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  Watchtower Releases 2017 Grand Total Figures!

  by darkspilver in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  2017 grand totals.

  branches of jehovah’s witnesses: 90. .

  number of lands reporting: 240. .

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  freddo

  Drearyweather ...

  It just shows a trend or a direction year on year. Just taking kids becoming publishers and then baptised. Imagine a funnel like you might use to pour oil into your car engine.

  At the top are all the kids who have a parent as a jw. When they reach an age between 6 and 14 (eg.) some will become publishers. When some of those reach an age between 12 and 18 (eg) they will get baptised.

  So the more publishers you stuff in at the top then the more baptised dribble out of the bottom. The higher the increase in the worldwide publisher number then the more likely that the baptism number will increase in the following years.

  Pressuring to lower the age of the kids getting baptised also gives an increase. But then it cannot improve much further. You might bring the average down from say age 15 to age 13 but any younger and it gets more and more difficult to justify and people resist. Especially in western lands.
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  Watchtower Releases 2017 Grand Total Figures!

  by darkspilver in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  2017 grand totals.

  branches of jehovah’s witnesses: 90. .

  number of lands reporting: 240. .

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  "Are you serious" - growth was 1.8% last year.
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  Jw.org

  by Lost in the fog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a friend of ours over in northern ireland says that people can't find their country on jw.org.

  apparently it is because the list of countries on the jw.org site is by bethel not the standard list of countries that (say) a google website would list.

  someone looking for a congregation in northern ireland goes to "ireland" but that is only the republic of ireland.

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  freddo

  Ballymoney is in London

  As in ... All the Bally money seems to be diverted to London bethel.
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  Is it just me or are the street sign, road,car verification excessive?

  by nonjwspouse in

  1. forum
  2. suggestions

  i must go through six of new verification screens on average before verifying.

  i seriously try harder and harder, i don't know if we include the tiny little piece of sign or not.

  i have done both,and still get another screen.

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  It's getting worse. I often get six or even eight attempt screens.

  Do I count lorries as cars? Backs of signs? Only road signs or what about other signs.

  Don't get me started on "store fronts" or how long it takes for a picture to fade and replace!

  I keep going until I'm in.

  But I do wonder if it puts off new or nervous first time posters who may give up part way through.
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  2017 Service Year Report Grand Totals

  by Drearyweather in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  2017 figures released to bethel families worldwide:.

  peak publishers: 8,457,107. total baptized: 284,212 .

  regular pioneers: 1,225,279 .

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  freddo

  Yes alanv - the present GB have less backbone than their predecessors.

  No "partakers" - I'll guess; no mention of ARC in "legal" on jborg.

  Just Jehovah finding pipe leaks and flying the GB member home from Russia as a miracle on the electric church TV channel.
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  Royal Australian Commission - Recomendations for Jehovahs Witnesses

  by curiousconfused in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  the report is finally out.......... ————————.

  recommendations to the jehovah’s witness organisation.

  recommendation 16.27. the jehovah’s witness organisation should abandon its application of the two-witness rule in cases involving complaints of child sexual abuse.. recommendation 16.28. the jehovah’s witness organisation on should revise its policies so that women are involved in processes related to invesation and determining allegations of child sexual abuse.. recommendation 16.29. the jehovah’s witness organisation should no longer require its members to shun those who disassociate from the organisation in cases where the reason for disassocia on is related to a person being a victim of child sexual abuse..

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  I don't believe it is a "toothless dog" Morpheus.

  Certainly victims of abuse are feeling better for having gone through it and will be able to sue - if they so wish - with greater confidence that they will be listened to.
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  How do I handle this?

  by Phoebe in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a little advice please.. it's now 7 months since i stopped going to meetings.

  we still get regular calls by elders - at least every 2 weeks.

  i can handle them.

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  Hi "insert name"!

  Thanks for your caring message; I really appreciate it.

  Don't worry about me darling, I'm in a really good place right now and very happy with life and I hope you are too.

  Bye for now!

  Phoebe
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  Can't believe we are still here

  by moreconfusedthanever in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just this week i had the jws knock on my door.

  sisters from my old congregation.

  we exchanged the usual polite conversation.

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  freddo

  Days of future passed said "So they just trudge on towards the mirage."

  What a way you have with words. That conjures up such an accurate image of the average middle aged and older jw.
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  Very Lost

  by Jrjw in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  hi i've been a jw for 12 years and got married 2 years ago.

  i'm now separated.

  my husband hid from me that he suffered from depression, extreme anxiety issues and a personality disorder.

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  STOP worrying about the more distant future and any relationship.

  Just resolve to be firm and get away from this relationship. Change your phone number and change congregations too if it is at all possible.

  Ignore all jw contact that makes your stomach churn (stomachs are good at telling you what feels right!) - especially nosey or well meaning elders!

  You can then go home close your door, lie on the sofa, switch on the fire, look after and love your kids, help your 12 year old through puberty, switch on the TV, decide if and when you want to go to a meeting or not, come on here, check jw.facts.

  Rebuild contact with your non-jw family. Realise that if there is a God that his existence and plans do not depend upon jw's. If there isn't then enjoy the life you have. Be happy not knowing ...

  Hugs to you.
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  Very Lost

  by Jrjw in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  hi i've been a jw for 12 years and got married 2 years ago.

  i'm now separated.

  my husband hid from me that he suffered from depression, extreme anxiety issues and a personality disorder.

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  1. Stay away from him. Are you financially able to get by? Plan this.

  2. Don't rush. Ignore the phone and any calls from unwanted callers. Just enjoy the "freedom" from being under his/the elders control.

  3. Take your time and ask away on here.