Posts by tim3l0rd

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JW Statistics for "Britain" 2015 over 2014

by freddo in

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population listed.

peak pubs.

ave pubs.

tim3l0rd

Missed out pioneer figure. Worldwide was up a bit.

Regular pioneer numbers were up worldwide, but not Aux Pioneers. Here's a comparison of the numbers since 2010.

Year	Avg Pubs	Avg Aux Pios	Pct of Pubs	Note
2010	7,224,930	287,960	3.99%
2011	7,395,672	466,911	6.31%	30 hr/month introduced
2012	7,538,994	416,993	5.53%
2013	7,698,377	496,089	6.44%	CO visits included as 30 hr aux pio months
2014	7,867,958	635,298	8.07%	JW.org campaign
2015	7,987,279	443,504	5.55%

You can see by these numbers that they've lost 3 years of aux pioneer growth.

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Prediction: jw.org sign up with monthly subscription fee

by bohm in

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the wtbs is changing media from print to online.

if we look at other companies doing the same the obvious buissness model is subscription with a monthly fee people can choose themselves.

the wtbs can continue to offer everything for free, however subscribers might earn a button for social media or somesuch ("wtbs donor").

tim3l0rd

Recently I was told by an elder that if you're donating online you need to inform the elders so they can explain to the CO why contributions are low in the KH boxes. I just shook my head.

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2016 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses

by wifibandit in

the 2016 yearbook is now on the official site.

pdf.

it has been added to the archive of all prior yearbooks.

tim3l0rd

To clear up the numbers:

2014 Peak - 8,201,545

2015 Peak - 8,220,105

2014 - 2015 Peak increase = 18,560 = 0.23%

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Where the real abuse lies.

by ctrwtf in

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let me start with a disclaimer: i am in no way minimizing the horrific crimes done to children by pedophiles.

i'm not downplaying the number of lives lost due to the blood issue, or hearts broken because of shunning.

i do not want to discount the feelings of those who have come to the end of their lives with expectations of paradise postponed.. but to me the biggest atrocity committed by this awful cult is raising children from a small age to believe that soon god will kill billions of people.

tim3l0rd

I agree because that fear then causes kids to accept other abuse.

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Is zeal beginning to vanish?

by Caupon in

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it has to be starting to fade somehow.

the very last time i went out in field service, hardly any were out.

maybe just about nine people were out and man if you could just see their faces.

tim3l0rd

I can't speak for the zeal in service first hand as I haven't been in 2 months now. Woot! I can say that one of the last meetings I went to they said their congregation had between 30% and 40% of their publishers in the 1 - 5 hour range for the last year. If that doesn't say apathy, I don't know what does.

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Tv's in Kingdom hall

by dothemath in

so now that the borg has taken all of the congregations money, there was just a resolution to get all new tv's, etc for the stage for the new meeting format.. i wasn't there, but it was a large sum.

somebody mentioned over 3000$.. all the congregations in the city are likely doing the same thing, and are getting all the equipment from bethel.. i was wondering if this was happening all most everywhere?.

can't see it in third world countries( might not even have internet).

tim3l0rd

Everywhere that I know of. I think that KHs that can't get internet access will have to download the videos offsite and bring them to the KH.

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The Myth of Two Sides

by Londo111 in

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we have heard it said, he that is not on my side is against me... .

in watchtower world this was certainly the case.

watchtower world was fully good, while anyone not belonging to them was fully on the side of evil--classic cult black and white thinking.

tim3l0rd

Actually, Jesus said the opposite at Mark 9:40: "For he who is not against us is for us."

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2013 Japanese Elder Manual--/Greece BOE!

by Atlantis in

2013 japanese shepherd the flock/elder manual--/greece boe.click the green download button.http://wwwb.fileflyer.com/view/0sedba0.greece boe.re: discontinuing use of the please follow uphttp://wwwb.fileflyer.com/view/yyvqmbq..petra!

tim3l0rd

... since this could create the impression that the branch office or the local congregations are collecting personal data without consent.

The discontinuing of the S-43 is interesting. I wonder if that's in response to people being upset like the deaf are in many countries? Remember the New Zealand article where the branch rep lied about not having a database. I wonder if it be discontinued in other countries as well.

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Congregation average

by dothemath in

a while back at our co visit, he commended the cong.

because our average hours had gone up.. we went from around 7.3 to about 7.5. i recall the days when anything less than 10 was considered awful.. of course now, they don't even print the hours in the km or anywhere.. i was wondering how these numbers compared to other congregations?.

tim3l0rd

The congregation I attended recently when I started to fade had their local needs. They reviewed what the CO asked them to work on. 30% - 40% of the congregation was in the 1 - 5 hour range. They also had a high number of 0, 1, or 2 RV publishers/month. This was the second time that the CO had asked them to work on this meaning that they had been like this for over a year.

We only went to the one midweek meeting and I haven't been to a meeting since. Yay! I still need to go back though so I can move our cards and hopefully fly under the radar a little easier.

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Can an inactive family member hold back a MS appointment?

by Simon Templar in

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a friend asked me if a man can be appointed a ms if he has an inactive (inactive for 15-20 years) baptized adult child living in his home.

the child lives by the rules and doesn't do anything wrong (jw-wise), as i am told.

i know the child (adult) and is a good kid as far as i know.

tim3l0rd

An adult child shouldn't hold him back, but it really depends on the elders. By their rules he needs to be "presiding over his household in a fine manner", but adult children are not really under his control even if they still live at home.