Drop off your key lee have a family member living in an African nation, and their description is very different. A lot of it has to do with the abject poverty people are in, and they think that becoming JWs will make them rich, or at least more financially secure. The ones that get to Bethel there and get their monthly $100 allotment or whatever it is and a free place to live with healthcare think they have really hit it big. They even send money home to their family in the bush. Its a different world.
I agree. I don’t have personal experience here but my feeling is they like the connection to an American religion, they also see Jehovah’s witnesses in these really poor areas living a relatively stable life and being as comfortable as is possible. This is because JWs don’t tend to gamble, drink to excess, get into fights or spend money on destructive relationships. They will also help each other out in terms of providing employment for each other first, before they will employ “worldly” people. Of course we know it’s an illusion but to the “underclass”(horrible term) they do portray a sort of safety in an otherwise dangerous world.
edit yes Asp59 another reason for growth; as you say many will hope to bag a western mate through becoming a witness. Many are already Christian so it’s not too much of a hardship to get baptised j-dub.
