Posts by darkspilver

confidential items are of most interest of course, just curious what they're talking about there in general and what are the newest things everyone is being warned about, etc.

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darkspilver

I believe you're refering to the KMS (Kingdom Ministry School) - the one-day school for Elders (on Saturdays) and Ministerial Servants (on Sundays).

The full outlines, with videos - all in English are here:

Leak: officially videos and talks to Kingdom Ministry School 2018

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Inactive/Inactive Publishers ... Are they all counted?

by Wild_Thing in

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forgive me if this specific question has been asked and answered.. the jw worldwide report includes their number of publishers, but it doesn't make a distinction between inactive, irregular, or active.

do they include everyone?

in other words, the "faders" that don't dissociate ... are they forever counted in their yearly publisher report because they are technically just an "inactive publisher"?.

darkspilver

WIld_Thing: Is there a Watchtower document you can point to that says that?

Yes. The following explains some background:

https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/how-many-jw-members/

BUT also see the following, which explains it a bit more 'honestly' using a Watchtower article from 2011:

Watchtower's Peak Publishers are Fake Publishers

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Does a jw have to miss counting time for 6 months to be inactive

by blondie in

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how many months consecutively does a jw have to miss turning in time to be inactive?.

darkspilver

What about arwen?

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5301492949975040/where-blondie

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The Elephant in the room: ExJw disunity

by Diogenesister in

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fantastic new video by the lovely susan gaskin and friend andrea discusses the huge variety of exjw opinions and why our supposed disunity is in reality our strength.

the witnesses will claim we cannot agree and there are nothing but fights and a lack of harmony within our community whereas they are the most unified religion who believe the same things where ever you go.

however andrea points out that this is just an illusion, there is no unity amoung jws.

darkspilver

stuckinarut2: I pulled out the blackboard and wrote the following words on it : UNITY or UNIFORMITY... Oh, I was "counselled" firmly for this after the meeting!

Counseled by who exactly??

Awake May 8, 2003
The Bible’s Viewpoint: Does Christian Unity Require Uniformity?
Religion today seems to be characterized by disunity. Even within the walls of one church, people may have a variety of conflicting beliefs in matters of doctrine and conduct. One writer put it this way: “It’s even difficult to find two people who believe in exactly the same God. These days, it seems, every human being is a theology unto himself.”
In stark contrast with this, the apostle Paul exhorted first-century Christians in Corinth to “speak in agreement” and to “be fitly united in the same mind and in the same line of thought.” (1 Corinthians 1:10) Some today criticize Paul’s admonition. ‘People are different,’ they argue, ‘and it is wrong to insist that all Christians think or act in the same way.’ But was Paul really recommending robotic conformity? Does the Bible allow for personal freedom?
Unity, Not Uniformity
In another of his letters, Paul urged Christians to serve God with their “power of reason.” (Romans 12:1) Certainly, then, he would not have been trying to turn members of the Corinthian congregation into unthinking automatons. But why did he tell them to be “fitly united in the same mind and in the same line of thought”? Paul gave this counsel because the congregation in Corinth was experiencing a serious problem. Factions had developed, so that some viewed Apollos as their leader while others favored Paul or Peter or held only to Christ. Such disunity was no trivial matter, for it threatened the peace of the congregation.
Paul wanted the Corinthians to “observe the oneness of the spirit in the uniting bond of peace,” just as he later admonished the Christians at Ephesus. (Ephesians 4:3) He was encouraging the brothers to follow Jesus Christ unitedly, not to be split into disunited groups, or sects. In this way they would enjoy a peaceful harmony of purpose. (John 17:22) Paul’s counsel to the Corinthians thus served to readjust their thinking and promote unity, not uniformity.—2 Corinthians 13:9, 11.

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PHILIPPINES - "December 15, 2017 letter Re: 2017 Service Year Report" - with local numbers and highlights

by darkspilver in

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the previously posted wt letter of december 15, 2017 "re: 2017 service year report" was for the us congregations.. as expected the second (and third) paragraphs of the letter are being re-written to feature highlights in the local field to the congregations that it is addressed to.... hence below is what i understand to be the highlighted figures in the letter that is being sent and read out (in the first week of january 2018) to congregations in the philippines.. i believe that the philippines is traditionally one of the wt's *star performers* in terms of growth (*cough*cough* if you exclude the 1975-fallout) .

(previous year's figures in brackets) .

peak publishers: 210,914 (209,131).

darkspilver

The SPANISH version of the letter is now available:

SPAIN - "December 15, 2017 letter Re: 2017 Service Year Report" - with local numbers and highlights

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UK: Significant donations to World Wide Work 2015-2017

by truthseeker in

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i'm analyzing the 221 congregations in the uk that had additional account info.. correct me if i'm wrong, but was it 2015 when the letter was read out instructing congregations to donate excess funds to the world wide work?.

the amounts donated to the world wide work are significant.

i still have much work to do.. truthseeker.

darkspilver

truthseeker

You may find the "2018/2019 Day Volunteer Congregation Assignments" useful as a list of current congregations.

Check it out here: Files you might want!

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Jw.org

by Lost in the fog in

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.

darkspilver

Lost in the fog: Stranraer is in Scotland.

haha! opps - sorry about that - thanks for picking it up.

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Charging $150 To Tell Your Stories

by Bangalore in

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https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/how-to-escape-from-jehovah-s-witnesses-religion#/.

for $150: collaboration with the backer so that their story of successfully escaping an abusive belief system (300 words max) features along with others in the final pages of how to escape from jehovah's witnesses.

the text will be written by the author but will include a minimum of one quote worded by the backer.

darkspilver

Diogenesister: (The Great Apostate has got in the game early and released one the other day, by the way.)

"How To Leave A Cult" A step by Step Guide To Leaving Jehovah's Witnesses - New Kindle Book by Neil Gardner AKA The Great Apostate

Includes preview of the Introduction.