Last year increase was around + 1. This year around + 2. Yeah changes in how they count things gave them 1 procent increase. Shows leaders are not confident on orgs future if they have to play with numbers to boost results. Think current GB gonna continue putting lipstick on the pig. Sooner or later subject about the amount of jws not visiting halls or going d2d gonna be to big to avoid. Plus all halls being sold and no accountability for what's happening with all the money they getting. But then the old GB members gonna be gone. It's gonna be younger GB members problems. Plus all child abuse cases lining up.
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Annual Report
by St George of England inthe latest report is now available for download on our favourite website!.
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There's a big surge of members in many Christians groups around Europe. Compared to them Watchtower increase in very small. Here in Sweden the church is growing in numbers. It's happening across Europe.
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Zero point looking at numbers when it comes to org. They have made so many changes to how they count things. You can pretty much do 1 second service and never visit a hall and still considered a JW 😅. Only way to look at health of org is how many visit in person meetings. How many attend assembly. How many attend d2d work. How's the enthusiasm and zeal.
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Changes hour reporting came with 2023 annual meeting. Changes with checking box. Getting it harder to be removed from congregation and more easy getting back. Plus pushing for children to get baptised has made a difference in numbers. Boosting statistics. They really going for quantity and not quality this day's. Wonder how old timers feel about this. Many left mainstream religion to become JWs cause of things like this. They could just have stayed in their old religions.
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It's in third world country's they moving forward. Mostly in Africa. It was expected. Nothing really exciting to read about 🥱. Only interesting is how number of anointed keep going up every year.
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Why didn't Watchtower go online with covid?
by Hellothere ini wasn't surprised they didn't go online, i was shocked.
the perfect opportunity handed in a silver plate.
more time goes, more proof coming they took wrong decision going back to hall's.
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I wondered back in the 90s why we still knocked on doors. Either people got angry or they pretended not being at home. JWs were doing less and less d2d work before covid. I think today its just too dangerous going around knocking on doors.
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Why didn't Watchtower go online with covid?
by Hellothere ini wasn't surprised they didn't go online, i was shocked.
the perfect opportunity handed in a silver plate.
more time goes, more proof coming they took wrong decision going back to hall's.
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" No physical congregation would mean even fewer and smaller contributions"
You mean in Africa? I live in Europe. Haven't used regular money for years. Everything is done digital. No need for contribution boxes. Plus they gonna get far more from selling halls then any contribution.
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Why didn't Watchtower go online with covid?
by Hellothere ini wasn't surprised they didn't go online, i was shocked.
the perfect opportunity handed in a silver plate.
more time goes, more proof coming they took wrong decision going back to hall's.
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I wasn't surprised they didn't go online, I was shocked. The perfect opportunity handed in a silver plate. More time goes, more proof coming they took wrong decision going back to hall's. Going online would have solved child abuse cases. No in fighting about beards, pants or no tie. Just tell JWs that it would be common sense not worrying about things like that if meetings are online. No need too come up with if you should say hi too DF people or not. No need forbidden sisters using mics. No need for using younger and younger elders. Now it's gonna be harder too explain massive hall sell going on and coming. Going online in future probably gonna create massive irritation among JWs. Their ability too take wrong decisions is really weird. Don't know if it's because infight among GB members. They don't like taking hard decisions. Could be life in the bunker have detached them from reality. Would this be a regular company, they would have lost their Jobs long ago.
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unbaptized boy having priority over women
by enoughisenough ini was thinking about the male children ( even unbaptized ) being placed ahead of the sisters.
; and i thought the jw were raising a bunch of misogynist.
would these kids not feel more important than their mothers let alone other women.
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enoughisenough Probably first time rank and file would agree with GB that's it's the best life ever 🙂💰💰. Now most JW seem broke and struggling.
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unbaptized boy having priority over women
by enoughisenough ini was thinking about the male children ( even unbaptized ) being placed ahead of the sisters.
; and i thought the jw were raising a bunch of misogynist.
would these kids not feel more important than their mothers let alone other women.
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I think it's just another move to sell halls. They know very well they don't have enough brothers to do the work. And specially in ten years. GB have only been dismantling org and congregation arrangement. This been going on for last 13 years or more. Okej fine sell halls. They gonna do it either JWs want or not. But at least share money with congregations. It's their free labour that made everything possible.