Another, simple way to present it is by simply showing them the WT Publication Index.
Very black and white.
Use the 1986 to 2000 Edition
Look up 'Mediator' as the main heading - then look down to 'Jesus Christ', then 'for anointed only:'
i was trying to find something recent that i can show "still ins" in my sphere but it is proving harder than anticipated.. most of what i am seeing is couched in confusing goblygook wt style prattle.. my wife argues that it's not even true and i think that's the case with most jaydubs.. so i guess if it is a teaching that is being allowed to fade, maybe it's not worth pursuing?.
any of you scholars out there got anything recent clear and handy?.
Another, simple way to present it is by simply showing them the WT Publication Index.
Very black and white.
Use the 1986 to 2000 Edition
Look up 'Mediator' as the main heading - then look down to 'Jesus Christ', then 'for anointed only:'
yes, it was front page news in simcoe...... .
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http://www.simcoereformer.ca/2016/10/21/jehovahs-witnesses-fold-in-port-dover.
Port Dover population booms
Thanks for the link - quite an amazing population BOOM - no wonder it hit the headlines!
And yet the congregation in Port Dover was closed down!
Over the last five years Port Dover's population of around 6,000 has grown by a MASSIVE 90 people each year!
With a population of 6,161 and a Canadian JW ratio of 1-in-317 - that means that the congreagtion SHOULD have 19 publishers!
But the newspaper says they ONLY had 20 or so members!!!
yes, it was front page news in simcoe...... .
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http://www.simcoereformer.ca/2016/10/21/jehovahs-witnesses-fold-in-port-dover.
Just a side point. The sale was in dollars, not pounds?
And not just dollars - but CANADIAN dollars
So that's around US $215,000
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Dover,_Ontario
Population just over 6,000
theresa may the british p.m. has called for an election.. the house of commons has to vote tomorrow and have a two-thirds majority to agree and the main opposition parties want it to happen too so it looks pretty certain to go ahead..
Don't forget the recent movie.....
theresa may the british p.m. has called for an election.. the house of commons has to vote tomorrow and have a two-thirds majority to agree and the main opposition parties want it to happen too so it looks pretty certain to go ahead..
For our American friends, the DUP are the UK party closest to the American right: anti gay, anti abortion, climate change denying with close paramilitary connections. They're corrupt and hugely hypocritical.
Politics in Northern Ireland is generally sectarian-based and is therefore completely different to the rest of the UK.
The DUP - Democratic Unionist Party - is Right-wing Protestant and was founded by Ian Paisley.
yes, it was front page news in simcoe...... .
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http://www.simcoereformer.ca/2016/10/21/jehovahs-witnesses-fold-in-port-dover.
At a 17% DISCOUNT on original list price
Former Kingdom Hall near Port Dover has new owner
Simcoe Reformer, Friday, June 9, 2017
Some properties are so attractive that you buy first and ask questions later.
That’s the position Ron Hart, of Port Dover, is in now that he is the new owner of the former Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses next to the Port Dover Cemetery.
Hart retired to Port Dover from Binbrook two years ago. He’s been around long enough to know that two-acre properties in the countryside with a well-maintained building in an attractive setting aren’t that common.
“It’s gone to a good home and the owner doesn’t know what he’s going to do with it yet,” Hart said last week. “It’s a beautiful piece of property.”
Documents obtained from the Norfolk land registry office in Simcoe say Hart purchased the property from “Trustees for the Port Dover congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses” for $290,000. The transaction was registered April 13.
When the property went on the block last October, the asking price was $349,000.
The property is located on Blue Line Road between Highway 6 and St. John’s Road East. The building was constructed as a school house with a floor area of about 2,500 square feet.
Jehovah’s Witnesses began worshipping at the hall in 1980.
The congregation once boasted 80 members but this dwindled to 20 or so in recent years. A decision was made to sell the property and disperse the remaining members to congregations in Simcoe, Waterford and Hagersville.
As a property with institutional zoning, the former Kingdom Hall has many potential uses. The 26 listed uses include residential, veterinary clinic, cemetery, crematorium, day-care centre, place of worship and private club.
The property has parking for 26 vehicles. For taxation purposes, its assessed value is in the range of $260,000.
http://www.simcoereformer.ca/2017/06/09/former-kingdom-hall-near-port-dover-has-new-owner
i was trying to find something recent that i can show "still ins" in my sphere but it is proving harder than anticipated.. most of what i am seeing is couched in confusing goblygook wt style prattle.. my wife argues that it's not even true and i think that's the case with most jaydubs.. so i guess if it is a teaching that is being allowed to fade, maybe it's not worth pursuing?.
any of you scholars out there got anything recent clear and handy?.
Carol1111: If the new covenant is only for the 144000, that must mean that the rest are under the old covenant, ie the law of Moses.
Why? The JW teaching, as per above chart/link shows the old law covenant, mediated by Moses, was between Jehovah and natural Israel ONLY.
i was trying to find something recent that i can show "still ins" in my sphere but it is proving harder than anticipated.. most of what i am seeing is couched in confusing goblygook wt style prattle.. my wife argues that it's not even true and i think that's the case with most jaydubs.. so i guess if it is a teaching that is being allowed to fade, maybe it's not worth pursuing?.
any of you scholars out there got anything recent clear and handy?.
See the Meeting Workbook for April 2017
Treasures From God's Word - Jeremiah 29-31
Jehovah Foretold the New Covenant
https://www.jw.org/en/publications/jw-meeting-workbook/april-2017-mwb/meeting-schedule-apr24-30/jehovah-foretold-new-covenant/
https://www.jw.org/en/whats-new/online-convention-donations/.
online donations for conventions.
donations to support the annual conventions of jehovah’s witnesses may now be made online from a number of countries.
Thanks for sending me to the link
Go to the donation page: https://apps.jw.org/E_DONATE
Select a country from pull-down menu
Select the tab for 'My Regional Convention'
Click the button 'Find Convention'
Click on 'Continue without using an account'
Make sure you are on the 'Congregation' tab
Type in the congregation name and click it when it pops up
Convention date/location is now shown.
https://www.jw.org/en/whats-new/online-convention-donations/.
online donations for conventions.
donations to support the annual conventions of jehovah’s witnesses may now be made online from a number of countries.
No worries.
They do the 'deficit announcement' at the (circuit) assemblies, not at the (regional/district) conventions.
Looks like the online donation arrangement is just for conventions, not (yet) assemblies.
HEY!
Interesting - just seen that you can now check/confirm WHICH Regional Convention a particular congregation is assigned to by using the online donation facility on jw. org!