They stopped sending chosen, clever Bethelites to Uni to become lawyers now they are stuck with whatever they can get. That one worked out well for them.
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Looking for those with legal expertise to work for free
by ExBethelitenowPIMA inan announcement to all congregations those with legal experience please come and work for free to cover up child abusers.. i mean what else would it be for?.
the cheek of it.. so the direction was always don’t go for advanced education and careers but now they are looking for such ones to give if their time and education for free?.
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Jehovah's Witnesses no longer count time. How is this news affecting moral and meeting attendance at local congregations?
by Balaamsass2 inno more watchtower and awake mags every 2 weeks to place.
no private home book studies.
no more "essential" spiritual food meals 5x a week.
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Dreary weather - what is a 'sincere one' in this instance?
I'm surprised that there is no reaction in your congregation. Surely there are many who have questions, even the Elders? Do you mean to say everyone just shuts up and aren't interested enough to ask how the change affects things?
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No more REPORTING field service!!!!!!!!!
by BoogerMan inthis is going to break the hearts of a lot of uber-jw's!
reddit has now removed the video link of samuel herd telling jw's they will no longer have to report time or placements - just tick a box which says "active.".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akdshyx79rm&t=13s.
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Are they reasoning that Jehovah is no longer judging them on the amount of hours that they witness but is still doing so when it comes to pioneers and others?
In another part they talk about giving your best which has no connection with giving 10%.
They also talk about the pioneers being like the Nazarene's because they made a vow to commit (to certain requirements, as in hours). Later they mention something no longer being applicable because there is no type/antitype. But the organisation still sees counting time as an important part for them and that monitoring time is still a requirement even though they just said that Jehovah doesn't require it and that it's not an important part.
They've created a new class of JW, one that doesn't need monitoring and one that does.
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No more REPORTING field service!!!!!!!!!
by BoogerMan inthis is going to break the hearts of a lot of uber-jw's!
reddit has now removed the video link of samuel herd telling jw's they will no longer have to report time or placements - just tick a box which says "active.".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akdshyx79rm&t=13s.
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Are they going to pressure Elders and MSs to auxillary pioneer often? It will mean going from 10 hours a month to 15.
They will be keeping a record of those that sign up for it and it's possible it could be the new bench mark for potential Elders. Being vague as to how often they would need to auxillary pioneer would pressure them further.
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No more REPORTING field service!!!!!!!!!
by BoogerMan inthis is going to break the hearts of a lot of uber-jw's!
reddit has now removed the video link of samuel herd telling jw's they will no longer have to report time or placements - just tick a box which says "active.".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akdshyx79rm&t=13s.
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Breaking News on the NEWs section JW.org
BREAKING NEWS | Adjustments to Field Service Reporting
On October 7, 2023, at the annual meeting of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, the following exciting announcement was made. Beginning November 1, 2023, congregation publishers will no longer be asked to report the amount of time they spend in the ministry. Nor will publishers be asked to report their placements, the videos they show, or return visits. Instead, the field service report will simply have a box that allows each publisher to indicate that he or she shared in any form of the ministry during the month.There will be one more box where publishers can report the number of different Bible studies they conduct.
Missionaries, circuit overseers and their wives, special pioneers, regular pioneers, and auxiliary pioneers will continue to report the number of hours they spend in the ministry, along with the number of different Bible studies they conduct. Further information about this adjustment will be provided to all congregations in the coming weeks. -
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No more REPORTING field service!!!!!!!!!
by BoogerMan inthis is going to break the hearts of a lot of uber-jw's!
reddit has now removed the video link of samuel herd telling jw's they will no longer have to report time or placements - just tick a box which says "active.".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akdshyx79rm&t=13s.
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Of course, not one of us believe the reasons that the Governing Body gave for the change.
They are not honest men.
If their reasons were true then they would apply equally to those that are still required to report such as pioneers/missionaries etc.
If their decisions don't make sense from a human viewpoint then it's only because they are lying as to the reasons why they made them.
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No more REPORTING field service!!!!!!!!!
by BoogerMan inthis is going to break the hearts of a lot of uber-jw's!
reddit has now removed the video link of samuel herd telling jw's they will no longer have to report time or placements - just tick a box which says "active.".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akdshyx79rm&t=13s.
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A lot of children and teenagers were caught up in this requirement of having to report, in detail, their monthly activity. Some whether they wanted to or not because they were pushed into it or simply because they got baptized.
The change means they appear to be gentler on them and that's helpful when dealing with the courts.
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"A good REPORT invigorates the bones." (Proverbs 15:30) 🤣🤣🤣
by BoogerMan inyesterday's annual meeting "report" was soooooooooooo invigorating!.
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km 1/97 p. 7 question box - why should we report our field service activity promptly each month?
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As of the 1st November, 2023, through his holy spirit, Jehovah has conveyed to the Governing Body Jehovah no longer wants to undignify or continue to show a lack of confidence in them.
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No more REPORTING field service!!!!!!!!!
by BoogerMan inthis is going to break the hearts of a lot of uber-jw's!
reddit has now removed the video link of samuel herd telling jw's they will no longer have to report time or placements - just tick a box which says "active.".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akdshyx79rm&t=13s.
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In the final talk Sanderson says that because of this historic occasion and the maybe the JWs listening are more full of love for Jehovah than EVER before. He says "We've deepened our understanding of Jehovah's mercy, his compassion and his patience and what about that announcement about our field service reporting? Jehovah is dignifying us, he has confidence in us."
From a GB point of view, some of them have likely felt they are proving themselves to be failing in their responsibilities. Instead of progressing, they're going backwards and it reflects badly on them. So badly, that if it wasn't for the excuse they use, that they are imperfect and fallible men, they would conclude that they didn't have God's backing or HS. They've had to conjure up a plan to turn things around and the whole Annual Meeting has been about this.
However, their ideas and reasoning gets more and more bizarre.
Fancy that, Jehovah is finally dignifying the domestics by directing the Governing Body through his Holy Spirit by removing the requirement of detailed ministry reporting.
Stupidly, this means that previously reporting was undignified and they couldn't be trusted. It also means that Jehovah has changed his view towards his followers. One day, they needed monitoring, the next they didn't. It's all Gods doing and nothing to do with the ever changing whims of Governing Body members.
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No more REPORTING field service!!!!!!!!!
by BoogerMan inthis is going to break the hearts of a lot of uber-jw's!
reddit has now removed the video link of samuel herd telling jw's they will no longer have to report time or placements - just tick a box which says "active.".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akdshyx79rm&t=13s.
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I still think that there is a possibility that they are going to require JWs to actively approach people in their public cart witnessing, this makes sense as to why the younger brother was afraid to show the JW logo when a policeman walked past him in this months Broadcast.
The organization is distancing themselves from any legal ramifications this may cause between individual JWs and the Watchtower.