The numbers are going down, especially younger one’s leaving. They are in full on crisis panic mode.
They are trying to go for a softer, gentler easier JW religion. Easing restrictions like beards, no more reporting hours. The changes to meeting formats means hardly any preparation needed.
You can be an elder these days zero preparation needed, just turn up on the day and give your item, everything is in the meeting workbook it’s all on rails.
Meetings and ministry are hybrid zoom now, everything is easier. Trying to slow the bleeding of numbers.
Young ones don’t need to get baptised, they can take up the offer of last minute repentance if what the GB teach turns out to be correct. These young ones can get upto all sorts of normal things that young ones do and as long as not baptised there is nothing the elders can do