There's always different reasons for numbers. Some years ago JWs we're growing in Norway. Reason many JWs moved to Norway cause there was more job opportunities. Puerto Rico was other way around. Many moved to mainland for jobs and numbers of JWs was staggering. Either way you cut things. Only reason watchtower is not dropping massively in numbers are the strict DF rules. Remove DF arrangements and oh boy the drop they gonna have.
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Are the statistics out yet?
by slimboyfat inisn’t it about time they released the report for the service year?
or have they stopped publishing it?
did they released selected figures at the annual meeting as they usually do, such as the memorial attendance or record number of pioneers?
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JW Broadcasting - simply a platform for narcissists?
by eyeslice inone thing i notice from sitting through a number of broadcasts is just how much these guys love their titles.
it's always brother such-and-such, member of the gb, helper to the teaching committee, etc.
it's never simply brother such-and-such, a local elder with such-and-such congregation.. it seems to me the witnesses are pretty quick to pick up on catholics who call their priests father, which at the end of the day is in much the same vein simply a title.. i suspect these titles point to a huge amount of narcissism of the part of those who revel in such titles, certainly it doesn't seem to fall in line with christ's advocation that the greatest amongst you should be be the least.
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Hellothere
I think JW broadcasting is the most funny thing watchtower has done the last hundred years. Morris, left and company used to irritate me every time they were on camera. But now they just amusing. If you think about it it's hilarious. Left with his faces. Morris angry slurring. Splane with he's weird look on things ( everything overlapping). Reminds me of Muppet show but with real people. It's just funny 😁 I'm kind of glad JWs getting some entertainment in their life as everything else is forbidden.
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Are the statistics out yet?
by slimboyfat inisn’t it about time they released the report for the service year?
or have they stopped publishing it?
did they released selected figures at the annual meeting as they usually do, such as the memorial attendance or record number of pioneers?
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Yeah and without the DF arrangements JWs would probably have half its members. The Christian groups that you view as having " bad " numbers have about 30 - 100 million members. And growing. They can not be compared to little watchtower. Spending billions of hour on some work and see no real results is not "bad". It's a disaster.
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Are the statistics out yet?
by slimboyfat inisn’t it about time they released the report for the service year?
or have they stopped publishing it?
did they released selected figures at the annual meeting as they usually do, such as the memorial attendance or record number of pioneers?
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In reality numbers have been really bad for year's. Billions hours spend in preaching and almost no growth. I mean the yearly report haven't been encouraging for JWs in the western world for long now. This has become such a staggered boring religion. Maeby if they removed current GB and put some new GB members on that are younger and hade some new ideas. They need major major major changes if they gonna change the downhill course they on. Think the preaching work is more a symbolic thing for watchtower this days. They are more interested in catching JW children at young age and keeping them in the org. Only way too do that is removing doe's boring jw meetings. Yes go online.
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New poll shows public knows Jehovah's Witnesses and dislike them....almost as much as the Church of Satan
by Balaamsass2 inwow.
while not a pew survey, i found these to be surprising results.
" a recent yougov poll explores americans' attitudes toward 35 religious groups, organizations, and belief systems.
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Hellothere
Not strange. Jesus spoke of love and healing. GB speak about 99% population must die in harmagedon. Maeby if they went with Jesus message they would be more liked.
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Hellothere
Don't see everyone that DON'T drink large amounts of fine whisky on the list 😋
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Are the statistics out yet?
by slimboyfat inisn’t it about time they released the report for the service year?
or have they stopped publishing it?
did they released selected figures at the annual meeting as they usually do, such as the memorial attendance or record number of pioneers?
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Hellothere
As they want pioneers to do their full hours...i bet GB wasn't please with years preaching hours statistics
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Elders told to befriend young ones.
by LostintheFog1999 insomeone on this forum kindly posted a link to the program of the current elders' training schools taking place.. i was just looking at it and thought that the part i have highlighted looks innocent enough unless the elder has an overfondness for young ones.. if he is spending too much time with the younger ones he can say, with hand on his heart, i am simply following through on the latest direction from the organisation about befriending, training, and mentoring the young.
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Hellothere
Everything watchtower does is common of group's that leaders are living in compound and detached from reality and life of regular people. They should have obeyed Jesus command to follow his steps closely.
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New School for overseers.
by Hellothere insaw new video watchtower put out.
they gonna open new school for overseers.
they gonna train this men too be "loving, wise and accept they don't know everything".
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Hellothere
Either way, making a video about how you gonna Teach people too be wise and loving shows how delusional they are 😋
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New School for overseers.
by Hellothere insaw new video watchtower put out.
they gonna open new school for overseers.
they gonna train this men too be "loving, wise and accept they don't know everything".
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So first a video Tony Morris telling JWs return to Hall's cause it's so joyful and loving there. Some weeks after GB release video about how they gonna train overseers to be loving, probably cause Hall's are not that loving 😂 This people really lost their mind. Either they want JWs to abandon org or they just lost it all😁. What's going on 🤡. Let's realise facts.... bunker life and whisky don't mix well as it seems