Topics Started by blindersoff

18
Why the term "publisher"?
by Gander in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
does anyone know why the term "publisher" was chosen to describe an individual that goes from door-to-door preaching about the bible as a jehovah's witness?

was this term always used?

it certainly makes the focus of the work to be aimed towards literature distribution over anything else.
25
ExJWs: Get Used To It : THE WATCHTOWER WILL NOT DIE OUT
by steve2 in
1. jw
2. friends
there is a precident for the jws becoming more hard-lined: the exclusive brethren.

prior to 1959 the exclusive brethren, whilst conservative, tended to have a more open outreach and even allowed some fraternizing with non-members.

however, following directions from their leaders in 1959, they suddenly slammed closed the doors, introducing beliefs such as: refusing to eat meals with anyone who was not a member and (this makes me sick) automatically breaking up families if one spouse questioned the authority of the leaders.
16
Rosenberg Assembly Hall
by blindersoff in
1. jw
2. friends
who worked on this project?

would love to renew friendships on this level.
12
CoC--Mexico vs Malawi or other countries
by love2Bworldly in
1. watchtower
2. medical
i don't know if this might be a repeat, sorry if it is.

i am in the middle of reading coc.

do you think that mexico jw's were spared by the governing body from rigid rules of not being involved in military issues/political party issues compared to other countries such as malawai, because the wts could make more money from people in mexico converting to jws as opposed to some other countries such as malawi?.
126
What Was Your Greatest "Privilege" In The Organization?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
was it being able to join the theocratic ministry school?

being a regular pioneer?

"handling microphones"?
April KM
by blindersoff in
1. jw
2. friends
.

can someone tell me where i can download a copy of the april kingdom ministry?.

thanks
19
In the Book Study tonight
by blindersoff in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
cl

chap.

27 p. 276 "o how great his goodness is!
14
Whatever happened to the pioneer-assist program?
by Goldminer in
1. jw
2. friends
.

i remember about 5 or 6 years ago,they introduced the pioneer-assist program at one of the service meetings.the purpose of of this program was for the spiritually-strong pioneers to go out in service with an r&f member on a weekly basis for about 6 months to help build up others in the congregation.part of this was because in the mid to late 90's a large number of people had become jw's and they wanted to make good publishers with them.. anyways,my wife was quickly signed up as was another young sister down the road.my wife was excited about it and was really hoping to benefit spiritually.within a few weeks though,her pioneer partner started making up excuses why she couldn't go out with my wife until eventually their arrangement just petered out.the young sister down the road was also quickly ditched;the pioneer saying she had to care for her elderly mother(she didn't stop pioneering though).before long the pioneer clique was back to normal and the spiritually-strong pioneers were again going out in service with other spiritually-strong pioneers.i don't recall any updates or the program itself ever mentioned again at the kingdom hall,like it was just a bad experiment or a major burden on the pioneers.. does anyone have any experiences with the pioneer-assist program?
147
586/587 the K.I.S.S. approach --- no VAT4956, Ptolemy, Josephus needed
by Alleymom in
1. watchtower
2. bible
nabonidus -- 17 years.

nebuchadnezzar -- 43 years.

nabonidus -- 17 years
85
Famous JW's (or exJW)..an almost complete listing.
by badwillie in
1. jw
2. friends
famous jehovah's witnesses

dwight d. eisenhower - u.s. president (raised jw) .

venus and serena williams - world chamption/olympic gold medalist tennis players .