same as Blondie I dont even see them even making enquiries to even book a purpose built 30k plus stadium at all these days in the UK/USA and Europe the costs must be eye watering, certificated stewarding is law and only one stadium is used in the UK these days.
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What do ya think would happen?
by brandnew inlets say..an assembly is arranged at a stadium for 30,000 jws to meet.
now lets say only about 1,000 jws show up.. do you think the show would go on?, or do you think it would be canceled because it would not generate enough money?.
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Estimating future growth or decline of Watchtower
by shepherdless ini have seen a few posts here, in various guises, in relation to whether watchtower is in decline.
plenty of people respond, but it is all fairly anecdotal, or "gut feel".
some of it has been wishful thinking.. as of late 2015, watchtower's numbers suggest it is still growing marginally, but there are various anecdotes on this site of publishers typically being older, and younger ones disappearing.
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TOH; I wonder how many Polish jw's have actually left their homeland to live and work in other countries of the EU? I don think its that many, in London there are 4 Polish speaking congs at a guess each cong would probably be about 75 publishers each maybe far less, and London has been one of the most popular destinations for Polish migrant workers to settle in recent years probably only topped by Germany, also the town of Peterborough has one of the biggest Polish communities in the UK yet does not have a Polish speaking cong in it at all, has that made much of a dent into the full service report for Poland? More surprising are the amount of Portuguese and Spanish congs in London which seems more than double since I was in. -
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Estimating future growth or decline of Watchtower
by shepherdless ini have seen a few posts here, in various guises, in relation to whether watchtower is in decline.
plenty of people respond, but it is all fairly anecdotal, or "gut feel".
some of it has been wishful thinking.. as of late 2015, watchtower's numbers suggest it is still growing marginally, but there are various anecdotes on this site of publishers typically being older, and younger ones disappearing.
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growth in the UK is definitely minimal, even worse in most parts of Europe, look at the figures for Germany and Poland, I do agree with the "mass exodus" theory not happing any time soon, but has any contemporary religious cult/sect ever seen a mass exodus? they are all shrinking, slowly dying and rotting away to be small irrelevant groups that the public will be less and less aware or bothered about, in my old circuit 3 traditional congs have been liquidated, one KH sold off, something you would have never thought would be possible 20 years ago, the cong of my ex jw wife has been merged. What will the WTS look like in the UK and Europe 10 years down the line? god knows, I see more of the same, perhaps circuit assembly halls sold off completely, there is no sign of a rekindling of growth that we saw in the late 1960's/1970's and 80's never in a million years. -
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How much is the Bethel allowance now? It used to be $14!
by Maryo ini am wondering how much the bethel "allowance" is now?
it used to be $14!
is it true they really sign a vow of proverty now?
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Interesting article about the evidence of the Jewish Exodus
by cappytan inthe reality is that there is no evidence whatsoever that the jews were ever enslaved in egypt.
yes, there's the story contained within the bible itself, but that's not a remotely historically admissible source.
i'm talking about real proof; archeological evidence, state records and primary sources.
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Chitty
by StopTheTears ini've learned that many years ago, there was a man named brother chitty of some prominence in the jehovah's witnesses organization.
it fact, chitty was a member of the governing body.
chitty was asked to resign his position after serving for many years and nothing much was ever said about it to jehovahs witnesses.
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the reports about what kind of man Greenleas was if you forget about the dreadful smear that hung over him for a moment was that he was a awful piece of work,obnoxious, bad tempered,moody, rude, arrogant. -
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Would you have married your spouse if you weren't both JWs?
by 3rdgen inok, i've had some wine, but i'm curious.
objectively speaking, but for the religion, did you have enough in common with your spouse to have met and married as non believers?
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Our COBE(Coordinator Of Body of Elders) Cried at the Kingdom Hall
by James Jack init was announced recently, that "bro.
z is no long the coordinator(76 years old), bro y(60) is now the new coordinator of the body of elders".. you see, bro.
z has been an elder for 43 years and 35 of them as the cobe/po.
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you know what Punky I dont think we are too far away from the reality of that scenario at all, replace this guy with worldwide instruction from the 7 fuckwits of the GB via video hook ups into their homes.
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Would you have married your spouse if you weren't both JWs?
by 3rdgen inok, i've had some wine, but i'm curious.
objectively speaking, but for the religion, did you have enough in common with your spouse to have met and married as non believers?
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no not a chance, I doubt we'd have even met, very little in common, would have had a completely different circle of friends , academically she was very bright, and would have gone on to university and ended up in a decent job, I was just a lowly worker, she often said it as well. -
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World Wide Construction comes to a Shuddering Halt - Jehovah's Blessing has Evidently been Suspended!
by Slidin Fast inthe chelmsford project in the uk has already come to a halt and every one has been sent home.
the bethel family in london is to be cut by several hundred.
my impression is that most ambitious youngster in the org dream of being involved with the building program.
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possibly Besty
