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  SERVICE REPORT 2005 : WATCHTOWER FEB 1ST 2006

  by BluesBrother in

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  i have had a quick look and found no references to this, so - here goes..as in the mag we picked up on sunday.. worldwide % increase over 2004 = 1.3%.

  memorial partakers 8524 (compared to 8570 in 2004).

  most european and nth american lands show pretty static figs - britain 1% increase, canada 0%, germany 0%, france 1%, usa 0%... but spare a thought for the inhabitants of zambia where 1 person in 90 is a reporting witness, must be hell going down to the local market!

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  Finland for example, Northern European country. I would guess this is valid also in Sweden, Denmark..
  
  As far I can see, increasing numbers won't come back. Decline or +-0 % in numbers for several last years (-1% 2005). Kingdom halls full of people getting old. Young people leaving, getting disfellowshipped or fading. Low meeting attendance. Watchtower is having real troubles to find people to run congregations businesses.
  
  Interesting point: Witnesses are having very much less children than people in common (stat is from governmental source) and age classes are declining in general in this country. I can't see any chances for growth but declining numbers and congregations ceased and merged.
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  THE NEWS IS BIGGER THAN DATELINE, BBC, CBC, ETC.

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  if i told you that something bigger is on the horizon than dateline, bbc, cbc, sunday (australia), and all other tv programs which exposed the sexual child abuse cover-up by watchtower in 2002-2003, would you believe me?

  have i ever misled you?

  i'll answer that--no!

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  When will we get full information about this?
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  JW 's intervened in law-making process

  by FinnishInfo in

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  2. scandals

  .. in finland.

  is that allowed?

  representative of finnish jehovah's witnesses has been for years in committee, which is set by ministry of education.

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  garybuss,
  
  Yes, I knew that would be so in the USA.
  
  But doesn't this finnish case mean that they are actually in the politics using parliamentary, official, political-system-offered ways to really MAKE laws (not just appealing for some unfavourable act) and make effect?
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  JW 's intervened in law-making process

  by FinnishInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  .. in finland.

  is that allowed?

  representative of finnish jehovah's witnesses has been for years in committee, which is set by ministry of education.

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  FinnishInfo

  .. in Finland.
  
  Is that allowed?
  
  Representative of finnish Jehovah's Witnesses has been for years in committee, which is set by Ministry of Education. Committee is part of law-making process for renewed version of Freedom of Religion Act.
  
  Government official site says this about the committee:
  
  "Task: Law-making project
  
  Description of the Task:
  
  Committees duty is to make proposal for new Freedom of Religion Act. Committees duty is to evaluate effects of it's proposals in view of taxation."
  
  JW's representatative, "information secretary" is listed as expert role in committee, along with representatives of other religious groups like orthodox, lutherans, jews and so on. He has been named expert, specialist, in that committee from 1.10.1998 -28.2.2001 like other religious representatives. He's not primary a member, but listed as an expert.
  
  I don't include hyperlinks because it's all in finnish.