Great post Jeff!!! I have wondered the same. It is telling to me that no new GB have been added. It is now down to 7. There could be some discension against any new GB knowing that as older ones die off they will have a bigger piece of the power pie.
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Infighting at the top?
by JeffT inwe've all been trying to decipher what is going on at the top of the watchtower organization.
clearly, the game's afoot, we just don't know what game we're playing.
item: the constant harping about money and donations.
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Burnedout
just curious if you are still attending meetings and how that is going??? Thanks for sharing your story.
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any JW construction going on other than Warwick?
by Magnum inis anybody aware of any kingdom hall builds going on or any kind of ldc activity?
i've been wanting to ask this, and committeechairman's question at the end of this thread, http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/289353/ldc-semininar?page=4&size=20, moved me to go ahead and ask.. i've kind of wondered whether the org leaders got rid of rbcs and instituted the ldc arrangement because they wanted to be able to stop or slow down construction without it being obvious.
if the rbcs were still in existence, it would be obvious that there's nothing (or almost nothing) going on (if that really is the way it is) because rbc personnel would be idle when they were used to being busy.
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Miami area got a new style build recently. I've seen a few via Instagram but they seem to be real spread out
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Android browser: search and edit don't work.
by Anders Andersen inhi simon,.
thanks for maintaining this forum.. i use this site almost exclusively on my android phone and tablet.. there are 2 annoying issues there:.
search doesn't work.
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Kim and mikeys chanel on YouTube they uploaded a video of more singing and dancing
by Crazyguy inon their chanel they are showing a video of a special assembly day in belgium i believe.
the jws are dancing dressed in black and red, satanic colores.
singing and playing worldly songs and kingdom melodies.
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Blood Cards on File with the Elders?
by EyesOpenHeartBroken ini have a question for elders here or recent elders.
were the elders, in the last 10 years, given instruction to keep a copy of every publishers blood card on file at the kh?.
we moved to our current cong 6 years ago, and shortly after we moved in, the boe requested everyone update and give a copy of card to the kh.
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Next year will be a very tough year for me
by never a jw inmy new year resolution is to invest more of my time with my family and friends.
also, as i approach retirement ( i am 50), i need to make sure there's enough to keep me and my wife going beyond our eighties.
i want to thank all of you because my time here, posting and reading, have been a great learning experience.
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Yearbook 2016: Annual Report (15177 Partakers)
by Designer Stubble inthe 2016 yearbook is up on jw.orgbranches of jehovahs witnesses: 89 (was 90)number of lands reporting: 240 (was 239)total congregations: 118016 (was 115416)worldwide memorial attendance: 19,862,763 (was 19,950,019) decreasememorial partakers worldwide: 15,177 (was 14,121 in 2013:13,204) large increasepeak of publishers in kingdom service: 8,220,105 (was 8,201,205) minor increaseaverage publishers preaching each month: 7,987,279 (was 7,867,958)percentage of increase over 2014: 1.5 (was 2.2)total number baptized: 260,273 (was 275,581)average auxiliary pioneer publishers each month: 443,504 (was 635,298) huge decreaseaverage pioneer publishers each month: 1,135,210 (was 1,089,446)total hours spent in field: 1,933,473,727 (was 1,945,487,604) decreaseaverage home bible studies each month: 9,708,968 (was 9,499,933)
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2016 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses
by wifibandit inthe 2016 yearbook is now on the official site.
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it has been added to the archive of all prior yearbooks.
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How much is a Billion bucks to the Borg
by Ignoranceisbliss inin recent news articles it's been suggested that properties currently up for sale in brooklyn will fetch around $1,000,000,000.
just how significant is this kind of money to the wtbts?
my estimation is that would be the equivalent to 3 years worth of donations from every us witness.
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Good point Jeff. Can a non profit legally invest like this? I'm not sure what the laws allow for.