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  Regional Convention Attendance

  by XBEHERE in

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  elder friend of mine texted me asking what my rc attendance was 2 weeks ago (family and i streamed it since wife is not well).

  he told me that his rc in the jersey city assembly hall last weekend was low.

  co told them that around 2600 were the total from 16+ congs that were assigned.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  I think there is a way to view a generic session (not your own assigned convention), which the OP might be referring to
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  Has Rutherford's 16-cylinder Cadillac been found?

  by under the radar in

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  i ran across this episode of jay leno's garage on youtube today.

  all i know is it seems very similar to j f rutherford's much-vaunted 16-cylinder cadillac.

  watch the episode and let us know what you think.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  Good question, JFR’s may not have been a V16. The video said they made a V8 on the same body design. Even so, the image published in a WT publication during the depression says a lot about him and his sense of entitlement.

  for the record, $6500 in 1930 equates to around $135,000-140,000 today.
  
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  Need help - the Revelation Climax book

  by ozziepost in

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  2. bible

  is it an original from the graphics department?.

  anyone know?.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  Do you know which publication…

  sbf, it was a wall sized mural in a KH in Midwest US. The building was sold some years ago and is now a daycare
  
  
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  Has Rutherford's 16-cylinder Cadillac been found?

  by under the radar in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i ran across this episode of jay leno's garage on youtube today.

  all i know is it seems very similar to j f rutherford's much-vaunted 16-cylinder cadillac.

  watch the episode and let us know what you think.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  In the video, the owner said the car had been in NJ and NY, and he didn’t know when or how it made the way to S California. He seemed to know a bit of its history. Maybe a comment on the youtube would bring a response from a larger audience
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  Need help - the Revelation Climax book

  by ozziepost in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  is it an original from the graphics department?.

  anyone know?.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  I had a close acquaintance who was a trained artist who later went to Brooklyn Bethel art department. The way he drew images was to have a photo or other image to copy from. That is the way he got the perspective and angles right. For instance he wanted to have three deer in a mural (I was the gopher for him on the project), and all he had at hand was one photo to work from, so all three deer had the same body posture and leg positioning.

  The beast and harlot image from the Revelation book is certainly original, but it is likely that a <very> similar drawing could be found from another source.
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  Has Rutherford's 16-cylinder Cadillac been found?

  by under the radar in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i ran across this episode of jay leno's garage on youtube today.

  all i know is it seems very similar to j f rutherford's much-vaunted 16-cylinder cadillac.

  watch the episode and let us know what you think.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  Cool video! I really doubt it would be the same one as JFR’s , as they made lots of them and very few survived. Jay says in the video it gets 3-6 mph, and cost $6500 new in 1930 or 1932, ( both dates are given).
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  My old congregation is being shuttered

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  i just found out from my jehovah's witness cousin that my old congregation is being shuttered due to lack of elders, less than 20 members attending, and that the congregation cannot meet their monthly expenses.. here is a congregation that was started in 1975 with less than 15 members.

  it grew to 185 members in the 1990's.

  the congregation grew so large that the elders decided to split the congregation in two.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  In this area (rural midwest US), five congregations I know of within 50 miles of here have dissolved over the past few years and the halls sold. Two have been converted into residences, I don't know what happened to the others. The JWs have been reassigned to the nearest congregation and KH to their homes. Some have to drive about 45-50 miles to the meetings. Of course there is a lot of zooming for these ones due to the cost and trouble making the drive.
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  Who Are Your Past Circuit Overseers? It's a small world..

  by mentallyfree31 in

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  who were your past circuit overseers?

  i'm sure a lot of us actually know mutual people, as the co's relocate all over the country.. here's a few from the southeast us: (let me know if you recognize any names and post yours too please...).

  ellwood johnson (new york/philadelphia area for several years also).

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  All the COs I knew have aged out. It seems like they are appointing mostly younger 35-45 age guys nowadays. Enthusiastic salesman type of people.
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  1290 JW Congregations have been deleted since 4th Dec 2022

  by ComingOutaMyCage in

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  https://i.redd.it/hd9p1g3ssr2b1.jpg.

  1290 jw congregations have been deleted since 4th dec 2022. i have a full map so you can explore active/deleted congs, and also orphaned halls https://analytics.jws-library.one/viewmap.html.

  many of the deletions in the usa appear to be foreign language groups.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  Thanks ComingOutMyCage, that is one impressive website. A lot of work to set that up!

  Fantastic!

  edited to add: A lot of the deleted congregations, at least in the US, are foreign language. When they disband or discontinue, the ones attending just go back to English. I have a family member who attended a foreign language congregation in a US location and even attended a couple of the meetings myself. Didn't understand a word, but it was kind of interesting to observe. I think the purpose of the foreign language work was to give people a way to get out of the boring JW doldrums and feel like they were doing something special. It kind of worked for a while, but COVID really made it an unworkable model. The service was based on having the English language territores worked in the field, the publisher encounters someone who speaks the foreign language, say Russian, then gives the address to the Russian congregation. The Russian cong then goes out and makes a call at that address. It just didn't work under Covid, particularly with the field service going to zoom and letter writing.
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  What`s the reason some of you think JW`s are in decline ?

  by smiddy3 in

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  from what i can see no such thing is happening.i became a jw in 1960 and remained for about 30 years and the numbers of active jw`s today in the world are far greater than they were back then.. and here in australia the numbers are much higher than they were back then .. so i don`t see that their in decline or have any worries about losing support .. don`t the numbers speak for themselves ?.

  is it just wishful thinking on your part ?.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  In this area (midwest US, rural) I get the feeling it is stagnating. Robust enthusiasm and growth from the '70's to the '90s just isn't there. Maybe the number of reported publishers hasn't changed much (roughly flat in the US for the past several years), but the religion has changed and is changing. Consolidation of congregations and circuits, and abysmally low number of baptisms tell the tale. Across the world, I think, it is another matter. I have a family member living in a third world country and they tell of lots of growth and continuing interest there.