In the western world if does in the congregation wouldn't have any children it would be minus growth in every country. You almost only see JWs kids being baptized.
Posts by asp59
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17Reaction to baptism figures
by neat blue dog intalking about tomorrow's wt study, that mentions over a quarter of a million baptized every year, a jw asked how many that is a day.
i got out my calculator and answered over 778 a day.
of course they were amazed at the growth, but immediatly i googled another statistic and read it aloud:.
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Qualifications of elders question
by charity7 inhi guys!
i thought you guys would be able to clarify something for me.
according to jw’s what qualifies you to become an elder and who does the appointing?
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asp59
(excusing yourself because you have a "pressing matter".)
Haha thought it was only the elder in my group that always came with that excuse.
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Gerrit Lösch gives a special talk the Norval Assembly Hall in Georgetown Canada
by wannaexit inthe first part was all about the the evils of higher education.
i couldn't stand it and left.
was anybody there today?
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asp59
Are there any young witnesses that don't seek higher education this days? The only one I know that don't is cause they don't like to study. Why are they always bringing up subject that are not relevant anymore.
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What's it like these days for teenagers?
by JeffT ini converted at age 22, and left 15 years later (1988) so i don't really know what its like to be in high school as a jw.
for those of you who do know: do teenage jw's hang out with each other?
worldly kids?
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asp59
Think it's worse today for youngsters. Back in the 80s there were some kind of unity. Maybe not unity, but there were congregation partys and such. Not much of that anymore.
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Governing Body speaker ratings
by Fay Dehr inok, it's time.
we've had opportunity to observe the 8 gb members speaking ability.
now it's our turn to give our honest ratings...using their own form, of course!
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1 Timothy 4:15
Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress.
Paulus is talking about public reading (platform)
There's no scores here. Either you are progressing and it's clear to everyone.
Or you are not.
GB maybe are good at preaching work
When it come to platform BIG mistake having GB members on broadcasting or travelling giving talks.
Cause that they are never progressing in the platform is clear to earth and heaven's.
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Appointments
by asp59 inhow big you think the percentage of reaching out for appointments in organization is base on:.
a brother wanted receive praise from other'sb wanted to marry thought having appointment would make that possiblec wife push him if he was marriedd pressure from other'se a career pathf possibility to dominate/control othersg he wanted to have appointment cause of love and wanted to help others..
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How big you think the percentage of reaching out for appointments in organization is base on:
A brother wanted receive praise from other's
B wanted to marry thought having appointment would make that possible
C wife push him if he was married
D pressure from other's
E a career path
F possibility to dominate/control others
G he wanted to have appointment cause of love and wanted to help others. -
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Don't be too Christian, you'll raise red flags
by neat blue dog infor the past few years all my comments and talks have been a purely christian message.
i tiptoe around wt dogma and focus on the basics of love, life compassion, etc.
and i deliberately do not use jw terminology whenever i can.
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asp59
Should have asked them why Bible talks about sins of David and all the other Bible person.
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Brothers with hearts. Where are they?
by stillin inone poster here mentioned how, after he was appointed as an elder, things took on a more "corporate" feel.
i was an ms and as such went, dutifully, to the bi-annual meetings with the co. i was sorely disappointed.
i had imagined sort of a round-table discussion of trends and potential difficulties in the congregation, along with a coordinated effort to help people out.
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asp59
Think they thought it was only the preaching work that was important.back in the days of Rutherford. It's to late now for them to change things. They probably gonna convert everything to online religion. The only thing they still gonna put any effort on will be the preaching, that they think it's what workt out for them.
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Brothers with hearts. Where are they?
by stillin inone poster here mentioned how, after he was appointed as an elder, things took on a more "corporate" feel.
i was an ms and as such went, dutifully, to the bi-annual meetings with the co. i was sorely disappointed.
i had imagined sort of a round-table discussion of trends and potential difficulties in the congregation, along with a coordinated effort to help people out.
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asp59
First of all if publisher starts improving he gets shut down by elder that are jealous of them. They usually want rutin and publisher not to improve to not shake things up. Plus they think it makes them look bad if someone that is not appointed make improvements. You have almost be a CO to make improvements in the platform and be left alone. They took a good decision shutting down the school. The quality of that arrangement is more a embarrassment the anything else. But that goes back to the ,40s when it started. If the organization didn't use God's name I would see it more like a comedy club.
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New Governing Body member in video
by neat blue dog inhe hasn't been in the limelight before, so here's his debut:.
https://tv.jw.org/#en/mediaitems/latestvideos/pub-jwb_201804_13_video.
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asp59
A least he seems to be sound of mind and sticks to Bible and not how tight pants should be.