HI Comey, The Watchtower report is a year on year comparison, so the small differences in deaths in different countries apply every year, so can be used for comparison purposes. The same is true with baptised and unbaptised publishers, the same thing applies. Its the same rule as previous years. Did you have a look at the figures on JWfacts? Makes interesting reading.
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2019 Service Year Report Grand Total
by Listener inthe watchtower is thrilled with the amount baptised in the 2019 service year.
they are reporting an increase in publishers of 103,208 from the 2018 year.. this is what they have posted under global news on their website -.
2019 service year report includes largest baptismal figure in 20 yearswe are thrilled to announce that during the 2019 service year, more than 300,000 individuals were baptized as jehovah’s witnesses.
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2019 Service Year Report Grand Total
by Listener inthe watchtower is thrilled with the amount baptised in the 2019 service year.
they are reporting an increase in publishers of 103,208 from the 2018 year.. this is what they have posted under global news on their website -.
2019 service year report includes largest baptismal figure in 20 yearswe are thrilled to announce that during the 2019 service year, more than 300,000 individuals were baptized as jehovah’s witnesses.
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alanv
The above 215000 of JW leavers is the highest ever recorded in one year as far as I can see. JWfacts has a section on leavers, both before deaths are taken into consideration and after. So the org certainly have nothing to brag about. Especially when we know there is massive pressure for kids to get baptised. We have read about kids as young as eight getting baptised, which the org brag about. I'm sure at least half of the baptisms will be kids of JWs, rather than people they attract from the local community.
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2019 Service Year Report Grand Total
by Listener inthe watchtower is thrilled with the amount baptised in the 2019 service year.
they are reporting an increase in publishers of 103,208 from the 2018 year.. this is what they have posted under global news on their website -.
2019 service year report includes largest baptismal figure in 20 yearswe are thrilled to announce that during the 2019 service year, more than 300,000 individuals were baptized as jehovah’s witnesses.
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alanv
Its quite weird how they have gone from average to peak publishers by country. It made the figures look better the first year but after that it means nothing. Its just presenting a force picture. Average is always going to be more accurate. But the 1.2 % increase in peak publishers is the lowest increase sine 2005 as far as i can see.
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2019 Service Year Report Grand Total
by Listener inthe watchtower is thrilled with the amount baptised in the 2019 service year.
they are reporting an increase in publishers of 103,208 from the 2018 year.. this is what they have posted under global news on their website -.
2019 service year report includes largest baptismal figure in 20 yearswe are thrilled to announce that during the 2019 service year, more than 300,000 individuals were baptized as jehovah’s witnesses.
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alanv
Hi Keinlezard, we will know more when the full report is published, but its a fare bet that most baptisms are coming from Africa and South America. I think most on here are from USA or Europe where there is next to no increase in anything. So the figure that matters is not the baptisms but the peak publishers, and that is a very low figure, barely keeping up with the world population increase.
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2019 Service Year Report Grand Total
by Listener inthe watchtower is thrilled with the amount baptised in the 2019 service year.
they are reporting an increase in publishers of 103,208 from the 2018 year.. this is what they have posted under global news on their website -.
2019 service year report includes largest baptismal figure in 20 yearswe are thrilled to announce that during the 2019 service year, more than 300,000 individuals were baptized as jehovah’s witnesses.
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alanv
Interestingly an impressive rise of 7% in the baptisms, but actually only a 1.2% rise in peak publishers (was 1.4% last year). So loads of people going out through the back door. Im pretty sure they will soon stop publishing the partakers figure. They have already said its not a true picture of genuine anointed JWs. Thanks listener for finding the report. I imagine the full report will appear soon. Last year it was in the about us section on JW org
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Merging kingdom halls in the Netherlands / local media attention
by Gorbatchov inin a local newspaper attention for the merging and sell of a kingdom hall in a dutch village.. the funds are being used for building in other country's.
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https://zuid.zenderstreeknieuws.nl/nieuws/algemeen/788011/ijsselsteinse-jehova-s-getuigen-samen-met-nieuwegein-.
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alanv
The comments are on Facebook so you can translate from there. Most of Europe is showing no increase now, so merging is going to be happening more and more. From a business point of view it makes no sense to use a building just 4 hours a week.
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cart witnesses
by stan livedeath ini drove through a nearby seaside town today.
it was starting to rain.
it was cold.
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alanv
It really is pathetic watching them. How on earth can they call it preaching, when they just stand chatting to each other, or playing on their phones?
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Update/Change In OD Coming Soon
by mr_doubtful inthere will be an update/change in the od book coming soon.
i have it on good word that this change in the od book has already been pushed out & notified to the “higher ups”.
newwww light!.
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alanv
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Hotels Deny Watchtower Discount Rates For 2020 Regional Conventions
by JW GoneBad inthe wtbts is not being given special room rates by 2 major hotels at the long beach convention center area for the upcoming 2020 regional conventions & wt is t'd off.
letters are being read in surrounding circuits and congregations.
apparently wt is afraid that other hotels are going to blackball them as well.. has anyone else heard this?
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alanv
The hotels will still want them, they just dont want to give them a special rate
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January 2020 Watchtower - the anointed
by Listener init's very odd that the jan. 2020 watchtower was nearly 3 weeks later than normal.
another odd thing about this watchtower is that it has two articles (about the anointed) that is very similar to two articles they wrote only four years earlier.the fact that they have even reprinted two articles that are only four years old suggests that they continue to have numerous problems surrounding their teaching's of the anointed and problems with those claiming to be anointed.here are a few of the differences between both the 2016 and 2020 articles -2016 watchtower states.
anointed christians need to be taught by jehovah just like everyone else.. 2020 watchtower statesof course, anointed christians need to be taught by jehovah through the congregation just like everyone else.. four years ago, they acknowledged that it was only jehovah who were teaching the anointed but the newest watchtower now states that it is through the congregation.watchtower 2016 states there will be 144,000 ruling with jesus in heaven.
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alanv
They know they are in a tricky position with more and more people partaking of the emblems. They used to say it was one of the proofs we are in the last days, that those partaking kept going down. So now they have to come up with all sorts of reasons as to why the figures are going up. Watchtower will always find an answer even if they have to do a 180 degree turn.