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  Cliff Notes on Construction Halt/Bethel Layoffs

  by neverendingjourney in

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  2. beliefs

  i don't follow the board nearly as closely as i did years ago and i've only seen scattered and seemingly contradictory threads on construction delays and bethel layoffs.. anyone care to briefly summarize the latest for those of us who haven't closely followed the various threads?

  it'd be greatly appreciated.. thanks in advance..

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  At the AGM they said every other month will be anchored by a GB helper instead of a GB.
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  "the Kingdom work is expanding at an accelerated pace"

  by Londo111 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if recent intel is true, there is only a .23% increase worldwide in 2015. .

  notice what is increasing is not the average publisher count, according to the above watchtower quote to spin the bethel downsizing, but the work.

  "the little one will become a thousand and the small one a mighty nation.

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  the Kingdom work is expanding at an accelerated pace

  If by 'expanding' they mean stagnating, and if by 'accelerated' they mean stagnating, then I think they are right.
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  2015 Worldwide Memorial Attendance: Another Sign of Decline

  by steve2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jw memorial attendance last year - 2014 - was about 50,000 shy of 20 million.

  some posters on this forum had confidently predicted before the 2014 memorial that attendance would hit more than 20 milion.

  they were wrong.. now, in 2015, and the memorial falling on a weekend night (where attendance is historically much higher), attendance has not only failed to top 20 milion but has declined by more than 87,000 in attendance over 2014:.

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  Presumably it's got worse since then.
  

  Here's an example that happened in my k.hall recently.

  I was telling someone about my long-term plans, and this person is a very zealous publisher.
  They remarked loudly "You won't be doing that, Armageddon will be here soon!"

  Everybody, and I mean 'everybody' in hearing distance turned to look at us and openly started laughing.

  My response was "they told that to my mother and my grandmother. I think we know better by now, don't we."
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  2015 Worldwide Memorial Attendance: Another Sign of Decline

  by steve2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jw memorial attendance last year - 2014 - was about 50,000 shy of 20 million.

  some posters on this forum had confidently predicted before the 2014 memorial that attendance would hit more than 20 milion.

  they were wrong.. now, in 2015, and the memorial falling on a weekend night (where attendance is historically much higher), attendance has not only failed to top 20 milion but has declined by more than 87,000 in attendance over 2014:.

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  Still being 'in' I can feel a general malaise that I've never seen before.

  People are openly critical, laughing at the new teachings, and angry at the constant demands for money. More and more are skipping meetings, and the hall is rarely full these days.

  There's confusion about what's going on with the preaching work, pressure to use tablets, and everything is changing.

  These next few years will be very telling on the yearly statistics.
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  Can you prove that WT policy of shunning is unscriptual? Will soon be discussing with somebody, give me all your ammo!

  by EndofMysteries in

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  2. beliefs

  will soon be discussing w/ somebody still in about that.

  i want to make sure i am not missing anything good.

  so any scriptures, articles whether wt articles or secular about effects of shunning, etc, or your arguments against how wt interprets their scriptures, etc.

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  Nice write up NeonMadman, I enjoyed reading that.
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  Bethels all downsizing within a year?

  by Formerbrother in

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  2. beliefs

  why is there a huge cull going on of all bethels around the world?.

  about 80% cull within the next year?.

  some have been in bethel for decades and will be sent packing, the 20% of bethelites who stay will have to do their own food, laundry and clean their flat.

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  Hi FB, welcome to the forum.

  I think Lett said it clearest in his recent broadcast, "we have more going out than we have coming in."

  Tally this with the constant requests and reminders for donations and contributions, reduction in magazine size and quantities, asking the brothers to use their tablets instead of getting hard copies, and removing DO's and Special Pioneers (those that cost the Org real dollars), then you start to see the bigger picture.

  Once the various lawsuits start piling up they will need to make every $ count.
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  The Many Faces of Lett

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  Seen elsewhere online

  
  
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  83,000 theocratic facilites?

  by average joe in

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  2. bible

  a bethelite was telling me that there are 83,000 theocratic facilities world wide.

  he compared that to 35,000 mcdonalds and 21,000 starbucks roughly to show the size of the theocratic organization.

  i am not sure where the 83,000 comes from what would he be counting?

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  average joe the watchtower and awake was the number 1 and number 2 most circulated and read magazines in the world

  Maybe before they got reduced each month. Even less likely after Jan 2016 when they are placed individually, and videos are used in the ministry instead.
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  Never Bring a Knife to a Drone Fight

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. current

  apparently, it's good news, everybody - mohammed emwazi (aka jihadi john) has been targeted by a us drone strike.

  the location was in raqqa, syria, a few yards from isis hq, near a clock tower where crucifixions are carried out.

  there are conflicting reports, some say he died instantly at 11:40pm yesterday, others say that he was badly injured and taken to a nearby hospital.. from what i've previously read about emwazi, he was apparently terrified of being targeted by drones - yesterday it seems his nightmare was made reality.

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  Thank you USA!
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  Now you don't even have to go to the Kingdom Hall - ALL meetings to be recorded & available on jw.org (if you have a password)

  by sir82 in

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  2. friends

  latest boe letter:.

  october 22, 2015. to all bodies of eldersre: use of jw stream.

  dear brothers:we are writing to inform you that arrangements are being made for video recordings ofcongregation meetings, circuit assemblies, and conventions to be uploaded to jw stream (accessibleat http://stream.jw.org) in various languages.

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  "Elders and servants who have a jw org login will have access to all recordings."

  Result!!