just made a fast check on yearly watchtower report.
bulgaria numbers 2022 was +1.
for 2023 they + 4. uruguay for 2022.
Comparing WT year end report for 2023 over 2022:
123,965 more dunked in 2023
217 more congregations in 2023
1162 more Memorial partakers in 2023
289,693,010 more serve us hours in 2023
117514 more "publishers" in 2023
1.3 % increase in 2023 compared to 0.4% in 2022
WT is padding the report to avoid the truth that they are in STEEP decline.
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fyi, i posted this prediction on my facebook page last night and it has received 224 likes and there have been 83 comments made.
many of the comments are hilarious.. .
a beard prediction for 2024:.
And all the rules about mustaches.
I got called to task for that by more than one elder/circuit overseer. Their rules were "no longer than the corner of your mouth, and you had to be able to fit a nickle between the bottom of the mustache and the top of your lip." I pissed off one circuit overseer when I asked if it would be permitted to cut it in the manner of Hitler?
library.
books & brochures.
enjoy life forever!—an interactive bible course.
Today, from his position in heaven, Jesus directs his followers on earth by means of a “faithful and discreet slave.”
Off topic a bit. I heard a guy in a comment say, "We get our directions from The Slave through Jesus." Didn't know those old guys had been officially promoted above Jesus.
library.
books & brochures.
enjoy life forever!—an interactive bible course.
Why are the two new ones from bethell? Because ones from any further away are not as able to kiss ass?
i heard on the meeting about apps called nwpublisher and cartsmart.
new world publisher (nw publisher) is a free apple ios and google android app created by jehovah’s witnesses for jehovah’s witnesses.
congregation publishers can install new world publisher on their mobile devices and be more united and connected with their congregation.. cartsmart was built to streamline the way we schedule our public witnessing shifts.
then everyone can see the changes straight away.
I heard about it and read about it on the NWPublisher web site. Waayyy to much private information that appears to be open for any prying eyes. Of course when has people privacy ever mattered to JW"s?
If I were still in I would never download that app.
This NW app may be the brainchild of the brothers who run online and physical store carrying all JW items - in upstate NY.
It's based out of Australia, with the disclaimer in fine print at the bottom: Please Note: All ideas and opinions on
this website are our own, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of JW.org or the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. This is not an
official website of Jehovah’s Witnesses and is not an official program
or app of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
so, first the turning in time got axed, now beards are okay, what is up next?
women wearing dress slacks to the meeting?
birthdays becoming acceptable?
My speculation? That women would no longer be forced into the silly habit of scurrying around looking for some type of hat, or resorting to a paper napkin to have a "proper" head covering.
If one reads the scriptures they manipulate to force this issue that requirement is NOT scriptural. After Paul rants about head covering this is what is said, "(1 Corinthians 11:15) 15 but if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her? Because her hair is given her instead of a headdress*. . . and the footnote states very plainly *** Rbi8 1 Corinthians 11:15 ***Or, “given her as a covering.”
lett has announced in the latest video update that jehovah has dignified the brothers by now letting them to choose for themselves whether they want to have a beard or not -.
https://www.jw.org/en/news/region/global/2023-governing-body-update-8/.
this applies worldwide and to all brothers in any position..
letting hair in the ears and nose grow out?
If they let their ear hair grow out long enough it could be used as a thin bad looking comb over, and nose hair if long enough could be combed to each side for a bad looking mustache for those who could not grow lip hair very good.
to save y’all the agony of having to sit & watch lett (looking even more puffy and jaundiced than the last time), here is a summary:.
beards are now perfectly fine for anyone & everyone, including ministerial servants, elders, and “special full time servants” (cos and betheliites).. but don’t go and feel “vindicated” — even if you knew you were right about beards, you shouldn’t run ahead of jehovah’s “chariot”.. so there you go.. if you need explicit permission from a puffy steroid addled facial contortionist with an increasingly ridiculous combover to make personal grooming decisions…you might be in a cult .
governing body update #8. beards--see page 3 #2. page 1.--https://imgbox.com/qs27zbgh.
page 2.--https://imgbox.com/r4jz1fvm .
page 3.--https://imgbox.com/wynbxegx .
It’s a concession that costs them nothing, widens the pool of “qualified brothers” to keep things running
I don't have a horse in this race, but my speculation is this would be the reason. Beards and/or low field serve-us hours were always the stick used to beat men back into submission to congregation control with the promise of the "privileges" carrot. Both were used by men fading to get off the hamster wheel and have now been removed so that it will make it more difficult for any males in congregations to use either one as a tool to fade.
