Bluesbrother is right.
Nowadays less people are disfellowshipped and more of them get private reproof with no announcement made
I was in 3 different congregations since 2008 and never heard of anyone df'ed
i seldom hear of people getting df'd anymore.
years ago it seemed there were a few per year in a congregation.
Bluesbrother is right.
Nowadays less people are disfellowshipped and more of them get private reproof with no announcement made
I was in 3 different congregations since 2008 and never heard of anyone df'ed
http://www.etonline.com/news/161150_prince_new_single_what_if/.
so prince sings a christian rock ballad with another young christian woman.
he has engaged in:.
http://www.etonline.com/news/161150_prince_new_single_what_if/.
so prince sings a christian rock ballad with another young christian woman.
he has engaged in:.
@Gayle many people who consider themselves christians and megachurches overthere do. here an example of the use of the name Jehovah in Ghana on Ghanaweb.
http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/religion/artikel.php?ID=337859
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Prophet Nakoa Nazareth Ansah Jamson, Spiritual Leader of the Prophets and Spiritual Churches Council in Ghana, has described corruption as a bad wind which is blowing in the country.
He gave the assurance that it would soon come to an end, since Ghana is God chosen country.
Prophet Nakoa Jamson made the remark in an interview with newsmen when the Prophets and Spiritual Churches Council organized a national thanksgiving service and prayers for the country at the Independence Square in Accra.
The service was to thank God for the peace, before, during and after the Supreme Court verdict on August 29, 2013.
Prophet Nakoa Jamson said God has been merciful to the country during the 2012 election and therefore He deserved praise and adoration from Ghanaians.
“The peace and tranquility that followed the court verdict is phenomenal and must be acknowledged with thanks to our God Jehovah most High.”
http://www.etonline.com/news/161150_prince_new_single_what_if/.
so prince sings a christian rock ballad with another young christian woman.
he has engaged in:.
http://www.etonline.com/news/161150_prince_new_single_what_if/.
so prince sings a christian rock ballad with another young christian woman.
he has engaged in:.
http://www.etonline.com/news/161150_prince_new_single_what_if/.
so prince sings a christian rock ballad with another young christian woman.
he has engaged in:.
at 2014 conventions (regional?
) 14,039 baptized.
outstanding for 13,871 congs!
@Never a JW
Sociologist Rodney Stark stated in his study about Jehovah's Witnesses:
The Witnesses claimed their average number of publishers in Canada was 100,991 for 1991. In contrast, the 1991 Canadian Census found 168,375self- identified Witnesses. What this shows is that there are many Canadians who report themselves to be Witnesses, but who are not counted as publishers. Consequently, membership statistics based on the average number of publishers offer a very conservative estimate.
at 2014 conventions (regional?
) 14,039 baptized.
outstanding for 13,871 congs!
@Never a JW
Sociologist example: Rodney Stark
Survey example: Jehovah's Witnesses' official statistics only count as members those who
submit reports for preaching activity, usually resulting in lower
membership numbers than those found by external surveys. For example,
Jehovah's Witnesses report approximately 1.2 million active publishers
in the United States (including some children); however, the American Religious Identification Survey conducted in 2008 found that about 1.9 million adults self-identified as Jehovah's Witnesses.
does anyone have any links to how the mormons (or ex mormons for that matter) view the changes that the wts has made over recent years, especially the growth of jw.org and characters like caleb & sophia?.
have they noticed?
do they see similarities?
@konceptual conversion ratio's are not important
Noah preached for many years and he saw no results at all, still he is called a preacher of righteousness 2 Peter 2:5
So important is only to do what God commands us to do. People do not make converts,.. that is impossible.
(1 Corinthians 3:5-7) . . .. 6 I planted, A·pol′los watered, but God kept making [it] grow; 7 so that neither is he that plants anything nor is he that waters, but God who makes [it] grow.
at 2014 conventions (regional?
) 14,039 baptized.
outstanding for 13,871 congs!