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  Watchtower Releases 2017 Grand Total Figures!

  by darkspilver in

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  2017 grand totals.

  branches of jehovah’s witnesses: 90. .

  number of lands reporting: 240. .

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  2016 figures in brackets:
  

  2017 Grand Totals

  • Branches of Jehovah’s Witnesses: 90 (89)

  • Number of Lands Reporting: 240 (240)

  • Total Congregations: 120,053 (119,485)

  • Worldwide Memorial Attendance: 20,175,477 (20,085,142)

  • Memorial Partakers Worldwide: 18,564 (18,013)

  • Peak of Publishers: 8,457,107 (8,340,847)

  • Average Publishers Preaching Each Month: 8,248,982 (8,132,358)

  • Percentage of Increase Over 2016: 1.4% (1.8%)

  • Total Number Baptized: 284,212 (264,535)

  • Average Pioneer Publishers Each Month: 1,249,946 (1,157,017)

  • Average Auxiliary Pioneer Publishers Each Month: 439,571 (459,393)

  • Total Hours Spent in Field: 2,046,000,202 (1,983,763,754)

  • Average Bible Studies Each Month: 10,071,524 (10,115,264)

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/7knr7h/watchtower_releases_2017_grand_total_figures/
  
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  Watchtower Releases 2017 Grand Total Figures!

  by darkspilver in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  2017 grand totals.

  branches of jehovah’s witnesses: 90. .

  number of lands reporting: 240. .

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  2017 Grand Totals

  • Branches of Jehovah’s Witnesses: 90

  • Number of Lands Reporting: 240

  • Total Congregations: 120,053

  • Worldwide Memorial Attendance: 20,175,477

  • Memorial Partakers Worldwide: 18,564

  • Peak of Publishers: 8,457,107

  • Average Publishers Preaching Each Month: 8,248,982

  • Percentage of Increase Over 2016: 1.4

  • Total Number Baptized: 284,212

  • Average Pioneer Publishers Each Month: 1,249,946

  • Average Auxiliary Pioneer Publishers Each Month: 439,571

  • Total Hours Spent in Field: 2,046,000,202

  • Average Bible Studies Each Month: 10,071,524

  During the 2017 service year, Jehovah’s Witnesses spent over $202 million in caring for special pioneers, missionaries, and circuit overseers in their field service assignments. Worldwide, a total of 19,730 ordained ministers staff the branch facilities. All are members of the Worldwide Order of Special Full-Time Servants of Jehovah’s Witnesses.

  LINK: https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/7knr7h/watchtower_releases_2017_grand_total_figures/
  
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  Jw.org

  by Lost in the fog in

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  a friend of ours over in northern ireland says that people can't find their country on jw.org.

  apparently it is because the list of countries on the jw.org site is by bethel not the standard list of countries that (say) a google website would list.

  someone looking for a congregation in northern ireland goes to "ireland" but that is only the republic of ireland.

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  truthseeker: Here is a list of congregations in N.I.

  Have they been merging / disbanding congregations?

  Belfast Cregagh

  Downpatrick

  Stranraer

  Newcastle

  Ballymoney

  Or maybe they're forming new congregations?
  
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  The Netherlands: Minister for Legal Protection wants Jehovah's Witnesses to conduct an independent investigation of sexual abuse

  by jochie in

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  meanwhile in the netherlands:minister dekker: jehovah's witnesses must review abuse policyin order to protect children better against abuse, the jehovah's witnesses must look back on catholics, according to minister dekker.

  but abuse victims think that this approach will not work.. minister sander dekker for legal protection wants the jehovah's witnesses to conduct an independent investigation of sexual abuse within the community, just like the catholic church.

  this is stated in a letter he sent this week to the parliamentary committee for justice and security.

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  FYI there's some more links here (background etc) - including a link to the actual letter that the Minister Sander Dekker sent:
  

  Minister for Legal Protection: Jehovah's Witnesses must review abuse policy - Trouw (Netherlands), Dec 15, 2017

  It's an interesting ongoing story....

  WT Bethel to enter discussions - "Abused ex-Jehovah's Witness offers help to victims: 'Taboo must be broken'" - Trouw (Netherlands), Nov 28, 2017
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  2017 Service Year Report Grand Totals

  by Drearyweather in

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  2017 figures released to bethel families worldwide:.

  peak publishers: 8,457,107. total baptized: 284,212 .

  regular pioneers: 1,225,279 .

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  Drearyweather: 2017 Figures released to Bethel families worldwide
  

  Interesting that the Bethel families have been told, thanks for that - do you know when they where told? have they been told to keep quite the figures?

  The letter to US congregations - that is due to be read out at the first mid-week meeting in January 2018 - was leaked/released yesterday on reddit:
  

  December 15, 2017 TO ALL CONGREGATIONS Re: 2017 Service Year Report
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  Greek Bethel up for sale: video - 77 Kifisias Avenue, Marousi, Athens

  by darkspilver in

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  the greek bethel at 77 kifisias avenue, marousi, athens, is up for sale.

  below is the sales video:https://vimeo.com/242230932see also: http://www.danos.gr/property-sale-in-marousi/.

  from the bethel tour brochure:.

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  The Greek Bethel at 77 Kifisias Avenue, Marousi, Athens, is up for sale. Below is the sales video:
  
  https://vimeo.com/242230932
  
  SEE ALSO: http://www.danos.gr/property-sale-in-marousi/
  
  

  From the Bethel tour brochure:

  In 1922, the first office to oversee the work of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Greece was opened on Lombardou Street in Athens. In 1946 the small Bethel family transferred to 16 Tenedou Street and just a few years later to 4 Kartali Street.

  By 1978 a three-story building had been built to accommodate Bethel at 77 Kifisias Avenue, in Marousi, a northern suburb of Athens. Later, the printery needed to be expanded, so a piece of land was purchased in Eleona,70 kilometers to the north of Athens. There, a new branch office was dedicated to Jehovah in 1991. However, after the Italy branch began printing for the Greek field, it was possible to sell the Eleona property. Thus, in June 1998, our entire Bethel family returned to our Marousi facilities, which had been renovated.
  
  DOWNLOAD BETHEL TOUR BROCHURE:
  https://download-a.akamaihd.net/files/media_cmsassets/0b/fo_s-Gr_E.pdf
  

  hat-tip to the poster who PM'd me the link
  
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  2017-12-4 TO ALL CONGREGATIONS IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND Re: Changes to Circuits

  by wifibandit in

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  december 4, 2017 to all congregations in britain and ireland re: changes to circuits.

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  stan livedeath: cant be that many Persian JW's in the UK.

  There's about 16 groups/congregations dotted about the UK
  

  Their convention is being held at Mill Hill Bethel KH.
  

  Remember they'll probably be using video recorded talks in Persian (like the English videos that get 'leaked')

  fyi there's around 76,000 persian as main language speakers in England and Wales
  
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  2017-12-4 TO ALL CONGREGATIONS IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND Re: Changes to Circuits

  by wifibandit in

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  december 4, 2017 to all congregations in britain and ireland re: changes to circuits.

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  The Polish have their own stand-alone convention next year at Coventry Arena (replacing the English one!)
  
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  2017-12-4 TO ALL CONGREGATIONS IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND Re: Changes to Circuits

  by wifibandit in

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  december 4, 2017 to all congregations in britain and ireland re: changes to circuits.

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  daveysmithy30: Just look at the number of foreign language conventions that are taking place in 2018 in which some languages are having for the first time such as Japanese, Slovak and Lithuanian.

  Actually there was both a Slovak convention and a Lithuanian convention this year:
  

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5695993188188160/_post/5998711073144832
  
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  2017-12-4 TO ALL CONGREGATIONS IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND Re: Changes to Circuits

  by wifibandit in

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  december 4, 2017 to all congregations in britain and ireland re: changes to circuits.

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  Londo111: Last year, there seems to be a slight decline or stagnation if I remember correctly.

  haha!

  I said 13 consecutive years of increase - and a year-on-year increase from 2015 to 2016 of 26, is still an increase, no matter how small :-0

  Of course, in 'real-terms', compared to population growth, the Jdubs have decreased over the same 13 years.

  • 2003: 1-in-456
  • 2016: 1-in-471