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  News Which UK J.W.'s Won't Get in their Kigdom Ministry!

  by The Searcher in

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  a source tells me the following: .

  for shropshire uk by the name of anthony manning has been removed and judicially reproved.

  portishead congregation in north somerset is being merged or disbanded on sept 1st 2015 due to "aging elders, poor attendance, decrepit kingdom hall and landslip" - of course the suspicion is wt just wants to sell the hall off.

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  freddo

  We had Anthony Manning as a CO. My recollection was that he was the last "decent" reasonable CO that everyone warmed to - including me - we've had far worse since. He used to go out with the elders to the pub after the CO visit elders meetings and probably spent too much time in coffee shops (for the borgmasters' liking) with the brothers and sisters in the ministry.

  I think he has an aged mother still alive living near the English/Welsh border west of Birmingham that he used to go back and visit straight after every CO visit. I did hear that he had a girlfriend who died when they were young and "courting" and he threw himself into "Jehovah's service". Very sad if true.

  Yes, he did seem a bit camp but I don't think it fair to speculate why he was removed and reproved. Who knows? Perhaps he knows the TTATT but keeps his head down?
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  News Which UK J.W.'s Won't Get in their Kigdom Ministry!

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  a source tells me the following: .

  for shropshire uk by the name of anthony manning has been removed and judicially reproved.

  portishead congregation in north somerset is being merged or disbanded on sept 1st 2015 due to "aging elders, poor attendance, decrepit kingdom hall and landslip" - of course the suspicion is wt just wants to sell the hall off.

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  freddo

  @snugglebunny

  Ha ha. But in Clevedon only if they can swap zimmer frames first.
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  Your Opinion Pleeease

  by thankyou in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  jw girl non-jw guy.

  tenuous boyfriend-girlfriend relationship.

  what is more likely to strengthen a relationship?.

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  freddo

  No, really. Just let go.
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  New BBC article on JW abuse

  by snare&racket in

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  2. friends

  is religion doing enough to root out abuse?.

  he would go upstairs, on the premise that he was saying a prayer with his niece, then sexually abuse her.

  mark sewell was sentenced to 14 years in prisonafterwards, the elders told her that as it was only her account against that of sewell, nothing more could be done.

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  Welcome Poppycat.

  1. Please use paragraph breaks.

  2. You are wrong in much of what you have written. Most JW's will obey GB direction over what they themselves feel the bible says because they believe the GB are appointed by Jehovah/Jesus to do the interpretation for them.

  Further, in child abuse cases the GB have not given new directives to elders that the police/authorities are to be involved and that the paedo must be disfellowshipped - if you have been told this it is from someone who is engaged in wishful thinking or who is trying to mislead you.

  Yet further, if you are only getting your information from those who have studied with you then you are about as clued up on real behind the scene JW practices as I am about Catholic ones. You need to get your information from several sources to see what has the ring of truth.

  3. I'm sorry to hear of your abuse. The way the Catholic hierarchy acted is the same as JW's isn't it? I believe neither organisation has the backing of any god I wish to serve.

  4. There are indeed some very kind, intelligent and deep JW's - but if any one of them were to say amongst their fellow JW's and stick to the view that the GB is not the true channel of God or that JW predictions surrounding 1914 are false or that the 144,000 is definitely not a literal number then they would be disfellowshipped. They can say it to you because you will not "report" them.

  Nice to hear from you.
  
  
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  Can my friend be DFd for dating a non witness and wanting to get married to him

  by cognitivedizzy in

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  2. friends

  dear all, need some advice .

  in my country one can get dfd for pretty much anything the bullies want to df you for.

  but is there any specific guidelines that state one can or cannot be dfd for marrying a non witness.

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  freddo

  "Marked" is the rule.
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  JW Statistics for "Britain" 2015 over 2014

  by freddo in

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  population listed.

  peak pubs.

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  I dunno Gorby;

  The effect is cumulative. Several things are coming in together. Look at the drop in Britain baptisms by between a fifth and a quarter. Aux pios down by a third. Look at that west country circuit the Searcher told us about - a cong. disbanded and 6 CoBE's changed with at least two of them off as elders in less than a year. The peak to peak figure has dropped already.

  If the "high profile" CoBE elders are getting twitchy/tired/jumping ship then their fellow elders and congregations will surely wonder what's up.

  This (2016 service year) could be the "what a let down" year from the hype of 2014 - remember that October 2014, 100th the anniversary of "the end of the gentile times" is the one that is included in this year's (2015 service year) reported statistics, so still a remnant of 2014 fervour spilled over into this 2015 service year.

  Next year - if the org dares report it in the current format could be the world wide decrease year. If they don't report it then you can take it as (un) read that it was a decrease year!
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  JW Statistics for "Britain" 2015 over 2014

  by freddo in

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  freddo

  Why is Britain in scare quotes?

  Because I'm not sure what "Britain" is in jw terms.

  Politically Great Britain and Northern Ireland make up the United Kingdom.

  Great Britain is England, Scotland and Wales

  Britain (used much less formally) is England and Wales combined.

  Ireland is usually the Republic of Ireland (sometimes called Southern Ireland) excluding Northern Ireland

  But I believe in JW Land that Britain is England, Scotland and Wales and that Ireland is Northern and Southern Ireland combined.

  So "Britain" in this post means whatever Britain is in JW Land!
  
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  CoBE Joins those Elders Deserting the Sinking Ship

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  from a reliable source:.

  a young cobe - late thirties, maybe forty - has resigned in december 2015, both as the cobe and as an elder.

  word is that he is a man with a young family who is stressed out and has had enough.

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  freddo

  CoBE - Coordinator of the Body of Elders used to be called Presiding Overseer before 2008 and way back in 1971 before the elder arrangement it was the Congregation Servant.
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  "The church is reeling after a Royal Commission in Australia made 77 adverse findings"

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://m.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/14168160.former_jehovah_witness_from_hartlepool_agrees_to_be_interviewed_as_part_of_nationwide_investigation_into_the_church/.

  chris webber, reporter (stockton/hartlepool) / friday 25 december 2015.

  a former jehovah's witness from hartlepool calling for changes in the way the church deals with victims of sex abuse has been interviewed as part of a major national investigation.

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  "The church is reeling" due to the Royal Australian Commission eh?

  You know what? I think that's "Reely" good news!
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  JW Statistics for "Britain" 2015 over 2014

  by freddo in

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  freddo

  Population Listed
  

  2014 - 62,300,000 --- 2015 - 62,863,330 - % plus 0.9% approx

  Peak Pubs

  2014 - 138,515 --- 2015 - 137,631 minus 0.6% approx

  Ave Pubs

  2014 - 134,308 --- 2015 - 134,491 plus 0.14% approx

  Memorial attendance

  2014 - 230,577 --- 2015 - 225,584 minus 2.16% approx

  Aux Pios

  2014 - 10,143 ----- 2015 - 6,738 minus 33.5% approx!

  Baptisms

  2014 - 2,928 ------ 2015 - 2,286 minus 22% approx
  

  Yes indeed those Auxiliary pioneers dropping by one third and those baptisms by over one fifth tell a story.