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As of the 1st September, 2011 they set up a new incorporation, called the Regional Building Committee of Jehovah's Witnesses Rego No.810925255 RR 0001.

The purpose of this fund as stated by the JWs is

"Ongoing programs:

Regional Building Committee of Jehovah's Witnesses (RBCJW) builds and maintains places of worship, training schools, and educational facilities that advance and teach the religious tenants, doctrines and observances of Christian congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses. RBCJW works with Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Canada and individual congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses by providing expertise, training, and resources to assist them in acquiring, building and maintaining their properties."

The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Canada donated just over $2,000,000 to the Regional Building Comm. This money had originally been sent to the Society by individual congregations.

Not one cent of this money has been donated back to any congregation for building Halls.

It already has nearly $3 million in assets which includes a LONG TERM INVESTMENT of $2 million. It only had $183,000 in expenses in the 2012 year.

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Patterson New York JW Tourist Destination

by Pete Zahut in

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friends

i saw a photo on facebook of a jw couple i know, apparently you can now get your photo taken with the stars of the jw animated children's videos, at patterson.

i've tried to share it here but it isn't showing up.. basically, you stand in different cartoon scenes of the door to door activity, holding a bookbag and the hand of one of the children's characters from the viedo.

the houses are pastel colored, the cartoon brothers are wearing brightly colored shirts and ties , no jackets.

Listener

This religion becomes funnier and stranger by the day.

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No more circuit assemblies

by justmeok in

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i heard from a reliable source that there will be no more 2 day assemblies, but instead 2 one days each year.

anyone heard this yet?

supposed to start new service year.

Listener

They dropped the term 'special assemblies'. I have a feeling that they will be introducing special presentations in the local kingdom hall, these presentations will be either taped or live streamed talks given by GB members.

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BOE Letter: New Adjustments

by pixel in

**this was predicted from some members here**.

to all congregations .

re: adjustments in organizational terminology and assembly arrangements .

Listener

Great to see that the GB have been busy even though what they are doing is totally pointless.

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Elders School 2013: Model Judicial Committee Video Drama & Hypocrisy

by oppostate in

elders school 2013: model judicial committee videothe third vid hildebrando posted was very irritating!.

the three elders are quite interested in that the.

young man cut off association with the pregnant.

Listener

If the girl had been a true JW they probably would have been insisting that he marry her. They would hardly be telling him to marry a wordly person because it is against their beliefs. You are right and this is morally wrong and becomes evident when they put their beliefs into practice.

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Elders School 2013: Model Judicial Committee Videos and messages from the GB

by hildebrando in

for the first time, weve accessed to audiovisual material in spanish, regarding the elders schools.

here is a video of a dramatization of a model judicial committee, in addition to letts introduction (speaking with strange gestures) and comments from anthony morris iii:.

http://hildeydesa.blogspot.com/2014/02/escuela-de-ancianos-2013-videos-de.html.

Listener

There was some talk over a year ago about the elders having to attend a special meeting and they would be presented with video's/demonstrations about their disfellowshipping views. It was stated that the org. would be encouraging the elders to take a much firmer stand and be less forgiving. It is hard to follow the translation above but it appears that this is what the GB are saying.

Rather than using 'a magnifying glass' to search for repentance the elders are to look for reasons to demonstrate that the repentance is false.

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Disfellowshipping question for X or Current Elders

by tresdecu in

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i know somebody who got disfellowshipped...they decided to appeal.

how long does the appeal process usually take?

do they ever get overturned?

Listener

Sounds like you have an interesting story Asteroid.

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Rosemont Cemetery-Masonic Temple-Catholic Church CONNECTED

by NeverKnew in

yes, by land transfers - connected.. .

first - masonic hall property.

the parcel now known as the land owned by the mason's appears to have been consolidated some time ago to form one huge parcel.

Listener

Just adding to this thread.

There was a court case between Reverand JJ Ross and Charles T Russell. Rev Ross had printed a tract with serious allegations about Russell, Russell tool him to court. In order to defend his accusations Rev Ross delved further into Russell's affairs and had this to say about the U.S. Investment Co. Ltd.

...."another Russellite Company, I wish
to speak about. This is left to the last, because it
has a vital connection with the Watch Tower Bible
and Tract concern. I mean the United States In-
vestment Co. The crafty "Pastor" has never been
willing to admit that there is, and has been, this
secret Russellite incorporated body. He denied that
the United States Investment Co. was a Russellite
Co., that he was the President or Manager of it, that
he was a stockholder in it, or that he had any inter-
est in it whatever. He also claims that this United
States Investment Co. had long ago become de-
funct. In the "People's Pulpit," a Russellite paper,
Vol. 3, No. 13, in the second column, near the top
of Page 2, you will find the "Pastor" explaining
to his readers about this Company. He says, "I
have not one dollar invested in it; nor have I been
even nominally connected with it." I cannot under-

ABOUT "PASTOR" RUSSELL 35

stand how a man who is normal intellectually and
morally can make such denials. His own Secretary
and Treasurer, testifying for the defense in the
Eagle case, swore that there was that Company,
that it was in the present doing business, and that
it was a holding company for the Bible and Tract
Society. That the reader might see how Russell
told the exact truth and nothing but the truth about
himself and this Company, I will give him an ex-
tract from the Company's charter. From the rec-
ords in Pittsburgh we learn that this Company was
incorporated June 24, 1896.

The following is the extract from the charter:

ARTICLE 1.

Names of Subscribers: John A. Bohnet, Ernest
C. Henninges, Chas. T. Russell.

Amount subscribed by each : J. A. Bohnet, $5.00 ;
E. C. Henninges, $5.00; Charles T. Russell, $990.00.

ARTICLE 2.
Capital Stock, $1,000; dividend into 1,000 shares;
par value of $1.00 each — all paid in.

ARTICLE 3.
For purpose of buying and selling real estate, pat-
ent rights, stocks, bonds and other securities, mer-
chandise, and building houses, etc. Location of As-
sociation and its principal office, 58 Arch St., Alle-
ghany.

ARTICLE 4.
Name of Association is U. S. Investment Co. Ltd.

36 FACTS AND MORE FACTS

ARTICLE 5.

Contemplated duration 20 years, unless sooner
dissolved by majority of the stockholders in number
and value of interest.

ARTICLE 6.

Officers — E. C. Henninges, Chairman and Man-
ager; J. A. Bohnet, Secretary Treasurer and Man-
ager; C. T. Russell, Manager.

The claim is now made that this U. S. I. Co. Ltd.
has no property, and has been out of business for
"many years." The records in Pittsburg show
transfers of property to this self same society as late
as 1911, and November, 1912. You can see that the
U. S. I. Co. Ltd. is in existence, is doing business,
and is just another name for Russell. It is purely
a holding Company for the Bible and Tract Society,
and it holds all it can get its hands on. We found
that the U. S. I. Co., which is Russell, holds or did
hold 28 houses and lots in Binghamton, N. Y., sev-
eral lots in Tacoma, Wash., a farm near Rochester,
N. Y., a house and lot in Buffalo, a farm in Okla-
homa, 100 lots in Texas, a house and lot near Pitts-
burg, and five thousand and five hundred acres of
land in Kentucky. This is only a small fraction of
what this company holds. We must remember ac-
cording to the charter out of the $1,000 invested in
that company Russell has, or had, $990.00 of it.
It is said that the other $10.00 was supplied by him,
giving the other two men five shares each, in order
to satisfy the law of that State. However that may
be, is it not clear that the U. S. I. Co. Ltd. is al-

ABOUT "PASTOR" RUSSELL 37

together and only Russell. As it appears to me,
this is the way it works. The International Bible
Students all over the world, and others who are
foolish enough to do so, send their money into the
Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, which is
Russell. A part of that money is used to pay the
expense of circulating Russell's literature, paying
his advance agents and "pilgrims," which always
means chiefly the glorifying of Russell, and the rest
goes through to the U. S. I. Co. Ltd., which is also
Russell, and is invested in lands, lots, timber limits,
houses, etc., etc. You can see it is all Russell. It
is claimed that he is many times a millionaire, and
yet he has not one cent that we could find in his
own name. If Mrs. Russell were not living, or if
the divorce were not a limited one, would such be
the case? To ask the question is sufficient....."

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