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  Massive Plunge in Number of New JW Congregations from 1990 to 2014

  by steve2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in a separate thread on the very latest figures for the current world wide annual report of jws, discussion turned to how "we'll know decline has really set in.

  one of the posters said: .

  the figure that interests me most is the number of congregations.

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  Gayle

  on 2015 Report, 17 "lands" (7% of lands) dropped 235 congs. Ukraine dropped 142 congs from last year. What's the story there?, government? Poland dropped 23, Germany dropped 14, Spain 12, Slovakia 11. ????
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  Half of the cong was dancing last night

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so went to the meeting last night.

  i had not been to one since before the holiday break (3 weeks ago).

  besides, it was our first meeting in the new format.

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  Gayle

  I have nothing against the music. Lilting. Upbeat! Then, when over in extreme contrast, will be followed by boring downbeat talks of the end, destruction, fear, judgmentalism, depression. Thus, the manic depressive order: "episodes of mood swings ranging from depressive lows to manic highs" and again depressive lows, etc.
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  Governing Body Member Gerrit Loesch Must Eventually Take The Witness Stand In Child Molestation Lawsuits

  by frankiespeakin in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  with many more cases in the offing the zalkin lawfirm will press the issue again and again and force gerrit loesch to testify.

  what say you?.

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  Gayle

  Did Loesch get away with it? Been a year.
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  January jw-tv broadcast with Lett

  by bohm in

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  2. friends

  lett is back with a vengance!.

  * the last money-begging effort increased donations by 15% for two months; a letter by a 13 year old who donated is read out loud.

  * since last may "so many good things have happened".

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  Gayle

  Is this some indirect cunning way, GB encouraging ones to give 15% now???!
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  New York Times article Dec 31 2015

  by Gayle in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/01/nyregion/stalled-brooklyn-park-exposes-rift-with-religious-group.html?_r=0.

  jehovahs witnesses have been criticized by community leaders for not fixing up parks in dumbo, brooklyn, as promised.

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  Gayle

  http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/01/nyregion/stalled-brooklyn-park-exposes-rift-with-religious-group.html?_r=0

  Jehovah’s Witnesses have been criticized by community leaders for not fixing up parks in Dumbo, Brooklyn, as promised.
  
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  Reasons for Stagnation in Growth. AKA YearBook Numbers!

  by ttdtt in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so why has the growth flatlined?

  why is less time spent in the ministry?

  why have aux pios droped by 1/3rd?.

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  Gayle

  Why have Aux Pios dropped by 1/3rd?

  I wonder if the org. will make a change to be able to make Aux. Pio. even easier now. Have the arrangement available 'every' month? Make a provision for "Regular' Aux. Pio.?

  Since baptisms are dropping so much, will they make it easier to get baptized. Maybe not require all those baptisms questions? Just answer the two questions at baptism?.
  
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  Statistics - Spreadsheets - Opinion

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so, spent a fair bit of time on the stats.. the 2010-2015 numbers are available here: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0bwv5uvzb3-67axpzavk0m0nttfe&usp=sharing.

  also there are spreadsheets of: ratios, peak-pubs, and the best is a combo of ratios, peak pubs & average pubs.. you can play with these by "select all" and "sort" according to your preference.. if you would like any other combination, i would try to create it and post it for you.. of interest:.

  as has been noted, the biggest standout of 2015 is the increase of only 18k in peak pubs while having 260k baptized.

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  Gayle

  55% of "lands" have their 'population' increase faster than JW publishers, according to 2016 Yearbook Service Report.

  (This does not include the "30 Other Lands," nor their new listing of Bhutan, with 3 pubs.)
  
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  Yearbook 2016

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  stil no 2016 yearbook on jw.org, due to my fade i forgot the normal publishing date.

  do you remember when the yearbook was released?

  i'm just curious about the 2015 publisher data.

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  Gayle

  In a week or two?
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  Ray's Books. And Copyrights!

  by DwainBowman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the copyright owner has posted a message on the internet, and can be found below!.

  ray franz.

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  Gayle

  I appreciate Deborah's commitment for Ray's book. The last couple phone calls I had with Cynthia, she told me that Deborah had helped her and how she appreciated her. I encourage all to support her in keeping "Crisis of Conscience" book safe and available to all. I am indebted to Ray's work and he gave me the 'finality' I needed to walk away once and for all from the organization.

  Thank you Deborah.
  
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  In Associated Press today

  by Gayle in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://bigstory.ap.org/article/d926d4a36d614dfe969eba2b632fb3ce/jehovahs-witnesses-could-get-1-billion-nyc-properties.

  hopefully, some jws will read this, and question how the wt is getting all this money, and question where is it really going?.

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  Gayle

  http://www.jw.org/en/news/releases/by-region/united-states/jw-begin-sale-brooklyn-real-estate/

  jw.org reports selling properties but, funny, doesn't mention the "$1Billion" potential amount as the half dozen newspapers shown listed here the last few days.

  They only tell what they want their members to know, half the story but never not the whole story.