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  WTS admits (indirectly) decreasing in U.S. publisher ratio to population

  by Gayle in

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  2. beliefs

  service year reports:.

  2010 - 1/259.

  so, the wts is not keeping up with the u.s. population (and they know it), though it rants about increasing pubs., etc..

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  Gayle

  Service Year Reports:

  2010 - 1/259

  2011 - 1/261

  2012 - 1/262

  So, the WTS is not keeping up with the U.S. population (and they know it), though it rants about increasing pubs., etc.
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  Interesting Observation by a Coworker

  by breakfast of champions in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  over the past couple years, i've confided my whole "apostate experience" to one of my coworkers, everything from 607 and 1914, to disfellowshipping and being raised with the constant fear my worldly family would die in armageddon.

  so he knows the whole witness thing.. anyway, he tells me this experience he had on tuesday:.

  you wouldn't believe this, boc.

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  Gayle

  Wow, for a jw or even just a bible study,,that would be quite a flip,,with all the books out, makes me think maybe it was a Bible study going on,,can't see how any jws can defend themselves on these past dominant teachings anymore, other than "stuck" mode. Of course, they stuck with 1914, when it went with visible to "invisible." ugh
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  Are Baptism numbers going down?

  by Julia Orwell in

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  Gayle

  Worldwide:

  2007 298,304

  2008 289,678

  2009 276,233

  2010 294,368

  2011 263,131

  2012 268,777

  U.S.

  2007 37,243

  2008 35,597

  2009 34,739

  2010 35,120

  2011 32,953

  2012 32,039
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  AGM 5 OCTOBER 2013 (UNOFFICIAL RUMORS)

  by WatchTower87 in

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  2. beliefs

  - 23 day to go .. annual meeting unofficial rumors.

  - new bible.

  - new nwt (revision).

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  Gayle

  It just seems if the ones who have been denied to "commune" (partake) on Memorial all these decades, and start to partake that they would 'in time' begin to think that they also should be able to think and have opinions or personal conscience in a 'new' kind of 'personal' relationship with Christ. For the GB to open that door, it will cause the GB extreme trouble of their control.
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  "Truth be Told" Documentary in Phoenix

  by AuntBee in

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  i've been watching the web site that shows how many more tickets need to be sold for this to happen.

  right now, it is 14. if anyone wants to buy one as kind of a donation, even though you're not going, you can at this web site: .

  http://www.tugg.com/events/5361.

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  Gayle

  I am going.
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  Big JW Changes in The Netherlands (Holland)

  by DeWandelaar in

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  2. current

  news reached me a couple of days ago of some big changes in the netherlands for jehovah's witnesses.

  a letter from the branch office was read in all congregations so it can easily be verified by lurkers and faders who are still visiting the congregations.. big changes:.

  - they are going to sell one of the two assembly halls.

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  Gayle

  JW Assembly Halls are their "cathedrals"
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  Candace Conti

  by zeb in

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  what has become of this case please?.

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  Gayle

  So,,did the WTS do the "oral" argument after all or was it waived? (I know their "written" arguments were done)?
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  Jehovah Witnesses favor 'Babylon the Great' 'We had favour with the Jehovah's Witnesses. They wanted to give it to a faith-based organisation.'

  by Sol Reform in

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  http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/manukau-courier/9124458/witnesses-sell-elim-buys witnesses sell, elim buysscott morganlast updated 05:00 05/09/2013 share great view: the elim churchs new premises in wattle downs was formerly the jehovahs witnesses new zealand headquarters.scott morganbig space: pastor boyd ratnaraja and his wife sharon show off the space where elim churchs new soup kitchen will be located.scott morganhard work: volunteers set up the churchs new op shop.it was the national headquarters for the jehovah's witnesses for 30 years.

  but the 7.5ha wattle downs property has now been sold to elim church and could soon house a new christian college.

  jehovah's witness minister george gray says advances in technology mean the property is no longer needed for running the church's new zealand and south pacific activities which will now be administered from australia.

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  Gayle

  That is funny,,in reality JWs really only believe that their god is really going to destroy it all,,soon, very soon!!
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  I Know A MS That Just Got Reappointed As An Elder After 5 Years And Still Thinks He's Not Qualified

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  he's a very good man and recognizes his limitations.

  he still dislikes field service and considers himself inferior to the other elders.

  he has almost no contact with his disfellowshipped older son.

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  Gayle

  Do the other elders know how he is, sounds very 'negative.' But is the elder body, CO, really desperate? How many elders are there in that Cong ?
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  New system school K-12 JWs only school

  by dogon in

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  2. beliefs

  http://www.newsystemschool.org.

  i ran acorss this on fb.

  its a school that is just for jws.

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  Gayle

  35 states? Many years ago there was one in Phoenix, AZ. But it didn't last long. I can't think that a JW school would last. In reality, JWs, as a group, can't handle any events or programs that involve 'real' life skills for long. Especially outside of the 'controlled' WTS.