How late it is? What is the normal schedule for publication?
slimboyfat
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The August 2024 Watchtower controversy and potential further changes
by ukpimo inas an educated guess, the august 2024 watchtower may be delayed because 2 complicated subjects need to be discussed in this issue which haven't yet been approved to be included in the revised shepherding textbook.
perhaps the revised shepherding textbook must be finalised before this watchtower is released publicly.. the 2 subjects may be as follows:.
how to shepherd and appoint brothers based on the removal of the hour requirements, getting to know the brothers instead (does this mean prioritising appointing men who have auxiliary pioneered during the co visit and campaigns or men who are regular pioneers?).
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars (continued)
by Simon inuh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.
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slimboyfat
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Do JWs Get Excited About WT Publications Any More?
by NotFormer inmemory from long ago: my old mate from high school lived next door to a jw and was often "treated" to the latest jw literature.
when the "you can live forever in paradise on earth"* book came out, this neighbour waxed lyrical about how good this book was and how powerful the message was.
he acted really keen about it, like it was the greatest thing since sliced bread.
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slimboyfat
Since they stopped counting placements and hours, JWs will naturally stop placing literature or doing ministry. What you don’t count doesn’t count. JWs get the message, and it seems pretty inevitable that ministry activity will be a shadow of its former self in no time at all. -
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LEAKED 2024 USA SERVICE REPORT
by raymond frantz inhttps://youtu.be/lov1gsxj4tg?si=ze-fdc8yswirahwx.
this is a mini report on usa that includes an update on ramapo as it was delivered during the british bethel inauguration few days ago....
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slimboyfat
I know of harbour witnessing being organised in the UK from at least the mid 90s too.
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars (continued)
by Simon inuh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.
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slimboyfat
I can’t imagine any scenario where Tony Morris isn’t devastated to the off the GB. The small consolations you mention are nothing to a true believer, which I think Morris is, or was. Plus haven’t you heard the memo that beards are allowed? GB members have got them. Some even speculated Morris opposed this and other changes before he left.
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Any news on JWs in the Ukraine?
by careful inthe war in the ukraine has been going on for 2+ years now, yet very little has been put forth by the org on how the witnesses are doing there.
especially of interest would be just how the org has implemented their relatively new 'alternative service is ok' policy in lieu of real military service in a place where warfare is actually occurring.
yet nothing is forthcoming from the gb on this matter, or any other issues, really.. does anyone know what's been going on the regarding the witnesses there?.
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slimboyfat
What to make of this document that seems to want to emphasise JW struggles in Russia contrasted with acceptance in Ukraine, but at the same time asks JWs to clarify “neutrality” in this context and even invites them to “interfaith” dialogue.
Scholars note that in recent years, Witnesses are willing to respond to complex questions of our reality that have not yet been answered in full and conceptual form. These include:
Jehovah's Witnesses and national issues,
Jehovah's Witnesses and the current civil government, Jehovah's Witnesses and the Russian-Ukrainian war, and Jehovah's Witnesses and interreligious dialogue,
The authors would like to hear a clearer Witness voice in our society on these issues, that is, declared neutrality in secular affairs, a certain policy of distancing, which no longer works today. Because we live in the same place, we are all citizens of the same country, and we cannot be neutral in our daily lives, and this has already become a matter of our daily lives.
We look forward to the Witnesses joining interfaith or international interfaith associations and movements. These are excellent platform that can be used to assert their values, to convince them that Witnesses have the same right to exist in the religious space of other states, to be treated not as harmful or destructive sect members, but as full members of the Ukrainian or any other place. We are in favor of the Witnesses becoming more actively involved in the dialogue of religions, both in the world and in Ukraine.https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2478&&context=ree&&sei-redir=1&referer=https%253A%252F%252Fscholar.google.com%252Fscholar%253Fhl%253Den%2526as_sdt%253D0%25252C5%2526q%253Djehovah%252527s%252Bwitnesses%252B%252BBerezhko%2526btnG%253D#search=%22jehovahs%20witnesses%20Berezhko%22
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Need help identifying a book
by oncebitten inhello all.. i could use some help identifying the title of a wt book that i read back in the early 90's.
it was an older book when i read it.
i wish that i could recall more than i do.
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slimboyfat
Sometimes I get upvotes. I assume they are mostly mistakes too. 🤓
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Need help identifying a book
by oncebitten inhello all.. i could use some help identifying the title of a wt book that i read back in the early 90's.
it was an older book when i read it.
i wish that i could recall more than i do.
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slimboyfat
Lois and Tom, I remember it well. I read it as a new JW in the 1990s and thought it was great!
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Leaked Info: Watchtower Received $497 Million From One Country (Britain) In Last Six Years! [Must Watch!]
by Golden4Altar inleaked info:watchtower received $497 million from one country (britain) in last six years!
[must watch!].
this video was just released with documented proof, see this link: https://jehovahstruth.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=187#p187.
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slimboyfat
Not a scandal but it is interesting that Watchtower is sending millions of pounds from the UK to the US at the same time as selling lots of KHs in the UK and telling Witnesses they need to travel further to the next KH. This is when those same Witnesses have paid a lot of money to build their local KH in the first place only to see it sold off. Witnesses in the UK have been told there is a greater need for KHs in Africa, which many Witnesses may be prepared to accept as an explanation why their local KH had to be sold, but is that where the money is really going? Or is it going the US to pay legal and administrative bills? -
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WT says 'Church Fathers were leading teachers'
by youdontknowhim inwas it jehovahs witnesses who acknowledge the church father as leading teachers?
this is a very interesting statement by justin.
do you accept origen as an authority when he said jesus is our god?
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slimboyfat
Thanks for the link to the new video Earnest - very interesting! I wonder if the lost translation will now be published. And it’s interesting that Watchtower is still producing material on more obscure scholarly topics such as this.