Bartolomeo

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  WTBTS investments

  by enoughisenough in

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  i found this article, how be it from about 10 years ago.

  https://clarencesisk.com/watchtower-investments/ i didn't even go to the end of the article, but assuming the writer knew of which he wrote, wt had/has?

  stock in bot j&j and pfizer.

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  Bartolomeo

  The page https://clarencesisk.com/watchtower-investments/, however interesting, does not contain links to verifiable official documents, as is possible for the Henrietta investment fund. Is it possible to have more detailed and updated information on the investments that WT has in assets?
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  King of the North

  by pontoon in

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  i've been out for 13 years.

  just wondering who the society is identifying as the king of the north?.

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  @ Indoubtbigtime
  

  but of course plenty of other countries hate king of the South Syria, Iran and pretty much all the Middle East

  king of of the south in UK and USA and their allies like Japan and NATO countries

  I assure you that many Europeans viscerally hate the USA, the "king of the south" and his hateful way of "exporting democracy"
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  2022-10-04-Documents!

  by Atlantis in

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  2022-10-s-147-announcements and reminders.

  2022-10-04-mandatory reporting training.

  2022-10-04-questions and answers concerning the online course for mandatory reporting.. .

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  Bartolomeo

  dear Atlantis, could you please re-issue the October 18, 2022 Communication with instructions for the elders? is the communication in which the provision on reports of less than 15 minutes posted for the first time in the S-147 December 2020 was reconfirmed. Thanks in advance!
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  Are the statistics out yet?

  by slimboyfat in

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  isn’t it about time they released the report for the service year?

  or have they stopped publishing it?

  did they released selected figures at the annual meeting as they usually do, such as the memorial attendance or record number of pioneers?

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  Bartolomeo

  the obvious thing I expect them to say is to blame it on Covid, which might actually make sense up to a point. Too bad they will never admit that they have directly caused deaths by recommending vaccination, they will ignore this and in the future they will wash their hands saying "Some had understood that..."
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  2022 Service Report is Out

  by Bartolomeo in

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  warning: this post doesn't belong to me, i took it from reddit and posted it here.

  news.

  +0.4% growth in publishers globally.

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  Bartolomeo

  Warning: this post doesn't belong to me, I took it from Reddit and posted it here

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/107t131/2022_service_report_is_out/
  

  News

  • +0.4% growth in publishers globally

  • -1% publisher growth in the USA

  • Memorial attendance at 19,721,672 (-8% from last year and -6% from prepandemic 2019)

  • Total baptized 145,552 (-15% from last year and -52% from prepandemic 2019)

  • Total hours spent in field: 1,501,000,000 (+6% from last year and -28% from 2019)

  • Average Bible Studies: 5,666,996 (-4% from last year and -28% from 2019)

  Also a reminder - the way publishers are counted has changed. Now no time reported is required to be a publisher (elders can decide that someone who claims to have been active in the month can be counted as a publisher without specific time reported). These recent changes themself would have contributed to some "growth" in the annual numbers.

  Edit - some additional interesting points made in the comments:

  • About 400 more emblem partakers than last year (2% growth)

  • It takes 10,300 h for one baptism. For a 10h/month publisher that's... 86 years of preaching. Perhaps double that if you don't count children/born-in baptisms

  • Annual global population growth was 1.1% (vs 0.4% growth of society)

  Edit 2 - some further comparisons to previous years

  Bible Studies:

  • -4% from 2021

  • -41% from 2019

  • -44% from 2016

  Hours

  • +6% from 2021

  • -28% from 2019

  • -24% from 2016

  Baptised

  • -15% from 2021

  • -52% from 2019

  • -45% from 2016

  Memorial attendance

  • -8% from 2021

  • -6% from 2019

  • -2% from 2016

  Memorial partakers

  • +2% from 2021

  • +3% from 2019

  • +17% from 2016

  Avg Publishers

  • +0.41% from 2021

  • +0.52% from 2019

  • +4.7% from 2016

  Some Avg Publisher Country Statistics:

  • USA -1%

  • UK +1%

  • Canada 0%

  • Australia +1%

  • New Zealand +1%

  • South Africa 0%

  • Mexico -1%

  See the stats for yourself here (edit "Borg" out): https://www.jw.borg/en/library/books/2022-Service-Year-Report-of-Jehovahs-Witnesses-Worldwide/2022-Grand-Totals/

  And country report: https://www.jw.borg/en/library/books/2022-Service-Year-Report-of-Jehovahs-Witnesses-Worldwide/2022-Country-and-Territory-Reports/
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  Pioneer Hours Update

  by Bartolomeo in

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  regular pioneers: 600 per year, 50 on average per month.auxiliary pioneers: 30 hours per monthauxiliary pioneers in march and april: fee reduced to 15 hours.

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  @enoughisenough

  In a WT article in 1943 July , I think pages204-206 The "Lord" told told them the hours for pioneers, aux pioneers and publishers. The "Lord" changes his mind-how many times do these hours need to change? Anyway, a search will find the archived WT and you can read for yourself what the "Lord" told them.

  I found the reference, thank you!

  WT 1943 jul 1 "RIGHTEOUS REQUIREMENTS"

  "These expressions of God’s will by his King and through his established agency constitute his law or rule of action for the “faithful and wise servant” and for their goodwill companions today who will dwell upon the earth for ever in the New World. The Lord breaks down our organization instructions further and makes them more practicable by further instructing us through his “faithful and wise servant”. He says, ‘Let us assign the field, the world, to special pioneers, regular pioneers and companies of Jehovah’s witnesses in an orderly way, sufficient for everyone to thoroughly witness therein, and let us place upon each one the responsibility of caring for the New World interests in these respective assignments.’ He says the requirements for special pioneers shall be 175 hours and 50 back-calls per month, which should develop into a reasonable number of studies; and for regular pioneers 150 hours and as many back-calls and studies as can be properly developed during that time. And for company publishers he says, ‘Let us make a quota of 60 hours and 12 back-calls and at least one study a week for each publisher.’ These directions come to us from the Lord through his established agency directing what is required of us; and, for those who really love the Lord and are guided by his counsel, that is a reasonable service requirement. This expression of the Lord’s will should be the end of all controversy. It is for your good that these requirements are made; for thereby you are enabled to prove your integrity and magnify the Lord’s name."
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  Pioneer Hours Update

  by Bartolomeo in

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  regular pioneers: 600 per year, 50 on average per month.auxiliary pioneers: 30 hours per monthauxiliary pioneers in march and april: fee reduced to 15 hours.

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  Regular pioneers: 600 per year, 50 on average per month.
  Auxiliary Pioneers: 30 hours per month
  Auxiliary Pioneers in March and April: Fee reduced to 15 hours
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  I do not understand why you should be considered bad parents if you do not have your children submitted to you

  by psyco in

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  after creating the first human couple, god had 100% of not submitted human creatures (0 out of 2).at the time of the flood, he had 99,9% of not submitted human creatures (8 out of thousands if not even more).. nowadays, he has 99,9% of not submitted human creatures (8 millions jws out of 8 billions humans).. but he is considered a "good" god or father of his human creatures: why then is having submitted children a requirement for christians or for being considered "good" parents as jws?.

  i mean: if he does not have more than 0,1% of submitted humans, how could i do better?

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  Bartolomeo

  Same post is actually also on Reddit
  
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  Can I block someone who messages me.

  by LostintheFog1999 in

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  i keep getting this person who wants me to email them with information already freely available on this website.. i have told him that i have no intention of emailing a total stranger from my personal email address, but they keep sending me this demand.. from bola to lostinthefog1999.

  can you tell me how to block this persistent messager?.

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  Bartolomeo

  @LostintheFog next time attach a screenshot demonstrating your claims, obviously obscuring sensitive data
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  Can I block someone who messages me.

  by LostintheFog1999 in

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  i keep getting this person who wants me to email them with information already freely available on this website.. i have told him that i have no intention of emailing a total stranger from my personal email address, but they keep sending me this demand.. from bola to lostinthefog1999.

  can you tell me how to block this persistent messager?.

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  Bartolomeo

  otherwise we could play a trick on this funny guy and spread his email around the web