people can be as comited as they like but if the jws have no money then ir really makes things difficult eg they have closed 20 branch offices down acording to the jw website and if they keep having child abuse cases,in the uk they have got possibly 6 new cases coming up.and acording to steven letts their is more money going out than coming in.what would happen if they have to sell bethel in new york off,woops they have had to do that already :-)
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Bethel Meeting at Regional Convention
by MrTheocratic ini decided to go to the bethel recruiting meeting yesterday to test out my theory that the organization is in decline.
i assumed that if there is a general feeling of apathy by many in the org, then certainly it would be shown up by the lack of enthusiasm or zeal by many to sign up for bethel service.
well let me say that based on what i observed, this organization is not going anywhere.
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Cant we put financial pressure on the Borg?
by 1tMakesNoSence inwhy dont everyone just start taking publications, asking for more and just say you don't have any money.
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if everyone does this, can't we put some significant financial pressure on the borg?.
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pepperheart
No neither individual jw's nor kingdom halls pay for literature but headquarters, elders from each kingdom hall order what they think they will need.In two big citys that i have been too these past months on the trolleys they have been giving away a teaching book from 2006 and this last week the OLD VERSION of "what does the bible really teach" i even got a teaching book from 1998 as well.If you say that a teaching book costs just for the paper ink and transport costs $1 and if 5000 people take a teaching book per week that would be $260,000 per year.Also if bethel need money to keep the 900 people that work there then they will close kingdom halls anyway.If you saw the happy video from bethel they seen to have dental workers,i doubt if the bethel folk pay for any treatment and also cobblers to mend shoes -
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"Friends" are confused who and where they should be donating!
by thedepressedsoul inas most of you are aware there is a money issue inside of jw land.
they could be running out of money or they're just wanting more.
either way, they are making it appear as a funds issue to motivate individuals to donate more.
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pepperheart
In two big citys these past months they have been giving away on the trolleys teaching books printed in 2006 and the OLD VERSION of the "what does the bible really say" books and i even got one book that was printed in 1998. -
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Watchtower & Awake Subscriptions
by Amazing inin another thread the point was made that the wts is ending subscriptions to the watchtower and awake!
magazines.
isp rightly commented the following, "the wts gets double payment for the mags from the r+f......so subscribers are not cost effective!".
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pepperheart
Also as mutch as they might want to keep on printing magazines if they dont have the money they cant.These past months ive been in two big citys and in both places on the carts they have been giving away a teaching book printed in 2006 and the OLD VERSION of the "what does the bible really teach"In one city they had one whole trolley full of old books -
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Views on handing out literature during field service
by Joey Jo-Jo init is brought to my attention that some non jw's deliberately accept jw literature just to throw it in the bin.. their intentions are perceived as positive meaning these non jw's throwing their magazines away is a good thing.. what is your view on the matter?.
should they accept or not accept their literature, and why?.
is accepting literature benefiting or damaging the cult, and why?.
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pepperheart
a pioner on a trolley was telling me that kingdom halls dont pay for literature but headquaters and each kingdom hall just order what they want for free from headquaters.just this week i have seen a trolley full of teaching books that were printed in 2006 and the OLD VERSION of the "what does the bible really teach" also thses past weeks i also got from a troleey a book printed in 1998 -
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Trolley Witnessing Saves Money?
by TTATTelder ini was just wondering, do you think the trolley cart stationary witnessing is to slow down the literature distribution at not-at-homes?.
it basically traps several shifts of pioneers to a cart or table and keeps the placement count way down compared to leaving something at every door in a neighborhood.. is money the main motivation here?
(besides staged facebook pics lol).
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pepperheart
Ithink money is an issue just this week i was in a big city and one whole trolley was filled with teaching books from 2006 and the OLD VERSION of the "what does the bible really teach" and in my own city these past few months they were giving out the same books from 2006 and even one from 1998.A pioner on the trolley told me that the kingdom halls dont pay for the literature and each kinddom hall just orders what they want from headquaters. -
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BORG running low on $$$??
by fader77 indear brothers:.
re: personal literature supply.
reducing existing stock at the branch office before the revisions are released.
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On the literature carts this week they had a whole trolley full of a teaching book printed in 2006 and the OLD "what does the bible really teach"In another city that ive been to these past weeks they had the same old teaching book. -
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Are the trolley dollies* getting any results? Or, is it just another waste of life?
by fulltimestudent insteve2 initiated a discussion on how our former loving brothers and sisters are behaving, while engaging in the 'trolley work.
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my own observations are the same as the posters report on steve2's thread.
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pepperheart
trolleys are a good way for pioners to use their hours up.I was in my next big city this week (600,000 people) and they had a trolley full of teaching books that were printed in 2006 and the OLD version of "what does the bible really teach".In my own city they have had teaching books from as lomg ago as 1998. -
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Why a new "World Headquarters"?
by 4thgen ini just dont get it.
the gb moved to patterson and are conducting business from there, right?
they are not printing as much literature as they once were and they are still operating walkill for the magazines...er a ....pamphlets.
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pepperheart
its about money and lack of money, ive been to my next big city this week and they had a trolley full of old teaching books from 2006 and the OLD "what does the bible really teach" books.In my own city ive taken books from the trolleys as old as 1998. -
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Within one minute JW with trolley directs me to JW.org
by steve2 ini live in relatively small seaside community (regional population around 45,000).
in my ten years here, i've had witnesses call on me perhaps twice (not special visits but during door-to-door).
whereas they once canvassed door-to-door much more frequently - and in larger size service groups - there is quite a decline in their door-knocking - at least in this region.. with the advent of the "trolley" work, their visibility has increased - but i'd estimate only marginally.
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pepperheart
In a major city this week they had a trolley full of teaching books that were printed in 2006 and none of the silver "what does the bible really say" but the old ones some of the books ive taken just these past weeks have been from 1998