april 17, 2016 to selected bodies of elders in the united states branch territory re: arrangements for electronic donations to local congregations.
(attachment 1) 2016 04-18-e scong--arrangements for electronic donations to local congregations.
(attachment 2) credit card donation arrangement instructions.
From last weeks WT study, para 9.
9 What is the record of Jehovah’s Witnesses regarding collections? Their work is supported by voluntary donations. (2 Cor. 9:7) No collections are taken at their Kingdom Halls or conventions.
Why did this WT study not detail the many other ways JW.org guilt us into giving them money? At least we know from this very WT study, that when the churches of Christendom ask for money, apparently they are doing it for the wrong reasons!!?
looks like chelmsford is going ahead after all.
here is the text of a letter to be read out this week:.
to all congregations in britain and irelandre: branch relocation project updatedear brothers:we rejoice to inform you that in june of this year, the governing body gave approval for thebritain branch to relocate to new facilities that will be constructed just south of chelmsford.
Taken from last weeks Watchtower study, para 8:
"8 What should be the motive for doing the
preaching work? It should not be to collect money and construct
elaborate buildings..... Despite
this clear direction, most churches are sidetracked by collecting money
or by making efforts to survive financially. They have to support a
paid clergy, as well as a multitude of other employees. In many cases,
the leaders of Christendom have amassed great wealth.—Rev. 17:4, 5."
OK for WT to be doing this but not Christendom?.
was talking to a good buddy of mine a couple days ago (we pioneered and were in bethel together and have both left the cult a few years ago), about the current cart and d. and the consensus was that it is now a complete joke.
was watching a couple witnesses last week sit at a table with their literature display.
no approaching people for conversation, no initiating stimulating dialogue with passerbys, as was encouraged when i "pioneered" back in the day.
Last weeks Watchtower Study said this in para 3:
3 Were Jesus’ disciples to be passive, waiting for people to come to them? Definitely not!
Is not that what cart witnessing is about?
hey all, .
this is my first post.
i haven't been out in service or to a meeting in over a month.. i realize now that i've been having serious questions for years and many articles and talks have greatly disturbed me over the years.
Sounds like you have done more in 1 month about breaking free from this trap than I have been able to in the last 11 years of knowing ttatt.
It really hurts when we hear witnesses believe the stories from WT ahead of the truth from the Bible.
i'm speechless.
i know this guy.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-buena-park-arrest-20160630-snap-story.html.
I wonder why Satan's media decided to refer to him as a school teacher and not a JW.
i'm speechless.
i know this guy.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-buena-park-arrest-20160630-snap-story.html.
I can't get that link to open!
shared a bit with my husband the other day about what i'd learned about cults.
how nearly (if not all) every box on the list gets checked for jw.
he got some upset!
Witnesses live life as if the WT leaders were God on earth. They wont admit that, but they actions toward WT officials clearly shows it, so any form of negative talk no matter how true it is about the beloved JW.org is not going to go down very well with any WT believer. So their being defensive is the normal instant reply you will be hit with if you upset them with these kind of statements .
it's been a long time since i was in, so please school me on this subject.
if, in wt teaching, jesus took over his "kingdom" in 1914, doesn't that mean that in wt world view, that the millennium is more than 100 years gone already?
if the last 102 years is a foretaste of his power, then eternity is looking more interesting than i anticipated..
In 2014 there was a WT magazine that celebrated 100 years of kingdom rule.
well, thats it folks.. my identity on here has been rumbled and reported to the elders.
someone, somehow, has figured out that im a member of this site and - rather than speak to me - has promptly reported me to the elders.
i just feel sad for my daughter.
Reading this tread as made me realize that most of you are in my congregation, I have also taken pictures as proof, and at the next meeting I'm going to tell the Elders that you are all on this site. I don't want any of you to suffer spiritual ship wreck.
Now what would happen to me if I were to do this?
great effort from the home side, even though they did get beat by the best in the world.. .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htjiccouwqs.
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Next game between these two teams is this Saturday in Wellington. NZ.
