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Missionaries to vacate all missionary homes
by seenitall in
1. jw
2. friends
latest news from a source (missionary in foreign land):.

no more missionary homes anywhere in the world.. all missionaries presently in missionary homes must vacate.

must get housing on your own / from the locals.. circuit and district overseers have moved into many of these former missionary homes.. reasons: liability, cost savings, real estate to be sold or used for other purposes.. needless to say, many of these longtime servants are very unsettled.
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will they install credit card readers for the agm?
by hoser in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
more speculation, why not?.

will they install credit card readers so the faithful, but cashless, can contribute?.

hoser.
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"Anniversary of Jesus' Death" Invitation wording
by seenitall in
1. forum
2. announcements
noticed the wording change this year.

no more memorial or lord's evening meal mentioned.. only an invitation to "the anniversary of jesus' death".

so, my question - who has caught this phrase and what does it mean?.
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TV Ministry a No Go for Watchtower Society....ever wonder why?
by Terry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
pastor russell had 20 million readers of his newspaper columns worldwide and as many eager students of his topical bible study, studies in the scriptures.. he advertised for 1000 preachers to sell his books door to door!.

the photo drama of creation wowed 9 million people in the early 1914 synchronizing film, hand colored frames and phonograph recordings.. state of the art!.

judge rutherford availed himself of victrola recordings of "religion is a snare and a racket!
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Why are the Jehovah's Witnesses not allowed to carry a weapon (for protection) during field service?
by I_love_Jeff in
1. watchtower
2. bible
if jesus allowed peter to carry a sword for protection, why are the jehovah's witnesses against carry a weapon during their "fun" door-to-door adventuring?

it seems jesus did not mind that peter carried a sword if we read luke 22:36-38. is it another case of picking and choosing what works for their man-made doctrine?.

is defending oneself a violent act, according to the jehovah's witnesses?
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1975 Proves that the Watchtower is deliberately EVIL!!!
by NoRegrets in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
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Have You Ever Seen Or Met Anyone Famous?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm not talking about any gb members, either!.
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Jonathan Holt's wife, Amanda Holt
by blondie in
1. jw
2. friends
http://www.koinlocal6.com/news/local/story/court-wife-of-jonathan-holt-files-for-divorce/_yrllehsfuau05kwm4bobw.cspx.

http://www.kgw.com/home/jonathan-holts-wife-files-for-divorce-176341531.html.

http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/divorce-filing-wife-of-man-charged-in-ore-death-3991648.php.
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Oregon Jehovah's Witness Rapes and Murders Jehovah's Witness neighbor. The congregation a spiritual paradise..where lambs and lions are at peace?
by Balaamsass in
1. social
2. current
the northern california circuit overseers been making announcements at circuit assemblies for sisters to be extra careful when shopping and out and about..."remember we are surrounded by satan's system.

" this has been been in reference to a young sister who went missing in the portland or area.

well now the whole story is comming out...she wasn't a victim of "the outsiders"...it was her "spiritual brother" who raped and murdered her.
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No more 3-day DCs starting in 2013?
by respectful_observer in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
apologies if there is another recent thread on this, but i have heard from 4 different people in 3 different geographic areas (including someone who does advance work for the dcs), that beginning in 2013 the three day dc program will be replaced by a second two-day circuit assembly.

some people were passing the info along like a secret, others seemed to think that everyone already knew.. if everyone in j-dub land is already talking about this, how is it not all over this forum??.

anyway, can anyone confirm or deny?.