Balaamsass2
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Famous current and former Jehovah's Witnesses
by Balaamsass2 init's fluff clickbait...but...what other famous people are current or ex-jws?.
famous people you didn't know were jehovah's witnesses.
story by stars insider.
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Famous current and former Jehovah's Witnesses
by Balaamsass2 init's fluff clickbait...but...what other famous people are current or ex-jws?.
famous people you didn't know were jehovah's witnesses.
story by stars insider.
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Balaamsass2
It's fluff clickbait...but...what other famous people are current or ex-JWs?
Famous people you didn't know were Jehovah's Witnesses
Story by Stars InsiderChristian beliefs and practices. The religion believes that the current world system will be destroyed by Armageddon and that God's Kingdom over Earth must be established. They're best known for door-to-door service, distributing their religious literature, and using their own Bible translation and interpretation. With more than eight million followers, you might be surprised to discover that a number of celebrities are currently, or have been, part of this religion.
Click on for some of the most famous Jehovah’s Witnesses and celebrities who were raised in the faith.
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Jehovah's Witnesses and Watchtower provide Shelter and relief to poor of NYC...by leaving...
by Balaamsass2 inafter over 100 years...watchtower helps the poor of nyc...by leaving!!
jehovah's witnesses hotel becomes affordable housing.
developed by breaking ground, 90 sands brings new housing opportunities to brooklyn.. .
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Jehovah's Witnesses and Watchtower provide Shelter and relief to poor of NYC...by leaving...
by Balaamsass2 inafter over 100 years...watchtower helps the poor of nyc...by leaving!!
jehovah's witnesses hotel becomes affordable housing.
developed by breaking ground, 90 sands brings new housing opportunities to brooklyn.. .
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Balaamsass2
More coverage on JWs' blessings for New York. https://ny.curbed.com/jehovahs-witnesses
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Jehovah's Witnesses and Watchtower provide Shelter and relief to poor of NYC...by leaving...
by Balaamsass2 inafter over 100 years...watchtower helps the poor of nyc...by leaving!!
jehovah's witnesses hotel becomes affordable housing.
developed by breaking ground, 90 sands brings new housing opportunities to brooklyn.. .
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Balaamsass2
After over 100 years...Watchtower helps the poor of NYC...by leaving!! :)
Jehovah's Witnesses Hotel Becomes Affordable Housing
Developed by Breaking Ground, 90 Sands brings new housing opportunities to Brooklyn.
A former Jehovah’s Witnesses hotel has been converted into 491 affordable and supportive housing units in New York City.
Photography by Wes TarcaOf the 491 apartments at 90 Sands, 185 are affordable to a wide range of New Yorkers, from extremely low- to moderate-income households, and 305 units are home to formerly homeless individuals.The opening of 90 Sands marks the fourth hotel conversion by Breaking Ground, the city’s largest supportive housing developers.
“We are thrilled to open 90 Sands at such a critical time for New York City to abate a relentless homelessness crisis and provide much-needed housing for low-income and formerly homeless New Yorkers,” said Brenda Rosen, president and CEO of Breaking Ground. “Over the course of two years, the redevelopment of 90 Sands remained on schedule and in turn was scaled for impact to help more than 300 people leave homelessness behind and find dignity and security with a home of their own. Our first hotel conversion project to open amid the pandemic, 90 Sands advances key goals of equity and inclusion, bringing an additional 185 affordable apartments for New Yorkers with extremely low to moderate incomes in one of the city’s most expensive neighborhoods.”
Rosen added that the organization is grateful to New York City mayor Eric Adams, the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), and its other partners to bring the project to life.
90 Sands was previously a residential hotel operated by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society until August 2017, and Breaking Ground purchased the hotel in August 2018 for $170 million. For the acquisition, Breaking Ground received $2 million from the New York City Council, a $155 million loan from HPD, and a $10 million grant from Enterprise Community Partners. Breaking Ground provided a $6.7 million sponsor loan to finance acquisition and pre-construction costs. The Leviticus Fund also provided $1.5 million in pre-construction financing. Subsequent to the acquisition, Breaking Ground obtained a zoning change for the project in 2020 after an approval pursuant to the city’s land-use review procedure.
Financing for the renovation and repositioning of the building as supportive and affordable housing included 501(c)(3) and taxable bonds totaling more than $70.4 million issued by the New York City Housing Development Corp. (HDC). HDC provided an additional $6 million in capital subsidy.
Construction financing was also supported by a grant from the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York’s Affordable Housing Program. JPMorgan Chase provided a construction letter of credit. Monadnock Construction is the general contractor, Beyer Blinder Belle is the project architect, and W Architecture and Planning designed the public plaza space at the corner of Jay and Sands streets.
Key philanthropic support for the project has enabled Breaking Ground to create new supportive and affordable housing at 90 Sands, most prominently a $3 million lead grant from Wells Fargo. Additional support was provided by Deutsche Bank’s DB SHARE program and National Grid.
Of the 491 apartments at 90 Sands, 185 are affordable to a wide range of New Yorkers, from extremely low- to moderate-income households, and 305 units are home to formerly homeless individuals. One unit is for a building superintendent. Half of the units, 246, are permanently affordable, and the balance are affordable under a 60-year regulatory agreement. The 30-story building features a 24-hour attended lobby, a security camera system throughout, a multipurpose room for community events and meetings, a digital library, a fitness room, and extensive bike storage.
Breaking Ground worked closely with the Adams administration to implement a unique pilot program that allows for the direct referral of homeless clients from street outreach and transitional housing programs to a supportive apartment at 90 Sands. This streamlined process, made possible by cross-agency collaboration, cuts the time it typically takes to complete a permanent housing placement by more than two months.
The Center for Urban Community Services (CUCS) will provide on-site social services. Breaking Ground and CUCS have a longstanding partnership, and 90 Sands marks their 12th building together to provide housing and on-site support for formerly homeless individuals and families. Services provided at 90 Sands will be available to all tenants and will include: case management, primary medical care, mental health services, employment readiness, and benefits counseling.
The development also includes a newly activated plaza for public use, adding a new green space to the downtown Brooklyn and DUMBO communities. Breaking Ground plans to bring in community-serving uses to occupy more than 20,000 square feet of community facility and commercial space on the ground floor and lower level."
https://www.housingfinance.com/developments/jehovahs-witnesses-hotel-becomes-affordable-housing_o
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JWs Tortured in Russia
by blondie inhttps://www.upi.com/top_news/world-news/2024/06/16/russia-tortures-jehovahs-witness/3971718239875/ .
russia is amping up to severe torture for jws.
i don't think this is appropriate behaviour for anyone..
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Balaamsass2
I hope the JWs in Russia are not being victimized like the JWs in Malawi in the 60s. Watchtower exposed them to extreme persecution for publicity, while they made easy outs for the larger number of JWs in Mexico for the same issue.
EX Governing Body Member Ray Franz covered the issue in his book "Crisis of Conscience".
Russian courts are opaque.
It seemed strange to me how many cases occurred during the Covid lockdown. Were Rusian JWs instructed differently than JWs in the West? Where were they expected to meet in person? Go door to door physically...while western JWs were given a pass? So many unanswered questions for me.
Of course, I will never get a straight answer from Watchtower. I feel for the Russian JWs...abused by a cult and abused by the state. :(
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JWN staying at the top of Google Search
by blondie ini noticed awhile ago jw.org was first; now jwn is back being first.
what determines that?.
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Balaamsass2
I usually do a Google NEWS search for "Jehovah" every week. It bugs me that JW org Press releases rank as high or higher than bonafide newspaper stories. Watchtower must have quite the SEO budget to rank "ads" higher than real news 5 days a week. argh!!##!!
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Kingdom hall cleaning
by Farmer Jim1 inwhat are your memories of hall cleaning?.
i actually enjoyed it on the whole, my dad as the elder always tried to keep it to under one hour but in my later years in a hard-line congregation it was a chore.
the po's wife had a printed list and we had to complete it all before left (or got disapproving looks if we left after an hour).. as well as vacuuming the whole building the lost said you had to dismantle the vacuum and clean and polish all the internal elements.
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Balaamsass2
We did our hall cleaning after the midweek meeting. Everyone wanted to go home, so we gott-er done pronto!!!
Once a month we did the deep cleaning and outside chores. 1 pm on Sat. Got it done in an hour.
No "special" memories.
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Not only the ORG who perverts Scriptures!
by BoogerMan injohn 14:6 - "jesus said to him, “i am the way, the truth, and the life.
no one comes to the father except through me.".
certain christian denominations lie & contradict jesus' crystal clear statement, by promoting the following dogma:.
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All religion is a snare and a racket. :)
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2x2 Secret Christian Religion & Child Sexual Abuse So Similar To J.W.'s
by IWant2Leave inis investigating this group because the allegations are so pervasive!
jehovah's witnesses are being investigated in states such as illinois & pennsylvania.
i think that a federal investigation will come about soon.. there is so much negative news about the witnesses now that can't be hidden.
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Balaamsass2
Sounds a little like ex-Circuit Overseer and former Governing Body member Ted Jaracz (sp).
Rather than simply moving Ted around as this group did, Watchtower promoted Ted to the Governing Body. They did the same for E. Chitty.
With the state of Pennsylvania going after Watcthtower's child rapists criminally rather than just civilly perhaps the FBI will take the ball over state lines to include the Governing Body.???
