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25 YEARS of compiled yearbook statistics

by 88JM in

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hello again folks - as promised in my last thread here, i've been working on turning yearbook statistics into excel spreadsheets.. coincidentally, today is my 25th birthday (spare a thought for a fader).. i've now updated the spreadsheet with yearbook data all the way back to 1988 (the year i was born), therefore it now contains 25 years of statistics.. there were a lot of countries changing around and for some it was possible to create a continuation of data.

some are a simple change of name like south-west africa to namibia.

others, for example - in 1993 with czechoslovakia splitting into two countries (czech republic and slovakia) i have added an extra row that provides a continuation of the data, combining czech republic and slovakia back together as if they were still one country.

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This has become an excellent resource - many thanks 88JM for your hard work.

And some figures for slimboyfat:

Service Year	Peak Pubs	Increase	% over last year	Baptized	% over last yr	Memorial	Partakers	Congs	Lands	Leavers
1960-61	965,169	48,837	5.330	63,070	-8.63	1,553,909	13,284	21,557	185	14,233
1961-62	989,192	24,023	2.489	69,649	10.43	1,639,681	12,714	22,166	189	45,626
1962-63	1,040,836	51,644	5.221	62,798	-9.84	1,693,752	12,292	22,761	198	11,154
1963-64	1,075,523	34,687	3.333	68,236	8.66	1,809,476	11,953	23,483		33,549
1964-65	1,109,806	34,283	3.188	64,393	-5.63	1,933,089	11,550	24,158	201	30,110
1965-66	1,118,665	8,859	0.798	58,904	-8.52	1,971,107	11,179	24,910		50,045
1966-67	1,160,604	41,939	3.749	74,981	27.29	2,195,612	10,981	25,206		33,042
1967-68	1,221,504	60,900	5.247	82,842	10.48	2,493,519	10,619	25,409		21,942
1968-69	1,336,112	114,608	9.383	120,905	45.95	2,719,860	10,368	25,694		6,297
1969-70	1,483,430	147,318	11.026	164,193	35.80	3,226,168	10,526	26,524	208	16,875
1970-71	1,590,793	107,363	7.237	149,808	-8.76	3,453,542	10,384	27,154		42,445
1971-72	1,658,990	68,197	4.287	163,123	8.89	3,662,407	10,350	28,407		94,926
1972-73	1,758,429	99,439	5.994	193,990	18.92	3,994,924	10,523	31,850		94,551
1973-74	2,021,432	263,003	14.957	297,872	53.55	4,550,457	10,723	34,576		34,869
1974-75	2,179,256	157,824	7.808	295,073	-0.94	4,925,643	10,550	38,256	212	137,249
1975-76	2,248,390	69,134	3.172	196,656	-33.35	4,972,571	10,187	40,155		127,522
1976-77	2,223,538	-24,852	-1.105	124,459	-36.71	5,107,518	10,080	41,635		149,311
1977-78	2,182,341	-41,197	-1.853	95,052	-23.63	5,095,831	9,762	42,255		136,249
1978-79	2,186,075	3,734	0.171	113,672	19.59	5,323,766	9,727	42,600		109,938
1979-80	2,272,278	86,203	3.943	113,779	0.09	5,726,656	9,564	43,181	217	27,576
1980-81	2,361,896	89,618	3.944	119,836	5.32	5,987,893	9,601	43,870		30,218
1981-82	2,477,608	115,712	4.899	138,540	15.61	6,252,787	9,529	44,953		22,828
1982-83	2,652,323	174,715	7.052	161,896	16.86	6,767,707	9,292	46,235		-12,819
1983-84	2,842,531	190,208	7.171	179,421	10.82	7,416,974	9,081	47,869		-10,787
1984-85	3,024,131	181,600	6.389	189,800	5.78	7,792,109	9,051	49,716	222	8,200
1985-86	3,229,022	204,891	6.775	225,868	19.00	8,160,597	8,927	52,177		20,977
1986-87	3,395,612	166,590	5.159	230,843	2.20	8,965,221	8,808	54,911		64,253
1987-88	3,592,654	197,042	5.803	239,268	3.65	9,201,071	8,685	57,670		42,226
1988-89	3,787,188	194,534	5.415	263,855	10.28	9,479,064	8,734	60,192		69,321
1989-90	4,017,213	230,025	6.074	301,518	14.27	9,950,058	8,869	63,016		71,493
1990-91	4,278,820	261,607	6.512	300,945	-0.19	10,650,158	8,850	66,207	211	39,338
1991-92	4,472,787	193,967	4.533	301,002	0.02	11,431,171	8,683	69,558	229	107,035
1992-93	4,709,889	237,102	5.301	296,004	-1.66	11,865,765	8,693	73,070	231	58,902
1993-94	4,914,094	204,205	4.336	314,818	6.36	12,288,917	8,617	75,573	232	110,613
1994-95	5,199,895	285,801	5.816	338,491	7.52	13,147,201	8,645	78,620	232	52,690
1995-96	5,413,769	213,874	4.113	366,579	8.30	12,921,933	8,757	81,908	233	152,705
1996-97	5,599,931	186,162	3.439	375,923	2.55	14,322,226	8,795	85,256	233	189,761
1997-98	5,888,650	288,719	5.156	316,092	-15.92	13,896,312	8,756	87,644	233	27,373
1998-99	5,912,492	23,842	0.405	323,439	2.32	14,088,751	8,755	89,985	234	299,597
1999-00	6,035,564	123,072	2.082	288,907	-10.68	14,872,086	8,661	91,487	235	165,835
2000-01	6,117,666	82,102	1.360	263,431	-8.82	15,374,986	8,730	93,154	235	181,329
2001-02	6,304,645	186,979	3.056	265,469	0.77	15,597,746	8,760	94,600	234	78,490
2002-03	6,429,351	124,706	1.978	258,845	-2.50	16,097,622	8,565	95,919	235	134,139
2003-04	6,513,132	83,781	1.303	262,416	1.38	16,760,607	8,570	96,894	235	178,635
2004-05	6,613,829	100,697	1.546	247,631	-5.63	16,383,333	8,524	98,269	235	146,934
2005-06	6,741,444	127,615	1.930	248,327	0.28	16,675,113	8,758	99,770	236	120,712
2006-07	6,957,854	216,410	3.210	298,304	20.13	17,672,443	9,105	101,376	236	81,894
2007-08	7,124,443	166,589	2.394	289,678	-2.89	17,790,631	9,986	103,267	236	123,089
2008-09	7,313,173	188,730	2.649	276,233	-4.64	18,168,323	10,857	105,298	236	87,503
2009-10	7,508,050	194,877	2.665	294,368	6.57	18,706,895	11,202	107,000	236	99,491
2010-11	7,659,019	150,969	2.011	263,131	-10.61	19,374,737	11,824	109,403	236	112,162
2011-12	7,782,346	123,327	1.610	268,777	2.15	19,013,343	12,604	111,719	239	145,450

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I'm a Neutral Jehovah's Witness

by Martini in

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dear brothers and sisters,.

i martini, will confide in you that i have become a neutral jehovah's witness.

i wonder if i'm not coining a new phrase here!.

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For me, an active appointed brother, I come here to ask the questions that I'm not allowed to ask at the K.Hall.

Like the original poster on this thread, I know that the WT has not got everything right (something they admit themselves by keeping releasing revised teachings) and I'm working out what Jesus must think about this.

Stick around, ask questions, make friends, learn to open your mind and think things through properly.

Nice to have you here!

Splash.

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SCRIPTURAL DIVORCE

by The Searcher in

i am genuinely in the dark on this one; .

can someone with experience of this explain to me what a "scriptural divorce" is?

i have always believed what christ said was the only basis for divorce.

Splash

You can have an unscriptural divorce, but then remarrying will make you guilty of adultery.

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2013 June Our Kingdom Ministry!

by Atlantis in

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2013 june our kingdom ministry.send space.click the link by the blue arrow..http://www.sendspace.com/file/9u0ubm.file swap.click slow download.http://www.fileswap.com/dl/s3ya7frtwr/.file flyer.click the green download button.http://www.fileflyer.com/view/m33uubk...petra/vulcan

Splash

That's funny Lou Belle!!

The WT Library only goes back to 1950, but even at that time your little phrase appears:

w50 3/1 Uniting Our Praises Universally

Q.7. So, with limited time available, what is it needful to do?

And you can guess what paragraph 7 was talking about:

" set aside some time for the giving of praise to God "

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Quotes we no longer believe about being Appointed Over All Christ's Belongings

by Splash in

*** w09 2/15 p. 24 par.

3 they keep following the lamb ***.

he has also appointed the slave over all his belongings.

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If the Great Crowd are no longer their belongings, and their only job is just to feed the domestics and nothing more, do you think they will lighten up on the OBEY OBEY OBEY?

If the K.Halls and Assembly Halls are no longer their belongings, will they give them back to the local congregations, or will they continue to seize them from the congregations like at Menlo Park?

BTW I love the contradiction between one of the above WT quotes and the Bible:

w57 6/15 p. 370 par. 7 Overseers of Jehovah’s People

It is vital that we appreciate this fact and respond to the directions of the "slave" as we would to the voice of God, because it is His provision.

(Php 2:5, 6) Keep this mental attitude in YOU that was also in Christ Jesus, who, although he was existing in God’s form, gave no consideration to a seizure, namely, that he should be equal to God.

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Quotes we no longer believe about being Appointed Over All Christ's Belongings

by Splash in

*** w09 2/15 p. 24 par.

3 they keep following the lamb ***.

he has also appointed the slave over all his belongings.

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Quotes we no longer believe about being Appointed Over All Christ's Belongings

by Splash in

*** w09 2/15 p. 24 par.

3 they keep following the lamb ***.

he has also appointed the slave over all his belongings.

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The changes to doctrine in the July WT impact such long held and fundamental JW teachings, that I couldn't even begin to list the magazines and books which are now old light.

Being inspected in 1918/19, being appointed over all Christs belongings, and references to the FDS are such favourite topics, I would guess that EVERY book has some reference to these, therefore EVERY book now contains old light. Actually there is no such thing as 'old light', really it's 'darkness' or 'non-truths'. What's another word for a non-truth?

I said to a family member recently that once we have studied these articles, no-one in the congregation will know what they believe anymore.

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Under the New Light, Where is the Continuity?

by Ding in

under the old light, from 33 ce onward, there was always an anointed remnant on earth, and these constituted the faithful and discreet slave class whom jesus had appointed over his domestics to give them spiritual meat in due season.. but the new light is that the "anointed" were not the faithful and discreet slave after all.. in fact, according to the new light, jesus did not appoint anyone as faithful and discreet slave over his domestics until 1919 (not even the apostles or russell).. so according to the new light, who or what was jehovah's visible organization from the death of the apostles until 1919?.

who was authorized to provide spiritual food in due season?.

where is the continuity?.

Splash

I think we have received a new phrase as well.

Out with "faithful and discreet slave class" and in with "composite slave".

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Quotes we no longer believe about being Appointed Over All Christ's Belongings

by Splash in

*** w09 2/15 p. 24 par.

3 they keep following the lamb ***.

he has also appointed the slave over all his belongings.

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*** w09 2/15 p. 24 par. 3 They “Keep Following the Lamb” ***

He has also appointed the slave “over all his belongings.” (Matt. 24:45-47) These “belongings” include the growing “great crowd” of “other sheep.” (Rev. 7:9; John 10:16) Should not individual members of the anointed and the “other sheep” trust the slave appointed over them? There are many reasons why the slave class deserves our trust. Two outstanding reasons are: (1) Jehovah trusts the slave class. (2) Jesus also trusts the slave.

*** w09 2/15 p. 26 par. 9 They “Keep Following the Lamb” ***

Moreover, Jesus Christ has appointed the faithful and discreet slave “over all his belongings”—all Kingdom interests on earth. (Matt. 24:47) Included among these belongings are the facilities at the world headquarters of Jehovah’s Witnesses, at branch offices in various lands, and at Assembly Halls and Kingdom Halls worldwide. Included too is the work of Kingdom-preaching and disciple-making. Would anyone assign someone he did not trust to keep and use his valuable things?

*** w98 12/15 p. 14 par. 17 Salvation Belongs to Jehovah ***

Another reason why God saves his people is that they obey him and his Son... Suddenly, the Romans withdraw for no apparent reason. What will Jewish Christians do? In his Ecclesiastical History (Book III, chapter V, 3), Eusebius says that they fled from Jerusalem and Judea. They were spared because they obeyed Jesus’ prophetic warning. Are you as quick to comply with Scriptural guidance provided through “the faithful steward” appointed over all of Jesus’ “belongings”?

*** w07 4/1 p. 22 par. 5 Loyal to Christ and His Faithful Slave ***

“On arriving” to inspect the “slave” in 1918, Christ found a spirit-anointed remnant of faithful disciples who since 1879 had been using this journal and other Bible-based publications to provide spiritual “food at the proper time.” He acknowledged them as his collective instrument, or “slave,” and in 1919 entrusted them with the management of all his earthly belongings.

*** w93 5/1 p. 17 par. 6 Expanded Activities During Christ’s Presence ***

The Lord Jesus was pleased, and in 1919 he pronounced that faithful approved slave class happy. What was the slave’s delightful reward for doing what his Master had appointed him to do? A promotion! Yes, larger responsibilities were given in advancing his Master’s interests. Since the Master was now a heavenly King, why, then, his earthly belongings became even more precious.

*** w75 2/1 p. 79 A Fine Reward for Faithfulness ***

Certainly this “great crowd,” spiritually fed by the “slave” class, are part of the Master’s “belongings.” He has proved that he can safely reward his “slave” class with the greatest responsibility on earth at this time.

*** w71 12/15 p. 750 par. 10 Theocratic Organization with Which to Move Forward Now ***

The facts of modern history show that in the year 1919 he revived these much afflicted disciples and gathered them together in a united body.

*** w58 1/15 p. 46 par. 19 Overseers in Apocalyptic Times ***

Since 1919 this “faithful and discreet slave,” who is a composite person made up of all anointed Christian joint heirs of Jesus Christ, has been taking care of “all his belongings” on earth. The slave has been faithfully giving out the spiritual, Biblical food at the proper time, so that there is no spiritual famine among the Christian witnesses of Jehovah. To make this “faithful and discreet slave” class equal to their heavy responsibilities in these last days, God through Christ has poured out his spirit upon them in these last days, in complete fulfillment of Joel’s prophecy.

*** w57 6/15 p. 370 par. 7 Overseers of Jehovah’s People ***

Yes, particularly since 1919 has it been true that he has appointed the collective body of the anointed remnant over all the visible interests of the Kingdom. The “slave” then became responsible not only for ministering to the needs of the anointed body members but also for taking on the responsibility of preaching the good news of the established Kingdom to people of all nations. (Matt. 24:14) Such is true not by their determination of it, but because God himself has so directed. “God has set the members in the body, each one of them, just as he pleased,” is the way it is pictured in 1 Corinthians 12:18 (NW). It is vital that we appreciate this fact and respond to the directions of the “slave” as we would to the voice of God, because it is His provision.

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July 15th Study Edition Is Up..

by confusedteenager in

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not sure if anyone mentioned this yet, but yeah.

they just posted up the new watchtower...with the confusing new information.. time for me to go dive into this "new light" and try to see what sense it makes.

of course cedars already nicely did a run down for us.. .

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Benefit from the Ministry School (be) study 39 p. 220 par. 1 Effective Conclusion

"What you say last is often remembered longest. "

wt 2013 July 15th. Final study article, final paragraph, final sentence, answering the final part of the final question:

"Let us be determined to show our appreciation by giving our loyal support to the anointed brothers who make up that faithful and discreet slave.—Heb. 13:7, 17."

Song 116 The Light Gets Brighter

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