world population growth rate is 1.13%, whilst jehovah's witness average publishers grew by 1.8%.
watchtower growth is outpacing population growth, though at a dismal rate considering the 2 billion hours of preaching required for an increase of just 115,194. this is an aggregate number, and most growth is from developing nations in africa and south america.
what i was really interested in finding is how watchtower growth compares to the population growth in different countries.
kpop, I think I get what you are saying.
Here I adjust for "per 100,000" so that we account for small populations where 1 family joining looks like a HUGE increase percentage wise, but really is a small number of people. (which happens every year, some island wins the % and a populous country wins most new pubs.)
To illustrate: If every country in the world had exactly 100,000 people in it, How many publishers would they have added/lost? This many. Most countries are stagnant.
the moment i saw the "request a study" form on the site, i thought, "umm, that could be a bad thing.".
but to date, i have heard of only one case where it was used for less than genuine purposes.
that was in the case of a "game developer" who was selling crappy asset-flips on steam.
is not intended for public distribution.
On the Internet. Think about that for a second....
Is this to make JW's feel "special" by having access to this "only for publishers" book?
this is an excellent article written by 3 faculty members in the cumming school of medicine, university of calgary - juliet guichon, ian mitchell and christopher doig.. http://healthydebate.ca/opinions/blood-transfusions-jehovahs-witnesses#comment-2866324.
it is encouraging to know that the voices that have been raised against the blood ban are being heard.
the work that so many people have done is now bearing fruit.. in 20th century canada, jehovah’s witnesses were persecuted for their proselytizing and wartime pacifism.
Anon says:
Expanded Access for drug use QsAs 4-15-13MG.pdf
I am attaching the FDA guidelines for expanded access use of drugs and the process involved in qualifying for them and how it all works.
This is critical in understanding the role of the HLC and how they operate/purpose.
After reading this over, it is clear that the HLC are acting on behalf of sponsors - they are agents for pharma companies. And they target JW patients in this activity.
Most of the alternative procedures and drugs that the HLC negotiate for JW patients are accessed thru this expanded access program. This document explains what that is, and how it is beneficial, not just to the patient, but to the developer of the drug and to the FDA in evaluation of the safety and risk factors.
The line that connects the HLC to the profits and benefits of pharma companies and research projects is undeniable. The HLC are agents that work for these interests.
So...that type of relationship- between the HLC and the pharma/medical supply companies - would foster a different kind of pressure than just the one brought to bear on the JW patient. the pressure placed upon the doctors to act as sponsors for the use of alternative/expanded access drugs, would be intense.
It seems as the the pressure and influence that the HLC are exerting is two-fold. I have heard and read accounts of doctors where the negotiations with HLC are terribly uncomfortable
The HLc aren't pushing a religious doctrine - they are alternative drug pushers - they deal in blood products
...some thoughts about the role of the HLC as agents for pharma companies - agents who pressure the medical community to sponsor drugs...to fall under that category of use, a doctor must be named as a sponsor
If the HLC makes the claim that they are a 'benevolent' association of some kind, with the WT not getting any kickbacks, etc...blah blah blah...just acting in the patient's best interests, blah blah blah...then the focus of investigation has to change. The HLC has to be seen as acting in the interests of pharma and medical device companies, regardless of whether they get paid or not...the company they are dealing with to access these products are benefiting
Here is where the pressure could be put - on the tax returns of the pharma sponsors and medical device companies the HLC act on behalf of. They will be for-profit companies and would have to declare volunteer labor that would benefit them. The tax man should be looking at those "expanded access" drug companies and assessing all that free labor that the HLC is doing for them...
i saw this on reddit:.
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/5mlgsm/2017_yearbook_of_jehovahs_witnesses/.
overall the numbers are better than last year (1.8% growth compared to 1.5% last year -- as i predicted ;-) ) with an increase in all major figures including 1300 more congregations (i assume this is not physical kingdom halls?).
This Number of people Baptized per Congregation Map shows the growth is in Africa & Latin America.
i saw this on reddit:.
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/5mlgsm/2017_yearbook_of_jehovahs_witnesses/.
overall the numbers are better than last year (1.8% growth compared to 1.5% last year -- as i predicted ;-) ) with an increase in all major figures including 1300 more congregations (i assume this is not physical kingdom halls?).
http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/memorial-partakers.php
Since 2007, there has been a surge in partakers. This followed the removal of the 1935 close for the calling, with the statement, "we cannot set a specific date for when the calling of Christians to the heavenly hope ends." (Watchtower 2007 May 1 p.31)
i saw this on reddit:.
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/5mlgsm/2017_yearbook_of_jehovahs_witnesses/.
overall the numbers are better than last year (1.8% growth compared to 1.5% last year -- as i predicted ;-) ) with an increase in all major figures including 1300 more congregations (i assume this is not physical kingdom halls?).
i saw this on reddit:.
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/5mlgsm/2017_yearbook_of_jehovahs_witnesses/.
overall the numbers are better than last year (1.8% growth compared to 1.5% last year -- as i predicted ;-) ) with an increase in all major figures including 1300 more congregations (i assume this is not physical kingdom halls?).
2017 Yearbook has been added to my archive of Yearbooks and related spreadsheets.
Chart: Partakers since 2000
december 28, 2016 to all congregations re: one study edition of the watchtower in languages other than english.
dear brothers:.
for several years, the simplified edition of the watchtower has been produced in french,.
Dear Brothers:
For several years, the simplified edition of The Watchtower has been produced in French,
Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. The Governing Body has decided that only one study edition will
be translated into these languages. Therefore, the last simplified edition in French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish will be the issue of May 2017. In the future, simpler language will be used in the
study edition of The Watchtower.
We send our warm Christian love.
Your brothers,
need someone to correct the article to let the readers know "it's not a church,.. it's a kingdom hall!!".
please share and comment on their fb page to get some info out there.
https://www.facebook.com/sunherald/posts/10157904826940532.
Here is another news story. No new info provided.
http://www.wxxv25.com/2017/01/06/sexual-battery-arrest-2/
I'm looking for anything that links him to the JW's.
december 28, 2016 to all congregations re: one study edition of the watchtower in languages other than english.
dear brothers:.
for several years, the simplified edition of the watchtower has been produced in french,.
Dear Brothers:
For several years, the simplified edition of The Watchtower has been produced in French,
Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. The Governing Body has decided that only one study edition will
be translated into these languages. Therefore, the last simplified edition in French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish will be the issue of May 2017. In the future, simpler language will be used in the
study edition of The Watchtower.
We send our warm Christian love.
Your brothers,
