my jw mother drives me nuts.
she lives in quite a cut-off part of the uk and this year, is expected to travel to hq (rugbyfans), aka twickenham.
she's great to make the trip, it's like a spiritual holiday for her.. i said i thought it ridiculous and unreasonable for the gb to expect people to travel that far and pay for accommodation near london.
You should be thankful they are not seven day assemblies like they were years ago. Even in the 1990s they were four days, now I believe they are three.
And the circuit assemblies are now down to one day. What with the weekly meetings being cut as well, witnesses should have more time available to them now. They even do less hours in the preaching work than say 20 years ago.
the rate of growth of publishers has dropped from an average 5.64% per annum over the 15 years prior to 1995, to 2.55% in the 15 years after 1995. had growth remained above 5%, the 4,950,344 witnesses in 1995 would have exceeded 11 million in 2010. instead, there were only 7 million in 2010 - a difference of 4 million people.
factors on conversion and retention, such as internet education, resulted in growth of 2 million instead of 6 million, just one third of that expected in 1995.. http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/statistics.php.
i read this and it got me thinking about how much the global population is rising by annually.
For many on this site the above analysis is nothing new. Paul at jwfacts has shown these figures for many years now and they get updated each year. It is very evident that JW recruitment is in big, big trouble. The real time increase of 1.35% includes of course their own kids, many you would presume would follow in their parents footsteps. So that figure is totally pathetic, and as has been said already the time spent in going from door to door is just to keep witnesses busy.
within the last few years i understand watchtower has issued a concession (no apology) of minor proportion.
they don't admit to the avalanche of some 8 sequential positions (yes, no, yes, no, ...) of, "will the sodomites receive a resurrection?".
i think they admit to about three of them.
They say all sorts of stupid things Len, so matters not what they say it is just words to try to make themselves look less stupid than they are
i came across this nugget in the may 2014 issue:.
"are you moving ahead with jehovah's organization".
....at one time, the anointed remnant were like the little one, but their number grew as other spiritual israelites were brought into gods organization.
Totally agree with bobcat on this. It is nothing new at all. All they are saying is that earlier in the 20th century the annointed were growing and now it is the great crowd that is growing. Period
well, all parodying of the january 2014 awake aside: no, not so unique.
unlike the claims of jw.org, it is not the one true website that will solve all your problems.
in fact, jwlove.org will not be for everyone and i admit that there are likely other places where the same information is presented in a better, more comprehensive manner.
Just had a look at the wbsite. It is really good. It is nice to have clear and concise videos about JWs main doctrines all together in one place. I would say the presenters voice is quite irratating, but otherwise the material is excellent and well put together.
after the shamefull tony morris iii talk in italy, i am thinking about how it is possible that a multi billion corporation is managed by 8 old crazy man?.
who's selecting new gb members?
is it enough to be a extreme manager-elder, then getting promotion to a manager-co / do, put the organization strictly first and on who's radar you have to be?.
I think you will find all elders have to have those qualities that are recorded in the bible. For those who take on greater responsability I believe it would come down to their individual talents, like speaking well to others individually or an audience. A good manager and organiser, good with money. So mainly qualities that a large 'worldly' org would want of you
i attended the nyc screening of truth be told.. despite the atrocious weather, there were about 80 in attendance.. .
the director is planning to show the movie in the uk..
Look forward to seeing it if it comes to UK
i could be wrong of course , but as far as i recall 1925 was not the date of armageddon , but was the date the" princes of the earth" would be resurrected .
the princes of course were faithfull men of old such as abraham issac and jacob, anybody who had a prominent part in gods favour.. witnesses at assemblies after 1925 were constantly awaiting to welcome the resurrected princes of the earth up until the late 1950`s.
these faithfull resurrected men were to lead the rank and file into the glorious new system of christs thousand year reign.. smiddy.
Well smiddy how were they to do that with all the wicked people on the earth? I will check it out though and see what was actually written at the time
the societys governing body ...now can count.
i couldnt resist:.
remember?
I think most JWs know what a generation is when they are not speaking about Watchtower doctrine. Then something happens to their brain as soon as the generation teaching is brought up.
sorted from high to low.
net increase in publishers2013 ave. pubs2012 ave. pubsincrease/ decrease in publishersincrease in pubs cumulative.
% increase cumulative columnabcde =a-b mexico (g-31)777,429749,58527,84427,84417.47%legend united states of america (e-32)1,167,7231,156,15011,57339,41724.73%red: latin/spanish landscongo, dem.
I would like to thank Dave for doing this chart. It takes a lot of time to produce something like that. Not sure why there is a mention of baptised-disfellowshipped. The chart simply deals with increase or decrease in publishers., in other words the net result or if you like the bottom line.
