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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?.

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  Village Idiot

  @ insidetheKH: How many studies have you had that came from the door to door work? Have any of them been baptized?
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  Who is Gog of Magog? - Watchtower May 2015

  by jwleaks in

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  here we go again... let's study... news report... comment.... who is gog of magog mentioned in the book of ezekiel?.

  for a number of years, our publications have explained that gog of magog is the name given to satan the devil after his ouster from heaven.

  this explanation was based on the fact that the book of revelation identifies satan the devil as the leader of the worldwide attack on gods people.

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  Village Idiot

  They look like zombies rising from the dead:

  
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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?.

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  Village Idiot

  @ insidetheKH: "...only to make clear to @Village that local examples can't be extrapolated to the rest of the world."

  Yes, it might be anecdotal information, but I've heard similar multiple reports from different sources. You might want to start a thread asking for information about congregation mergers. I'm sure you'll hear a few accounts from all over the US.
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  Magazine Routes March KM

  by Rattigan350 in

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  improving our skills in the ministrydeveloping a magazine route.

  what does delivering magazines have to do with skills in a ministry?.

  "many people who enjoy reading our magazines do not wish to study the bible with us.".

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  Village Idiot

  Will they be taking the singing trolley with them?

  OUTLAW: That guy on the doorstep is dangerously close to receiving some brain damage or a severe neck injury.
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  Rise of the Machines a.k.a. Attack of Gog of Magog

  by jwleaks in

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  the watchtower may 2015 features an image and timeline of the attack of gog of magog to support the new doctrinal changes introduced by gb 2.0.. now i wonder where they got that idea from?.

  attack of gog of magog.

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  Village Idiot

  No, I think that the Bitchtower just had a brainstorm and came up with that independently. Or maybe they plagiarized something else?

  PS: On second thought maybe you're right.
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  Gog graphic messed with. Is this more reasonable? All this new light is unnerving.

  by Wasanelder Once in

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  just messing with the graphic from the latest wt on gog.

  the farther i get from this poop the more it smells.

  enjoy and comment if you are inclined.. .

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  Village Idiot

  You could have at least inserted a nuclear mushroom cloud behind those boy scouts.
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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?.

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  Village Idiot

  insidetheKH: "...we should never extrapolate our own experience in a local kingdom hall to the rest of the world."

  My understanding is that most of that growth is from 2nd and 3rd world nations with negative growth in the US and I believe Europe. I don't have the Yearbooks but I think that each nation has its different statistics. Comparing the US to Mexico might be interesting.

  My belief, even when I was still in, was that "informal witnessing" to acquaintances and "worldly" friends was a better way of attracting people. It worked for me, having helped to convert two Pentecostals at High School. Never had any success at door to door though.
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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?.

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  Village Idiot

  insidetheKH, I came in through the preaching work but in my 8 years in I never saw more than one person who came in as a result of the door to door work.

  Also, sir82 makes a valid point about downsizing in the organization. And others have made the observation that mentally unstable people as well as lonely people make up a good percentage of the new ones. I even heard a brother admit to that back in the 70s. 
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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?.

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  Village Idiot

  @ insidetheKH: The World War II baby boom was between 1946 and 1964. Any growth in the late 60s and early 70s was the result of Armageddon fever.
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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?.

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  Village Idiot

  insidetheKH:

  "Average anual population growth is now about 1%,.. during the sixties and during the last century it never was higher than about 2%"

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

  "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."

  Have you heard of John and Eunice?