate something to the charity if they buy something.
Charity Shops act as an 'agent' and sell items on behalf of private individuals who can then choose to donate the money from the sale (or not) - the actual buyer in the shop doesn't 'donate' anything
Charity shops can offer to act as an agent for private individuals and sell goods on their behalf, so that at the point of sale the funds actually belong to the individual. The charity or its trading company can then ask the owner of the goods to donate the sale proceeds to the charity. If the owner agrees to donate the sales proceeds to the charity, Gift Aid can be claimed by the charity on the net sales proceeds subject to all other Gift Aid conditions being satisfied.
In order for the owner’s donation of the proceeds of the sale of goods to qualify for Gift Aid, the following conditions must apply:
the private individual retains legal and beneficial ownership of the goods until they’re sold - it must be clear to potential customers that the shop is selling the goods on behalf of the owner and not the charity, and the owner of the goods and the charity must both understand that the charity (or its trading company) is acting as the individual’s agent
the owner of the goods has the right to keep all of the net proceeds of the sale, but can choose to donate all or part of the proceeds if they wish
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RC 2017
by wifibandit indue to last years success, i will post everything related to the 2017 regional convention in this thread.. to start us off.... thanks to exjw reddit user ich3b we have advance notice of the theme (this is not a joke!).
the theme for the 2017 regional convention is: "don’t give up!” .
as always, if you have access to confidential materials you would like to leak but need to protect your identity, pm me or email me: wifibandit1 (at) gmail.
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A full talk on the topic of Child Abuse at the Convention 2017
2nd talk in the Saturday 11:00 am Symposium: Safeguard Your Children From “What Is Evil”
Saturday Morning: 11:00am to 11:45am
SYMPOSIUM: Build a House That Will Endure
(Talk 25) Be “Content With the Present Things” (Hebrews 13:5; Psalm 127:1, 2)
(Talk 26) Safeguard Your Children From “What Is Evil” (Romans 16:19; Psalm 127:3)
(Talk 27) Train Your Children in ‘the Way They Should Go’ (Proverbs 22:3, 6; Psalm 127:4, 5)
From Google TranslateNo. 26 Let's build a house that holds (speech series)
Protect our children from "what is bad"
[NOTE: This speech includes two videos. Follow the sketch carefully. Present the information in a positive and practical way for all families, including single-parent families, stepchildren and those in which not all serve Jehovah].WE ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN (1 min.)
Children are a valuable inheritance and "an award" or reward [read Psalm 127: 3].
They deserve their parents to do everything they can to protect them.
In the following video, let's look at what some parents say about the challenge of protecting children.
VIDEO (1 min.)WE IDENTIFY POSSIBLE DANGERS (3 mins.)
Jehovah considers that abusing a child's physical, emotional, or sexual life is detestable.
Jehovah's Witnesses see the sexual abuse of minors as something absolutely disgusting.
Parents should do everything in their power to protect their children from potential dangers [read Proverbs 22: 3].
In most cases of child sexual abuse, the abuser is a person the child knows and trusts.
Although we do not distrust everyone, wise or wise parents are aware of the following situations that could be dangerous:
1) Someone is particularly attentive to our child by giving them gifts or offers to care for them in our absence without charge or want to plan activities away from home with the child alone.
2) Someone has too much physical contact with our child; You may overdo it in your show of affection towards the child, play with him to fight or tickle him where he should not.
3) A relative spends time alone with his younger siblings, stepchildren, cousins, nephews or grandchildren.
4) Our child has dealings with other people in places where we can not see him, such as the school bus, the back seat of a vehicle, other people's house where he sleeps, social gatherings, Secondary rooms and bathrooms of public places, or leisure areas such as playgrounds or swimming pools.
5) Our child uses the Internet or social networks without supervision.
Parents should use discernment and wisdom to identify potential dangers and protect their children (Pr 24: 3).WE PROTECT OUR CHILDREN WITH THE HELP OF DIVINE WISDOM (5 mins.)
Jehovah has given parents the responsibility to teach their children what the Bible says about proper sexual behavior (Eph. 6: 4).
Children, even if they are small, deserve parents who respect God to teach them the truth about sex, before they receive wrong information from the Internet, television, school or other children.
Talking with children about sexual matters can be difficult because of cultural background or parenting; But responsible Christian parents do so (w98 15/2 8-11).
Parents should take into account the age of their children when talking to them; It is better to have many short conversations, in which they are taught little by little, than to give them a "sermon" when they reach adolescence (Deut. 6: 7).
Parents should ask themselves, "Have I taught my children what signs of affection are appropriate, the importance of dressing modestly and that others should respect their privacy?"
"Would my children know what to do if someone wanted to teach them pornography, if an adult asked them to do something that Jehovah says is wrong or someone threatened because they do not want to keep a secret?"
Children should not be frightened, but they must be protected and taught to identify hazards (Ecclesiastes 7:12).
Children need to be helped to educate their conscience.
Many parents have been helped by the following information:
1) The video Become a friend of Jehovah: Protect your children can be the first step to teach children how to respond in the event that someone tries to touch them inappropriately.
In practice sessions, Caleb and Sophia learn to shout, "Do not do that! I'm going to tell my parents! "
2) Chapter 32 of the book Learn from the Grand Master uses words that children can easily understand.
For example, it says: "These parts of your body are intimate. [...] Do not let anyone play with your sexual organs. "
3) Articles such as: "How to talk about sex with your child", issue 5 of 2016 of Awake! "How to talk about sex with children", from The Watchtower on November 1, 2010 and "How to Protect Your Children" from Awake! Of October 2007.
Let's see in the next video what some parents are doing to protect their children.
VIDEO (2 mins.)THE PARENTS HAVE THE HELP OF JEHOVAH (2 mins.)
Jehovah protected his Son, Jesus, of grave perils during his childhood (Mt 2: 13-15).
We can be sure that our heavenly Father appreciates the efforts that parents also make to protect their children.
Jehovah will continue to help parents protect the valuable inheritance their children have received from "that which is evil" (Romans 16: 19b).
Then, brother ____________________________ will present the last speech of the series "Let's Build a House That Holds", titled "Let's teach our children the way they should walk."
MUST BE PRESENTED IN 14 MINUTES