so why has the growth flatlined?
why is less time spent in the ministry?
why have aux pios droped by 1/3rd?.
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?.
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.
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.)
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.
the copyright owner has posted a message on the internet, and can be found below!.
ray franz.
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.
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?.
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.
it's a 2014 movie and i'm only watching it now.
it reminds me strongly of the life of jws and ex-jws..
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?.
Hopefully, some JWs will read this, and question how the WT is getting all this money, and question where is it really going?
been catching up on some jw reading and found a gem in the november study wt in the first article, paragraph #11:.
yet, you might look beyond the obvious and ask yourself, does my child enjoy the ministry or only the breaks?
if you discern that the ministry could be more interesting or more rewarding for your children, set goals with them.
JWs make their kids skip the stage of childhood, and just put on the act of some form of a adulthood. Generally, there's a form of payback eventually. Then, most kids leave the organization with a lot of psychological stuff to sort through.
When I had my children, I started re-sorting 'everything' and re-evaluating how I would raise my children and what values to teach my children. I realized I would not place on them the burdens/rules of mostly childless men.
I know many who were raised JW who left JWism and most could not bear to wear a suit for many years.
looking back we had been fading without even realizing it.
life happened...and we weren't regular.
then we woke up and have actively been fading for 9 months.
it appears diogenesister feels a need for a proper ass-kicking.. ok, if you insist.
i'm a dub proctologist.... attempting to hijack greatteacher's thread "jw parents in severe car accident,".
diogenesister seized my observation that "bloodless surgery is the standard today, not because of the wtb&ts but because of medical progress" with he carefully-crafted argument "bull crap.".
I am not giving an ounce of credit to the WT about blood transfusion alternatives or improvements. Until they put up their money for medical colleges/universities clinics and labs and encourage their own children to go to college and become doctors or medical teams, they don't do a thing for the improvement of life or mankind.
It's comparable to the JWs to try and take credit of making Australian Commission development to develop programs to take care of abused children.
