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  New method of appointing Regular Pioneers!

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a new arrangement for appointing regular pioneers has been announced.. in the past, a person would have to fill in a form from the society, this would have to be approved by the local elders, then this would be sent to the branch for final approval and appointment.. now it is just the local elders that approve it.

  it doesn't need the branch approval any more.. they are selling it as a way to "speed up the process in order to be more effective in the ministry during these urgent times blah blah".

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  @just kidding: i am talking about regular pioneers. I knew some time ago reg pioneers used to be approved by the branch and the announcement was very similar to the elder/MS ones. But for some reason i thought this was scrapped and local elders approve them.

  After reading sir82 reply this got me thinking. I may have been confused with the process.

  So elders approve the reg pioneer and then send the approval for branch to sign-off. And this letter means there is no more requirement to have appointment signed off by branch. Elders can do this now on their own.

  So if you want to have a better status, start getting gifts and inviting the service committee to BBQs - you will get the status.
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  New method of appointing Regular Pioneers!

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a new arrangement for appointing regular pioneers has been announced.. in the past, a person would have to fill in a form from the society, this would have to be approved by the local elders, then this would be sent to the branch for final approval and appointment.. now it is just the local elders that approve it.

  it doesn't need the branch approval any more.. they are selling it as a way to "speed up the process in order to be more effective in the ministry during these urgent times blah blah".

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  That's the same thing i said, to my knowledge this has been like this for couple of years.

  Bit surprised! And the elder told me No, pioneers are approved by branch.

  Am i getting the new light faster than the GB?
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  How many use iPads or tablets in your cong?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a question for those that still attend meetings.... how many use tablets or ipads in your hall?.

  i did roving microphones this week, and i counted 43 people (variety of ages) out of an audience of 98!.

  just curious....

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  In our congregation, relatively small one around 50 publishers:

  25 have tablets of which 8 are full time pioneers (out of 14 pioneers).

  All elders, around 4 have tablets even some use them on the platform.

  In my family we all have ones, without them we cannot survive the whole meeting, well at least it stopped me from walking in the car park and try to come up with different reason every time.
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  Anyone else notice the new Terms of Use on jw.org?

  by leaving_quietly in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i first noticed it today... slides up at the bottom.

  i wonder why they felt the need to do this?

  this is just silly for a religious website..

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  I think they are also targeting everyone who is producing apps, and selling them or getting revenue from ads; these guys are traceable.

  But if a random user downloads a pdf publication and picks some quotes and/or small screenshots, they can’t do anything since this is considered fair usage especially if it is sourced. This is common practice everywhere.

  I think everyone should start suing them for using other people quoted without properly sourcing them in their publications!

  Da Furious
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  BOE Letter: Re: Our Kingdom Ministry

  by pixel in

  1. watchtower
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  you read it here first!.

  to all congregations.

  re: our kingdom ministry.

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  Thanks Pixel.

  @BluesBrother, someone on another post said that the english KM will be global from September. In my experience, i was using the US version from JWLeaks and the only difference i noticed was the stats they publish, all talks and discussions are identical.

  BTW, i live in London!
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  Watchtower transformation to JW.org - step by step TTATT recap

  by 4thgen in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the watchtower has been making cunning and calculated changes in the organization to gain more money, power and control.

  jwn has a multitude of posts on the rapid metamorphosis of the watchtower into jw.org.

  please feel free to comment and interject your thoughts.

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  Totally Agree.

  As for the last point: TECHNOLOGY & LARGER GATHERINGS

  I have seen this happening in one country where the convention was done on one day and it was recorded. Then all other congregations watched that same recording. This is definitly content control and and not allowing speakers to change what the headquarters want to say.

  I have a felliing similar to OP that this will be the future trend - reminds me of the sci-fi movies where the top leader is seen on screen everywhere with the same message.
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  Question: Is JW religion the most attacked one?

  by Da.Furious in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was having a chat with an elder and couple of friends regarding apostates and how to protect ourselves and funnily how to identify them!.

  during the discussion the elder mentioned: jehovah's witnesses is most attacked religion in the world.

  there are no other religions that are under the spotlight.

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  I have checked the 2014 YB and compared the list of countries with a US goverment coutries list. The and result is below:

  ***39 Countries are not on their list, but the yearbook states 30 other countries and terretories, i will identify the ones i am 100% sure they have JW in them (i.e active congregations).

  I was able to count 19 - 11 still not identified.

  Country	JWs
  Afghanistan
  Algeria	Yes
  Bahrain	Yes
  Bhutan
  Brunei
  Burma
  China	Yes
  Comoros	This may have been split to several islands, like they have done with others to inflate the numbers.
  Djibouti
  Egypt	Yes
  Eritrea	Yes
  Holy See
  Iran	Yes
  Iraq	Yes
  Jordan	Yes
  Korea, North
  Kuwait	Yes
  Laos
  Libya	Yes (not sure now)
  Maldives
  Mauritania
  Micronesia
  Monaco
  Morocco	Yes
  Netherlands Antilles
  Oman	Yes
  Palestinian Territories	Yes
  Qatar	Yes
  Saudi Arabia	Yes
  Singapore	Yes
  Somalia
  Syria	Yes (very reduced activity now)
  Tajikistan
  Tunisia	Yes
  Turkmenistan
  United Arab Emirates	Yes
  Uzbekistan
  Vietnam
  Yemen
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  Question: Is JW religion the most attacked one?

  by Da.Furious in

  1. watchtower
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  i was having a chat with an elder and couple of friends regarding apostates and how to protect ourselves and funnily how to identify them!.

  during the discussion the elder mentioned: jehovah's witnesses is most attacked religion in the world.

  there are no other religions that are under the spotlight.

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  @punkofnice apologies if my reply sounded not satirical. I was making fun of the JW published stats without source.
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  NEWS UPDATE: Stats from Bethel

  by Da.Furious in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i received some statistics from a friend in bethel in brooklyn.. here are the numbers:.

  jw.org:840 million visits1 billion publication files downloaded150 million videos watched/downloadedwebsite available now in 540 languagespublication available in 700 language for downloadover 100,000 online bible study requests availablenew caleb/sofia video will be available from 1 september (topic: caleb & sofia's visit to bethel) .

  pioneers: 167,000 vs 2010 no of pioneers: 132,000 - increase of 6.1%p.a.

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  Da.Furious

  I received some statistics from a friend in bethel in Brooklyn.

  Here are the numbers:

  • JW.org:
  • 840 million visits
  • 1 Billion publication files downloaded
  • 150 million videos watched/downloaded
  • Website available now in 540 Languages
  • Publication available in 700 language for download
  • Over 100,000 online bible study requests available
  • New Caleb/Sofia video will be available from 1 September (Topic: Caleb & Sofia's Visit to Bethel)

  • USA
  • 2014 No. Pioneers: 167,000 vs 2010 No of Pioneers: 132,000 - increase of 6.1%p.a. (26.5% increase over the period)
  • No. of bethelites in USA: 6,019

  Da Furious
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  Question: Is JW religion the most attacked one?

  by Da.Furious in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was having a chat with an elder and couple of friends regarding apostates and how to protect ourselves and funnily how to identify them!.

  during the discussion the elder mentioned: jehovah's witnesses is most attacked religion in the world.

  there are no other religions that are under the spotlight.

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  @Ancientofdays: The countries you have listed with no JWs is not accurate.

  I can assure you majority of them have missionaries assigned to them. These countries fall under undisclosed location or other countries. In these countries JWs are under ban and restricted activity. Locals get into prison for preaching and any proselytising activity. Missionaries, usually assigned from a country that is an allied country with the government get deported.

  I personally know 4 missionary couples who were assigned in Egypt and several brothers there.

  All Gulf countries have at least 1 congregation in them - no ministry just meeting, although they are allowed to engage in informal witnessing to friends.

  To be honest with you, i lived in a country under ban which is not on your list, and it was really nice. No ministry, 1 evening for meetings in a week, and never heard one JW say we are under persecution. Also other Churches had similar situation.

  NB: at twickenham international convention i heard they had deligates from gulf countries. Cant confirm since i did not meet any.