Topics Started by gerry

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List of Kingdom Halls in Australia SOLD and FOR SALE
by gerry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i thought it would be a good idea to keep a record of australian kingdom halls being sold off.

this is by no means the end of the sell off.. australian kingdom halls https://docdro.id/cpnoctf.
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Great Australian Kingdom Hall Sell Off
by gerry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
balga kingdom hall western australia sells for au$3.3 million.

https://www.onthehouse.com.au/property/wa/balga-6061/13-wallington-rd-balga-wa-6061-18287256.
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awake 12/8/2004 p 28
by gerry in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
just doing research and came across this.. i know this is old however.

here we have a worldly organisation distributing pamphlets and warning parents about child abuse.. last point in particular.

3) inform the child that what happened is against the law and that it is necessary to report it to the police so that it will not happen again.. pretty straight forward if you ask me.. watchtower were happy to use that in their magazine.
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Latest from Australian Royal Commission
by gerry in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
just received this update.

http://us7.campaign-archive1.com/?u=8e90fa1e64ebb08847cc04916&id=fcec86ae2b&e=0670c7af59.
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Another Kingdom Hall sold
by gerry in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
berkeley kingdom hall in wollongong south of sydney australia has just been sold.

berkeley congregation are now sharing a neighbouring hall at dapto.. .

the reason given was the governing body has taken over all the halls and the building was in need of repair.
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Growing up as a Jehovah's Witness Part 1 . worth checking out this guys youtube story
by gerry in
1. jw
2. experiences
great story, part 2 deals with his abuse by a ministerial servant who was preparing him for baptism.

guess how the elders handled it?

https://youtu.be/xpslymxtyps.
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not one but four witnesses at my door
by gerry in
1. jw
2. experiences
having not had a witness knock on my door since i left over 13 years ago i was surprised a few sunday mornings ago to find two young sisters who i had not seen before at my door.

it was not long before their husbands who were witnessing at my neighbors joined the conversation.

the conversation went on for some time so i am keeping the experience as brief as i can.. mind you with all what has been happening lately with the australian royal commission here in australia i had been looking forward to having a discussion with any witness who comes within earshot.
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13 year anniversary
by gerry in
1. jw
2. experiences
today marks 13 years since my wife and i have stepped inside a kingdom hall.

after 29 years full on being a jw and a number of years serving as an elder then as the presiding overseer we pulled the plug.

yes 13 years ago coming home from the first day of a circuit assembly i said to my wife “that’s it i am not going back”.
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german branch news
by gerry in
1. jw
2. friends
anyone know anything about this info i received.

short report received from german branch on april 2nd, 2006:.

we are pretty busy with all of the preparations for the special conventions in 5 cities in germany.
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Australian TV show child sexual abuse in JWs
by gerry in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
the sunday tv program that is broadcast nationwide in australia on the nine network is featuring a story this coming sunday 29th may on "turning a blind eye on paedophilia".

three years ago the sunday program exposed the child sexual abuse in the jehovah's witnesses.

graham davis the reporter for that story won a new york festivals medal in 2004 for that investigation.