Posts by Gayle
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20Two circuits in Ohio dissolved!
by kneehighmiah inannounced that two ohio circuits are to be dissolved including 5 congregations.
congregations in the dissolved circuits will be assigned to two existing circuits.
the excuse the letter offered is that people are moving, or that people are retiring and leaving the area.
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Our Kingdom ministry March 2013 Question
by RobertT18 inis it true that the march ministry is hinting that this year will be the last memorial, someone just said that today in the service, just wanted to confirm.. .
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edit: forgot to add the month..
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Gayle
The WT writers are very manipulative.. they make it sound like their are saying something specific ,,they throw 4 Will this Memorial be our last? (1 Cor. 11: 26) (with intonation almost as a fact) We do not know. then after the time period, then they say, emphasize, they didn't say something. they artists of double-tongue.
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2013 Report - difference in av. pubs compared to % of baptisms
by likeabird ini just took the first page of the 2013 report and added two new columns to look at alternative ways of calculating the 'increase'.
first column: 2013 av.
pubs minus 2012 av.
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Gayle
U.S.: 85 avg. pubs/cong. 183 attendance/Memorial/cong. So, 98 non-pubs attended Memorial. Everyone gets excited about Attendance number. Of these, the cong. has to get 3 attenders for year to become publishers (whether new or reactivated) to get at least an increase of 1% (the increase noted last two years each) (avg. cong. odds that one pub. will die and one will be DF'd)
Pubs. avg. .6 Bible study, so avg. cong. has 52 Bible studies. Avg. cong. had 2.3 baptized.
Avg. cong. has 11 reg. pios. and 5 aux. pios/mo. Avg. pub (aside from Pios) is 9.8 hr/mos. Population Ratio was same for 2013 as 2012: 1 pub to 262 U.S. pop.
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2013 Report - difference in av. pubs compared to % of baptisms
by likeabird ini just took the first page of the 2013 report and added two new columns to look at alternative ways of calculating the 'increase'.
first column: 2013 av.
pubs minus 2012 av.
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Gayle
This is about 'Bible Studies,' showing continual increases, however, baptisms not increasing by comparison:
Worldwide:
Bible Studies Baptized
2007 6,561,426 298,304 4.5%
2008 7,133,760 289,678 4.1%
2009 7,619,270 276,233 3.6%
2010 8,058,359 294,368 3.7%
2011 8,490,746 263,131 3.1%
2012 8,759,988 268,777 3.1%
2013 9,254,963 277,344 3.0%
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U.S.:
2007 546,631 37,243 6.8%
2008 603,313 35,597 5.9%
2009 657,544 34,739 5.3%
2010 683,090 35,120 5.1%
2011 714,151 32,953 4.6%
2012 722,179 32,039 4.4%
2013 723,326 32,118 4.4% -
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Reorganization Branches Belgium and The Netherlands
by Gorbatchov inthe belgium branche of jw in kraainem will be closed.. the netherlands branche of jw in emmen will be reorganized into an ict devolpment office.. all the oldtimers jw staff in emmen is told they have to leave, they are dismissed.. of course it will be explained that the organization is on the move, a blessing from jehovah.. gorby.
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Gayle
Neither country grew in JWs as noted on 2014 Service Report,,the Yearbok reportws 91 branches, but does this bring it down to 89? Wonder what country is next?
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What's the next big organizational change you predict could happen?
by Island Man inyadda yadda 2 predicted a change in the bookstudy arrangement.
what future changes do you predict could/would happen?.
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Gayle
not a big deal,,but they could easily make 30 hr aux. pio. available 'every' month of year.
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New World Translation 2013 on EBay
by startingover inthere are several of the new bibles on ebay, but here you can buy the whole box of 32. i don't know if this link will show the original listing, you may have to click on that to see the description.
i wonder where these came from, the description seems a bit strange.. http://www.ebay.com/itm/case-of-32-2013-new-world-translation-of-the-holy-scriptures-watchtower-bible-/261362288068?pt=lh_defaultdomain_0&hash=item3cda6805c4&nma=true&si=cb4ceo6bt8tstei2ousxlhx8hva%253d&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557.
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Gayle
one shows $19,,do you think the pubs are "donating" that much to the WTS to cover expense. Has anyone heard how many have been printed so far?
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'Jehovah will provide' / some fish(y) stories! - WT April 15, 2014
by bats in the belfry ineduardo & family with kids will pioneer and survive on 10% of his regular income.. .. .
page 24. .
sort of reminded me of this guy: father of four quits job after attending annual meeting.
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Gayle
THE GB have no concept of personal poverty (even near poverty) with family> nO concept of food bills, rent, utilities, gas, car repair, dental, medical bills etc. etc. etc. Not once in the HQ did they have to worry about such things. Even the very poor provide for them.
They say something like "there are rich people that are not happy." My word,, people in poverty are definitely not happy,,depression extremely high among very poor people. The children mirror their parents anxieties extremely.
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Gayle
most partakers are disqualified too because most are female,,females are good/quaified enough to 'reign' in heaven, but not goodqualified/ enough to 'govern' with the GB on earth.
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US Publisher Growth And Inflation
by metatron inhttp://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data/inflation-charts.
i believe official us figures on unemployment and inflation are 'managed'.. compare inflation in the us to jw publisher growth.
how do they keep pace with expenses?
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Gayle
They are dumping Bethelites in the street, but added 1,107 additional (no doubt younger and healthier) ordained ministers (5% increase). The HQ increased 8.7% in funds for spec. pios, missionaries & T.O.s.