the wt yearbook stats for years 1988-2014 are available at the jw.org official site at:.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0b2fynzabupqfb0vmdha5rgnwyuk.
toward the bottom of the page is the link to download the excel file with all the stats.
Increase in Peak publishers is lowest from 1988 to 2015
I have a file going back to 1970's, and the increase in peak publishers is actually lowest in 35 years. It was only lowest in 1978 when Watchtower suffered the aftermath of their failed 1975 prophecy.
Also, these stats are not official, they were compiled by your fellow apostates from this forum (I forgot who exactly is the author though).
the wtbs is changing media from print to online.
if we look at other companies doing the same the obvious buissness model is subscription with a monthly fee people can choose themselves.
the wtbs can continue to offer everything for free, however subscribers might earn a button for social media or somesuch ("wtbs donor").
They don't need to put up a mandatory subscription fee. All that they need is to expand the coverage of "Donate" button that is already present on the website to other countries, and the sheep will chip in voluntarily.
the 2016 yearbook is up on jw.orgbranches of jehovahs witnesses: 89 (was 90)number of lands reporting: 240 (was 239)total congregations: 118016 (was 115416)worldwide memorial attendance: 19,862,763 (was 19,950,019) decreasememorial partakers worldwide: 15,177 (was 14,121 in 2013:13,204) large increasepeak of publishers in kingdom service: 8,220,105 (was 8,201,205) minor increaseaverage publishers preaching each month: 7,987,279 (was 7,867,958)percentage of increase over 2014: 1.5 (was 2.2)total number baptized: 260,273 (was 275,581)average auxiliary pioneer publishers each month: 443,504 (was 635,298) huge decreaseaverage pioneer publishers each month: 1,135,210 (was 1,089,446)total hours spent in field: 1,933,473,727 (was 1,945,487,604) decreaseaverage home bible studies each month: 9,708,968 (was 9,499,933)
Is the biggest percentage increase in memorial partakers?
Actually, no. The biggest percentage increase was in 2008, when it jumped from 9105 to 9986 (8.8% increase). Here's a chart for you:
the 2016 yearbook is up on jw.orgbranches of jehovahs witnesses: 89 (was 90)number of lands reporting: 240 (was 239)total congregations: 118016 (was 115416)worldwide memorial attendance: 19,862,763 (was 19,950,019) decreasememorial partakers worldwide: 15,177 (was 14,121 in 2013:13,204) large increasepeak of publishers in kingdom service: 8,220,105 (was 8,201,205) minor increaseaverage publishers preaching each month: 7,987,279 (was 7,867,958)percentage of increase over 2014: 1.5 (was 2.2)total number baptized: 260,273 (was 275,581)average auxiliary pioneer publishers each month: 443,504 (was 635,298) huge decreaseaverage pioneer publishers each month: 1,135,210 (was 1,089,446)total hours spent in field: 1,933,473,727 (was 1,945,487,604) decreaseaverage home bible studies each month: 9,708,968 (was 9,499,933)
Here are some charts for you:
department of translation's video presentation, which prepare material in polish.
subtitles in english and spanish:.
http://hildeydesa.blogspot.cl/2015/11/carta-140915-promoviendo-proyectos-de.html.
@FadeToBlack
Any address? I want to do a drive by and maybe stop and ask some questions if I see anybody.
Here's the address: Warszawa, ul. Kleszczowa 28
Google Street View link: https://www.google.pl/maps/@52.1981944,20.9201162,3a,66.8y,233.45h,94.93t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s4li4kwbP3z6LHxWNpvLoiA!2e0
latest boe letter:.
october 22, 2015. to all bodies of eldersre: use of jw stream.
dear brothers:we are writing to inform you that arrangements are being made for video recordings ofcongregation meetings, circuit assemblies, and conventions to be uploaded to jw stream (accessibleat http://stream.jw.org) in various languages.
We already have username and password for 2015/2016 circuit assemblies in polish. There are two sets of passwords for each assembly:
"Imitate Jehovah"
Username: pol-ca-co-pl-vwr
Password: Zgro.Obw.2015!
"Imitate their faith"
Username: pol-ca-br-pl-vwr
Password: Zgro.Obw.2015!
This will probably not be very useful to you english speaking guys, but you can sign in just for lolz and to show a big middle finger to Brooklyn's secrecy.
PS. "Zgro.Obw" in the password is an abbreviation of "Zgromadzenie Obwodowe" which is translation for "Circuit Assembly". Maybe someone will use that to guess passwords for other countries ;).
department of translation's video presentation, which prepare material in polish.
subtitles in english and spanish:.
http://hildeydesa.blogspot.cl/2015/11/carta-140915-promoviendo-proyectos-de.html.
You can download the original letter that announced the construction of this building here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6x59Q9rx60odUtKN3Y2U1ZBOUk/view?usp=sharing
I don't have a letter that announced that this project is halted, I got this information from a reliable source who works in polish LDC department.
department of translation's video presentation, which prepare material in polish.
subtitles in english and spanish:.
http://hildeydesa.blogspot.cl/2015/11/carta-140915-promoviendo-proyectos-de.html.
I'm from Poland and I'm the one responsible for this leaked letter :). They probably wanted to build this RTO (Regional Translation Office) so in future they can sell main Branch Office building and just leave the RTO, while moving all the operations to either Czech branch or to Finland.
The funny thing is, just weeks after they announced the purchase of this building and schedule for adapting it to their needs (with the usual "we hope Jehovah will bless this undertaking") the letter about downsizing came, which also stated that a number of building projects are either delayed, halted or cancelled. And now I got reliable information that this project is halted as well. So much for Jehovah's blessing, I guess ;).
the wt has been reducing it's printed output of the public wt magazine since 2012.this is how the figures breakdown:.
month ................. wt printing each issue ............. total pages per issue ..... languagesjanuary 2012 ....... 42,182,000 .................................. 1,349,824,000 ...................... 194january 2016 ....... 58,987,000 .................................. 943,792,000 ......................... 254. during 2012 the public wt had 32 pages, so there were 1.35 billion wt pages printed for the public to read each month.1,349,824,000 pages x 12 months = 16,197,888,000 (16.2 billion) pages per year.
by 2016 the public wt has only 16 pages and is being printed only on alternate months.943,792,000 pages x 6 times per year = 5,662,752,000 (5.7 billion pages per year).
courtesy of atlantis, largest boe file ever compiled has been updated (see previous version here).. to download it, visit: http://www.filedropper.com/1905-2016-boe-file.
click on gray "download this file" button, then solve the captcha and enjoy the massive, 1.2 gb file containing nerly every secret letter and document watchtower society published since 1905 up until now..
Courtesy of Atlantis, largest BOE file ever compiled has been updated (see previous version here).
To download it, visit: http://www.filedropper.com/1905-2016-boe-file
Click on gray "Download This File" button, then solve the captcha and enjoy the massive, 1.2 GB file containing nerly every secret letter and document Watchtower Society published since 1905 up until now.
