This was talked about last wednesday, simple to say! So desperate for numbers!
What the heck is so important about numbers, unless you need them for the con' way!
this was mentioned at the service meeting.. but, it should be worrying to the society, not as wonderful as it may sound.
the number getting baptized each year is shrinking rapidly.. at one time, they boasted of baptizing 1000 dubs a day which equals to 365,000 dubs.
this was back in 1997.. at the dc this year, it was 5,000 a week.
This was talked about last wednesday, simple to say! So desperate for numbers!
What the heck is so important about numbers, unless you need them for the con' way!
has there been any change in who owns the kingdom halls?.
last i knew it was the watchtower who owned them all, but the pubs had to pay the rent and mortgage.
are any or all of the halls in the names of local elders?
On the day after the flood some brothers passed by, and gave me the "oooh oooh aaaah aaah". I did not hear from them
until 1 month later when they asked me "when are you coming back to the meetings, you're a MS and the people are talking".
No announcement was made, no help. Better yet, my mother lost all her belongings, and when she went to my sisters' house with just her bare essentials, you figure someone would donate some clothes? NAH NAH NAH
Hypocrites.... The national guard helped me, the red cross helped me, the local christian church was giving free lunches, but where were the J.W's?
Hey, this was floyd! Close to a 1,000 families were affected in the New York/NJ area
has there been any change in who owns the kingdom halls?.
last i knew it was the watchtower who owned them all, but the pubs had to pay the rent and mortgage.
are any or all of the halls in the names of local elders?
Sorry to hear that Danny!
I caught on a little faster. They did not help me a bit during my total loss flooding of my house during Floyd 5 years ago!
this was mentioned at the service meeting.. but, it should be worrying to the society, not as wonderful as it may sound.
the number getting baptized each year is shrinking rapidly.. at one time, they boasted of baptizing 1000 dubs a day which equals to 365,000 dubs.
this was back in 1997.. at the dc this year, it was 5,000 a week.
Truthseeker, you are so correct in the Italian District & circuit conventions we have just had 5 baptized in the past 2 years out of 800 present.
Seems like the only new ones we see is either bethellites, or others that think learning Italian is kool.
We have this brother from malawi always making experiences (I will post these later) of his escape from death through prayer all the time
we currently have about 15 african/americans in the Italian
has there been any change in who owns the kingdom halls?.
last i knew it was the watchtower who owned them all, but the pubs had to pay the rent and mortgage.
are any or all of the halls in the names of local elders?
Danny..... How did they get your IRA?
has there been any change in who owns the kingdom halls?.
last i knew it was the watchtower who owned them all, but the pubs had to pay the rent and mortgage.
are any or all of the halls in the names of local elders?
As a Congragations Accountant I have to have 2 signatures from those elders to write a check.
Also, no accounting paperwork gets handed to goverment
has there been any change in who owns the kingdom halls?.
last i knew it was the watchtower who owned them all, but the pubs had to pay the rent and mortgage.
are any or all of the halls in the names of local elders?
Patrick LaFranca (the pres of the Christian Cong of JW's) does talks at my District Assy
Seems like quite a monkey suit with a twang in his voice
hey all... are there any mountain bikers out there???
what do you ride?.
my kona just had it's derailer go on me, and i'm shopping for a new one (bike.
If you have the money I would tell you what I did:
I bought a hardtail Litespeed Titanium with no disk brakes.
The full suspension I bought & like is a cannondale. They are stable & ride like a cloud
On the litespeed I've had quite a few spills & nothing has happened to it except the derailler
On the Cannondale since it is aluminum there are dings and pings
after reading the "beware the voice of strangers" article, a thought occurred to me.
it has been suggested in the past that a number of board members ought to attend a particular meeting all on the same day.
why not on the sunday when this article is studied?
They can't kick you out!
Probably best to skip talk & come during song, so they will see this & no preparation can be made
did anyone see penn & teller's show "bulls*it" on showtime last night?
the topic was: the bible fact or fiction.
i didn't need penn & teller to tell me the answer, but the show was pretty entertaining, i highly recommend you catch it next time around :).
I loved when he quoted the bible saying "to stone to death disobedient children"
Should we follow the bible today?