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Is the preaching work, no longer the number 1 priority?
by ToesUp in
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i have been observing a pattern in recent wtbs publications and events.

is the importance of the preaching activity no longer the number 1 priority?

are not billions of lives still at stake?.
insidetheKH

@village whatever the cause of growth was.. does not matter. Fact is people came in through the preaching work and still do
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Is the preaching work, no longer the number 1 priority?
by ToesUp in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i have been observing a pattern in recent wtbs publications and events.

is the importance of the preaching activity no longer the number 1 priority?

are not billions of lives still at stake?.
insidetheKH

Yes - past tense.
Since the mid-90's, the preaching work is increasingly inefficient and ineffective.
@sir82 not at all. Like i stated above the average annual growth of the world population these days is about 1% the Average growth of JW's is around 2-2.5%
Keep in mind that the nr of births among JWs is even lower compared to the general population (because of kingdom interests or this present system of things, hence satans world). That means that a big part of their annual growth is coming from outside of the organisation.
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Is the preaching work, no longer the number 1 priority?
by ToesUp in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i have been observing a pattern in recent wtbs publications and events.

is the importance of the preaching activity no longer the number 1 priority?

are not billions of lives still at stake?.
insidetheKH

And why was there a 2% increase during the 1960s?

@Village you mean the average growth of the world population? because of the baby boom. economic growth, a fast growing middle class, food for everyone. baby booms signify good times and periods of general economic growth and stability
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Is the preaching work, no longer the number 1 priority?
by ToesUp in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i have been observing a pattern in recent wtbs publications and events.

is the importance of the preaching activity no longer the number 1 priority?

are not billions of lives still at stake?.
insidetheKH

I'm sure by now the GB has realized that preaching doesn't generate new converts; it never really did.

@redvip that is simply not true. Average anual population growth is now about 1%,.. during the sixties and during the last century it never was higher than about 2%

However the annual growth of JW's was much higher than the average population growth almost every single year. Bisides that many JW couples decide(d) not to take children because they place kingdom interests first or think that this system of things is not the right environment to raise children in,

In my congregations there are a lot of couples (pioneers en elders) that never got any children just because of that. So the birth rate among JW's is even less than the average birth rate in the world that surrounds them.

Conclusion: a lot of people came in through the preaching work. Even several members of the governing body are examples of that. take for example Gerrit Losch or Tony Morris III
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Is the preaching work, no longer the number 1 priority?
by ToesUp in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i have been observing a pattern in recent wtbs publications and events.

is the importance of the preaching activity no longer the number 1 priority?

are not billions of lives still at stake?.
insidetheKH

Not true.

Since 2014 the kingdom ministry is even more about preaching and field service
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BBC news--terrorist was raised a JW
by stan livedeath in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i just caught bbc news--arrested terrorist was previously a jw before converting to islam
insidetheKH

he was not a JW before he became a muslim , he was stealing credit cards and spending all his money on prostitutes
Brusthom Ziamani, 19, was arrested in east London in August last year carrying a 30cm (12in) knife and a hammer in a rucksack, having earlier researched the location of army cadet bases in the south-east of the capital.

His Old Bailey trial has heard that he “reverted” to Islam early in 2014 and was arrested after he showed his ex-girlfriend weapons, described Fusilier Rigby’s killer Michael Adebolajo as a legend, and told her he would kill soldiers.
after he became a muslim he was caught with a 30cm knife and had plans to behead a western soldier.. sounds to me like a crime inspired by Islam
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BBC news--terrorist was raised a JW
by stan livedeath in
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2. scandals
i just caught bbc news--arrested terrorist was previously a jw before converting to islam
insidetheKH

it's obvious that his conversion to Islam did not much good to him
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WT now promoting literature officially at book fairs
by StarTrekAngel in
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2. bible
can there really be any doubt now on how commercial it is?

if you thought the new kh design seemed commercial in nature, now imagine one of those halls turned into a jw store.

we know they exist.
insidetheKH

@Startrek they are represented at several international book fairs
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40,000 new kingdom halls needed
by sowhatnow in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
not sure where to post this, but the other day my jw mom says to me, 'the number is increasing they announced that we need 40,000 new kingdom halls'.

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ok, who else has heard this, and how should i respond, other than to say well your cong is smaller now than it was 15 years ago..... where your growth?.
insidetheKH

again the 40,000 figure is never mentioned on the platform.... instead of that 14,000 is mentioned
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40,000 new kingdom halls needed
by sowhatnow in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
not sure where to post this, but the other day my jw mom says to me, 'the number is increasing they announced that we need 40,000 new kingdom halls'.

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ok, who else has heard this, and how should i respond, other than to say well your cong is smaller now than it was 15 years ago..... where your growth?.
insidetheKH

@Splash worldwide there are less than 90,000 Kingdom Halls