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Annual Report

by St George of England in

the latest report is now available for download on our favourite website!.

george.

I think member numbers does not really reflect the true amount of effort jws spend in "effective" preaching. One reason the WTS last September was pushing the "bible study" program. Or the quality of the members as to really reflecting their god's principles, including Jesus' human one. I gauge that I what I saw jw individuals actually said, in cases behind the closed doors. Do other religions do this, I wouldn't be surprised. The WTS has long said that numbers were not an indicator of a religion being the true one. They have changed their tune. (Of note, the WTS put forth a media link to this report. Something I haven't seen done except in recent years)

This was posted on Google News on 12-30-2024

https://www.jw.org/en/library/books/2024-Service-Year-Report-of-Jehovahs-Witnesses-Worldwide/

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Leah Remini's Next A&E Project to Tackle Jehovah's Witness

by blondie in

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leah remini's did a show several years ago, it was very good.

she is working on a new one.. https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/leah-reminis-next-aande-project-to-tackle-jehovahs-witness/ar-aaxeni9?apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1 .

blondie

Leah Remini's did a show several years ago, it was very good. She is working on a new one.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/leah-reminis-next-aande-project-to-tackle-jehovahs-witness/ar-AAxENI9?apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1

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Removed - blood card

by skin in

i overheard a discussion between two jws, they said that when someone is disfellowshipped, they are asked to hand their blood card back to the elders.

i had never heard of this before, is this correct?.

blondie

The "blood" card was updated at one point, so current jws at that time were "encouraged "to get the new one throw away the old one. But not required returned from d'fd by elders. Meeting Workbook January 2024 Durable Power of Attorney (DPA) Card and Identity Card (ic): These cards outline a patient’s wishes concerning the medical use of blood. Baptized publishers can obtain from the literature servant a DPA card for themselves as well as an Identity Card for their minor children. These cards should be kept on our person at all times. If you need to fill one out or update one, do not procrastinate."

2016https://www.jwfacts.com/pdf/blood-2016-Medical-Directive-dpa-E.pdf This 2016 one seems to be the most current. Because the WTS has constantly "adjusted" this document, the WTS wants the individual jw to have the most current, so the medical/legal community is not "confused" and everyone is on the same page, and destroy the old one. Does anyone remember when new cards were handed out at the old book study (small groups) and fill it out there and have the conductor sign it? WTS taking control of having it done.

If now accepting blood transfusions, give document to doctor, hospital, and any place you gave your old HC-POA. Experience from here on JWN: https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/95897/elders-will-notified-will-find-you-hospital

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1922 Cedar Point Ohio Convention

by Nambo in

i recall reading that daniel 12 verse 12 ( 12 blessed is he who waits, and comes to the one thousand three hundred and thirty-five days.

), was claimed to have been fulfilled by the cedar point ohio convention in 1922.. can anybody recall which publications this claim was published in please?.

or even better, a screen shot.

blondie

https://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/revelation-daniel-prophetic-interpretation.php

https://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/1800s.php

That is the most recent I found on 1,335 days. This is a teaching that has fallen by the wayside, rather than "clarified" like the 7,000 year creative day, last mentioned in 1989 quoting from a 1987 publication. Books were edited to "correct" so that the WTS "encouraged" jws to get new copies rather than use older one! The links are linked to an ex-jw site, owner is an ex-Bethelite whose father is/was a circuit overseer. It is a timeline with quotes from WT publications and where it can be found in those.

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Kingdom Ministry School 2022-2023

by Lowrence in

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does anyone of you have the outlines of the latest kingdom ministry school 2022-2023 in pdf, if it possible with videos?

thanks in advance.

lowrence .

blondie

Beth Sarim, I was surprised it was that long ago. The CLAM is a joke more than any other WTS publications. Definitely, snoozeville, WTS trying to get old-time jws to do an effective way of making converts. A few years ago, the congregation overseer did a run down of number of bible with people other than children of jws, and it was only one, for 1 year with 100 publishers. And that one had just been df'd. Not surprised September 2024 was a special month offering bible studies to non-jws. I wonder how that turned out.

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Removed - blood card

by skin in

i overheard a discussion between two jws, they said that when someone is disfellowshipped, they are asked to hand their blood card back to the elders.

i had never heard of this before, is this correct?.

blondie

It is not part of the official WTS policy, not in print in their publications. But if individual elders might make this necessary, I can believe that. Elders don't always listen to the WTS and make their own rules. Of course, that might get them in trouble with the WTS if the WTS finds out.

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Kingdom Ministry School 2022-2023

by Lowrence in

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does anyone of you have the outlines of the latest kingdom ministry school 2022-2023 in pdf, if it possible with videos?

thanks in advance.

lowrence .

blondie

In 2016 the Kingdom Ministry was replaced with this publication

https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/library/r1/lp-e/all-publications/meeting-workbooks/life-and-ministry-meeting-workbook-2016

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HOW TO BE LOYAL TO JEHOVAH

by liam in

a post from another exjw site, shows how throughout the years, in a regular, systematic fashion, the watchtower has influence thoroughly; an ideological point of view, in the minds of it’s members by using bible scriptures and examples, to get the members to do the unthinkable, even if it clashes with modern ethics.

february 2016 watchtower, paragraph 3 of the article titled .

"learn from jehovah’s loyal servants".

blondie

Watchtower 2013 Nov 15 p.20
"At that time, the lifesaving direction that we receive from Jehovah’s organization may not appear practical from a human standpoint. All of us must be ready to obey any instructions we may receive, whether these appear sound from a strategic or human standpoint or not."

Watchtower 2022 Feb pp.2-7

During the great tribulation, we may receive instructions that seem strange, impractical, or illogical. Of course, Jehovah will not speak to us personally. He will likely provide direction through his appointed representatives. That will hardly be the time to second-guess the direction or to view it with skepticism

https://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/quotes/trust-governing-body.php

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Some religions also facing persecution

by blondie in

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yes, persecution for religious beliefs is not exclusive to the watchtower organization.

how can that be, persecution is supposed to proof of god's favor on them, haha.https://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2948 .

blondie

DOC, yes it would. The WTS think that persecution means the are the only true religion, but they fail to mention that it is happening to other religions.

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Wythenshawe Kingdom Hall - Sold

by AdamCzarnobay in

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i was slightly surprised to see that wythenshawe hall has been sold.

it's now a mosque.

this one had an attached flat where the co and his wife lived, i wonder what accommodation they put them in these days..

blondie

a watcher, I was talking about both, The closest KH to me has a separate small house connected to the KH but had to make it so that the congregation was not paid directly. Another brother paid the rent for the person living there, and that person then donated it to the congregation/WTS.