Richard_I

Joined

• started 27 topics
• posted 235 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by Richard_I

• 
  2

  Why Did Jesus Address His Apostles As A Little Flock? Addition

  by wannabe in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  [revelation 5:9,10;20:4].

  " [ephesians 2:19-22] so, from that we see, that it was only the twelve apostles that jesus referred to as a little flock, as it says about other members of the heavenly calling; ''you are fellow citizens of the holy ones and members of the household of god' 'you too have been built upon the foundation of the apostles, and prophets... together into a place for god to inhabit by spirit.

  ' [ephesians 2:19-22. this is why paul could say the following, about the heavenly calling: "what!

  1. 
  2. 
• 

  Richard_I

  
• 
  11

  Who is the Zone Overseer that is coming to Canada in a few weeks.

  by Quarterback in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  time to get in the zone, in canada.

  what will the new zone overseer tell us canadians?.

  last year we had anthony morris.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Richard_I

  It's two guys, forget their names, not part of the gb. I'll know sunday.

  p.s. ALL of canada is listening in/watching this zone visit, this has never happened before, normally only select congregations would be "invited" to watch a stream or listen to the talk by phone. happens the 13 & 14... or was it just the 13th? i forget.

  ill be going, unfortunately. dont expect anything new but instead the old "don't go to school, pioneer and work as a janitor or window washer for the rest of your life!"
• 
  22

  Canada Yearbook Stats [1973-2012]

  by Richard_I in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after seeing the uk yearbook stats thread i decided to compile canada's yearbook stats.

  i was able to get the stats from 1973 to 2012. so here they are in a table below along with some colourful graphs.

  note that the avg.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Richard_I

  After seeing the UK yearbook stats thread I decided to compile Canada's yearbook stats. I was able to get the stats from 1973 to 2012. So here they are in a table below along with some colourful graphs. Note that the Avg. Aux. Pio. figure was included in the Avg. Pio. Pubs. figure until 2005.

  Year	Pop.	Peak Pubs.	Ratio, 1 Pub. to	Avg. Pubs.	% Inc. Over Prev.	Baptized	Avg. Aux. Pio.	Avg. Pio. Pubs.	Congs.	Hours	Bible Studies	Mem. Attend.
  2012	33,476,688	114,792	292	112,710	1	1,940	6,526	10,667	1,373	22,335,732	50,538	187,704
  2011	34,017,000	113,989	298	111,970	1	1,897	7,596	10,330	1,358	22,211,362	48,863	192,006
  2010	34,018,957	113,603	299	111,193	1	2,111	4,138	9,885	1,354	21,273,057	46,841	187,982
  2009	33,592,686	112,705	298	110,467	1	1,947	4,702	9,520	1,345	21,155,159	44,790	186,581
  2008	33,223,840	112,092	296	109,086	0	2,232	4,826	8,791	1,330	20,272,620	42,107	184,692
  2007	32,852,849	111,963	293	108,974	1	2,548	4,984	8,128	1,328	20,181,628	39,445	184,446
  2006	32,470,078	110,298	294	107,618	0	1,982	4,068	7,655	1,325	19,060,967	40,220	184,401
  2005	32,115,270	109,604	293	107,534	0	2,028	3,453	7,436	1,318	18,412,405	38,579	181,810
  2004	31,793,904	110,221	288	108,012	0	2,210	–	11,320	1,325	18,849,112	40,157	187,649
  2003	31,530,092	111,781	282	108,409	0	2,255	–	11,149	1,332	18,735,663	39,207	187,418
  2002	31,230,836	110,810	282	108,217	1	2,144	–	10,909	1,340	18,759,871	36,147	183,676
  2001	30,919,839	110,818	279	107,217	0	2,030	–	10,922	1,343	18,544,473	32,672	184,846
  2000	30,576,316	111,173	275	107,742	-1	2,316	–	11,594	1,362	18,979,385	33,129	185,389
  1999	30,452,144	111,032	274	108,437	-1	2,467	–	10,666	1,384	18,694,308	31,821	182,327
  1998	30,457,701	113,136	269	109,664	0	2,986	–	10,062	1,383	19,834,685	31,595	184,787
  1997	30,104,319	113,763	265	109,880	0	3,671	–	10,571	1,388	20,270,252	35,757	187,940
  1996	29,826,262	114,727	261	110,235	1	4,025	–	10,048	1,379	20,541,189	43,737	185,702
  1995	29,380,000	112,960	260	109,168	2	4,249	–	11,043	1,366	21,841,381	47,460	190,697
  1994	29,034,700	110,659	262	106,664	1	3,877	–	10,844	1,351	21,120,198	50,225	188,293
  1993	27,269,062	109,303	249	105,201	2	4,226	–	11,123	1,336	21,048,402	51,505	187,666
  1992	27,306,500	106,052	257	103,412	2	4,320	–	11,229	1,312	21,084,086	51,658	187,089
  1991	26,964,700	105,064	257	100,991	3	4,408	–	11,133	1,292	20,497,168	50,272	181,632
  1990	26,584,000	101,713	261	97,752	4	5,062	–	11,111	1,270	19,856,674	47,997	179,102
  1989	26,164,000	97,808	268	94,176	4	4,792	–	10,174	1,249	18,654,017	46,910	173,006
  1988	25,330,000	94,605	268	90,846	4	5,008	–	9,371	1,238	17,648,541	45,647	169,921
  1987	25,309,300	90,080	281	87,459	4	4,329	–	9,135	1,210	16,790,200	44,729	168,303
  1986	25,123,600	88,130	285	84,343	5	4,431	–	8,881	1,189	16,175,023	42,875	161,820
  1985	25,295,200	84,241	300	80,614	5	4,085	–	7,522	1,165	14,524,600	40,037	157,236
  1984	24,994,200	80,939	309	76,866	5	4,407	–	6,398	1,153	12,983,116	37,198	154,213
  1983	24,716,200	77,003	321	73,139	7	3,670	–	5,395	1,131	11,831,289	35,093	148,625
  1982	23,848,300	73,812	323	68,410	4	3,678	–	4,334	1,104	10,319,955	30,743	139,733
  1981	23,405,100	67,328	348	64,803	3	2,785	–	3,675	1,063	9,389,569	27,754	133,145
  1980	23,142,800	66,395	349	62,938	3	2,753	–	3,564	1,044	9,200,903	26,810	128,506
  1979	23,002,900	63,995	359	61,281	1	2,733	–	3,477	1,041	8,882,885	25,438	125,293
  1978	23,388,100	61,836	378	60,540	-1	2,501	–	3,076	1,035	8,523,719	24,839	120,060
  1977	22,660,000	63,090	359	60,940	1	2,307	–	3,156	1,033	8,819,565	25,016	120,958
  1976	22,487,000	62,880	358	60,573	4	3,662	–	2,825	1,011	9,297,068	24,649	120,533
  1975	22,093,000	60,759	364	58,380	4	5,110	–	3,380	979	9,743,193	25,260	114,744
  1974	21,647,000	58,452	370	56,108	11	6,612	–	3,904	919	10,582,927	26,571	110,847
  1973	21,302,000	52,773	404	50,650	3	6,305	–	2,882	863	8,766,958	24,733	104,707

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
• 
  119

  How many of you followed the WTS direction on education years ago and have been screwed by it?

  by Julia Orwell in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm really interested in this question because i've heard for years that if you forgo further education and go pioneering, when you have a family down the track you will get a good job because jehovah will provide for you because you pioneered.

  as long as i was a kool-aid drinker, even then, i thought, "how does pioneering pay your bills?

  surely education should come first.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Richard_I

  I'm almost 23 and I just started college recently, from 18 to 22 I was pioneering/bethel and I severely regret it. In fact, I was thinking of this very topic today at work (which is, surprise! janitorial work). What does the WTS really expect pioneers to support themselves by? Without a community college/university background, you're stuck with cleaning, construction, or McDonald's/Wal-mart type jobs. What if you don't want those jobs or don't like cleaning/construction? And in the case of construction, its only seasonal work you'll have, so you need to find anther job in the off-season or live on what you made during the summer.

  What if you don't want to be making minimum wage for the rest of your life? Is this what they expect, or do the GB figure because "they are putting Jehovah first" they'll be making $20+/hour cleaning toilets? It just doesn't make sense. They only way you can get a good job without an education is through networking, which is highly unlikely with witnesses.

  Anyway, I severely regret slacking off in my last year of high school and really wish I went to college right after graduation rather than wasting four years of my life pioneering. I am sick of cleaning and doing construction, I want an office job doing something I enjoy. Yep, people won't talk to me/won't talk to me as much anymore now that I am going to post-secondary schooling while they are stucking cleaning toilets/construction work in their 40's+, but I'm not wasting my life doing that shitty work.
• 

  Watchtower IPs and Wikipedia

  by Richard_I in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i had some free time and decided to look up some of the watchtower's ip addresses on wikipedia, see if maybe someone from bethel is editing jw articles or blood-related articles, similar to how scientology ip addresses kept editing scientology-related articles.

  the only ip addresses i could find that belong to the watchtower are in the 208.74.140.0 to 208.74.143.255 range.. well, nothing really showed.

  the edits are likely by some young guys who just felt like fixing stuff on wikipedia related to their interests, and none of the edits were related to jws.

• 

  Richard_I

  I had some free time and decided to look up some of the Watchtower's IP addresses on wikipedia, see if maybe someone from Bethel is editing JW articles or blood-related articles, similar to how Scientology IP addresses kept editing Scientology-related articles. The only IP addresses I could find that belong to the Watchtower are in the 208.74.140.0 to 208.74.143.255 range.

  Well, nothing really showed. The edits are likely by some young guys who just felt like fixing stuff on Wikipedia related to their interests, and none of the edits were related to JWs. However, one did play around on a blood-related article, some editing Ruthorford's article, and another labelled some sports player "gay" and some edited articles related to The Hobbit and comic books (gasp! imagine if the GB found out???)

  Anyway here they are:

  208.74.140.36

  208.74.140.124
  208.74.140.221
  208.74.141.96
  208.74.141.98
  208.74.141.112
  208.74.141.113
  208.74.141.140
  208.74.141.141
  208.74.141.244
  208.74.142.36
  208.74.142.38
  208.74.142.197

  208.74.142.198

  208.74.142.221

  208.74.142.222

  Also, anyone know other Watchtower IPs? I dunno if these are only the U.S.-based IPs or if they're global bethel IPs, either.

  Also, circuitleasing.com's domain servers are in the Watchtower IP range.
• 
  7

  "Dates (Calendar)" from Publications Index 1986-2012 [HUGE TEXT LIST WARNING, 56K WARNING]

  by Richard_I in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  [if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng /> </o:officedocumentsettings> </xml><![endif].

  323, alexander the great dies.

  1, herod the great dies.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Richard_I

  This HUGE list is taken from the "Dates (Calendar)" article/listing in the Publications Index 1986-2012 book. It's basically the Watchtower's own timeline of biblical events and other bible-related events and Watchower-related events. Each event listed has a bunch of Watchtower/Awake!/Insight references that I removed as well. You can find the list and the references included on the online library.

  I don't think many people know about it, and I have never heard anyone discuss it. I look it up to see what dates they give pre-flood people and Isreal-related stuff, then compare them to whats published by others. Anywhere here it is below. Pastebin link.

  B.C.E.

  4026, Adam created

  3896, Seth born

  3404, Enoch born

  3339, Methuselah born

  3152, Lamech born

  3096, Adam dies

  3039, Enoch transferred

  2970, Noah born

  2490, God’s pronouncement as to mankind (Ge 6:3)

  2470, Japheth born

  2468, Shem born

  2370, Methuselah dies; flood begins

  2369, post-Flood history begins; rainbow covenant (Ge 9:12-16)

  2368, Arpachshad born

  a. 2269, Tower of Babel built

  2020, Noah dies

  2018, Abraham born

  1943, Abraham crosses Euphrates; Abrahamic covenant takes effect; 430-year period begins (Ex 12:40, 41; Ga 3:17)

  b. 1933, Lot rescued; Abraham visits Melchizedek

  1932, Ishmael born

  1919, covenant of circumcision made with Abraham; Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed

  1918, Isaac born; 450-year period begins (Ac 13:17-20)

  1913, Isaac weaned; 400-year affliction begins (Ge 15:13)

  1893, Abraham attempts to sacrifice Isaac

  1881, Sarah dies

  1878, Isaac weds Rebekah

  1868, Shem dies

  1858, Esau and Jacob born

  1843, Abraham dies

  1818, Esau weds

  1795, Ishmael dies

  1781, Jacob flees to Mesopotamia

  1774, Jacob weds Leah and Rachel

  1767, Joseph born

  1761, Jacob returns to Canaa

  c. 1761, Jacob is named Israel

  1750, Joseph sold into slavery

  1738, Isaac dies

  1737, Joseph becomes prime minister of Egypt

  1728, Jacob moves to Egypt

  1711, Jacob dies

  1657, Joseph dies

  c. 1613, Job tried

  a. 1600, Egypt becomes world power

  1593, Moses born

  1553, Moses flees to Midian

  c. 1514, Moses at burning bush

  1513, Exodus from Egypt; 400-year affliction ends (Ge 15:13); Law Covenant with Israel at Sinai; 430-year period ends (Ex 12:40, 41; Ga 3:17); Genesis written

  1512, tabernacle completed; Aaronic priesthood installed; Exodus written; Leviticus written

  c. 1473, Job written

  1473, Numbers written; covenant with Israel at Moab; Deuteronomy written; Moses dies; Israelites enter Promised Land; spies enter Jericho; Jericho falls

  c. 1467, conquest of Canaan completed; 450-year period ends (Ac 13:17-20)

  c. 1450, Joshua written; Joshua dies

  1424, first Jubilee celebrated

  1173, Jephthah becomes judge

  1117, Saul begins reign

  1107, David born

  c. 1100, Judges written

  c. 1090, Ruth written

  c. 1078, 1 Samuel written

  1077, David king of Judah at Hebron; Ish-bosheth king of Israel

  1075, Ish-bosheth assassinated

  1070, David king over all Israel

  a. 1070, David brings ark of covenant to Jerusalem; Kingdom covenant with David

  c. 1040, 2 Samuel written

  1037, Solomon begins reign

  1034, Solomon begins temple

  1027, Solomon completes temple

  1026, Solomon dedicates temple

  c. 1020, Song of Solomon written

  b. 1000, Ecclesiastes written

  998, Solomon dies

  997, Rehoboam king, Israel divided into two kingdoms; Jeroboam king of Israel

  993, Pharaoh Shishak invades Judah

  980, Abijah (Abijam) becomes king of Judah

  978, Asa becomes king of Judah

  977, Asa’s first regnal year

  c. 976, Nadab becomes king of Israel

  c. 975, Baasha becomes king of Israel

  967, Asa defeats Ethiopians

  962, “thirty-sixth year” of Asa’s reign (2Ch 16:1)

  c. 952, Elah becomes king of Israel

  c. 951, Zimri becomes king of Israel for seven days; Omri and Tibni become rival kings of Israel

  c. 947, Omri alone king of Israel

  c. 940, Ahab becomes king of Israel

  936, Jehoshaphat becomes king of Judah

  c. 920, Ahab dies

  c. 919, Ahaziah (son of Ahab) becomes king of Israel

  c. 917, Jehoram (son of Ahab) becomes king of Israel

  913, Jehoram (son of Jehoshaphat) reigns with father

  911, Jehoshaphat dies

  c. 906, Ahaziah (grandson of Jehoshaphat) becomes king of Judah

  c. 905, Jehu anointed as king of Israel; Jehoram (son of Ahab) killed by Jehu; Ahaziah (grandson of Jehoshaphat) killed by Jehu; Athaliah usurps throne of Judah

  c. 904, Jehu’s first year as king of Israel

  898, Jehoash (son of Ahaziah) becomes king of Judah

  c. 877, Jehu dies

  876, Jehoahaz becomes king of Israel

  860, Jehoahaz dies

  c. 859, Jehoash (son of Jehoahaz) becomes king of Israel

  859, Jehoash (son of Ahaziah) assassinated

  858, Amaziah becomes king of Judah

  c. 844, Jeroboam II becomes king of Israel, Jonah written

  829, Uzziah (Azariah) becomes king of Judah

  c. 820, Joel written

  c. 818, Uzziah (Azariah) ‘becomes king’ (2Ki 15:1)

  c. 804, Amos written; Hosea begins prophesying; Jeroboam II begins last regnal year

  c. 803, Jeroboam II dies

  c. 792, Zechariah becomes king of Israel

  c. 791, Shallum becomes king of Israel for one month; Menahem becomes king of Israel

  c. 790, Menahem’s first regnal year as king of Israel

  c. 780, Pekahiah becomes king of Israel

  c. 778, Isaiah begins prophesying; Pekah becomes king of Israel

  777, Jotham becomes king of Judah; Micah begins prophesying

  762, Ahaz becomes king of Judah

  c. 758, Hoshea becomes king of Israel

  753, Rome founded (tradition)

  746, Ahaz dies

  745, Hezekiah’s first regnal year as king of Judah

  a. 745, Hosea written

  742, Samaria besieged

  740, ten-tribe kingdom of Israel falls

  732, Sennacherib attacks Judah

  a. 732, Isaiah stops prophesying, Isaiah written

  b. 717, Micah written

  c. 717, Proverbs compiled

  717, Hezekiah dies

  716, Manasseh becomes king of Judah

  661, Amon becomes king of Judah

  659, Josiah becomes king of Judah

  b. 648, Zephaniah written

  647, Jeremiah commissioned

  645, Nabopolassar becomes king of Babylon

  b. 632, Nahum written

  632, Nineveh falls

  629, Josiah dies, Pharaoh Necho(h) takes Carchemish; reestablishment of Assyrian Empire fails

  628, Jehoahaz becomes king of Judah; Jehoiakim becomes king of Judah

  c. 628, Habakkuk written

  625, battle of Carchemish; Jeremiah has Baruch write prophecies; Nebuchadnezzar becomes king of Babylon

  624, Baruch reads scroll in temple courtyard

  620, Jehoiakim vassal to Nebuchadnezzar

  618, Nebuchadnezzar besieges Jerusalem; Jehoiakim dies

  618-617, Jehoiachin rules, is exiled

  617, Zedekiah becomes king of Judah; first exiles from Jerusalem

  614, Zedekiah and Seraiah to Babylon

  613, Ezekiel commissioned

  612, Ezekiel’s vision of false worship in temple

  611, Ezekiel confirms Jerusalem to fall

  609, final siege of Jerusalem begins

  607, Jerusalem falls; Jerusalem destroyed; temple burned; Lamentations written; last exiles from Jerusalem

  c. 607, Obadiah written

  a. 607, Nebuchadnezzar takes Tyre

  c. 606, Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of image (Da 2)

  602, Nebuchadnezzar exiles more Jews, conquers Moab and Ammon, and invades Egypt

  593, Ezekiel’s vision of future temple

  c. 591, Ezekiel written

  586 or 587, claim of being year that Jerusalem was destroyed by Babylonians

  580, 1 and 2 Kings written; Jehoiachin released from prison in Babylon (Jer 52:31-34); Jeremiah written

  560, Cyrus the Great becomes king of Persia

  556, Nabonidus becomes king of Babylon

  553, Belshazzar coregent with Nabonidus; Daniel receives vision (Da 7)

  551, Daniel receives vision (Da 8)

  550, Cyrus unites Medes and Persians

  540, Meroë becomes capital of Ethiopia

  539, Cyrus takes Babylon, becomes its king; Daniel receives prophecy of 70 weeks (Da 9)

  538-537, Cyrus decrees release of Jews

  537, Jews repatriated, altar erected

  536, Daniel receives prophecy of kings of north and south (Da 10-12); temple foundation laid

  c. 536, Daniel written

  530, Cyrus the Great dies

  529, Cambyses II begins rule

  525, Cambyses II subjugates Egypt

  522, Cambyses II dies, Smerdis (Bardiya or Gaumata) usurps Persian throne; ban on temple construction; Darius I (Hystaspis) ascends throne; Darius I (Hystaspis) defeats Nebuchadnezzar III

  521-520, Darius I’s first regnal year as king of Babylon

  520, Haggai and Zechariah prophesy; temple building resumed; Haggai written

  518, Zechariah written

  515, temple completed

  496, Xerxes I coregent with father Darius I (Hystaspis)

  490, battle of Marathon, Greece

  486, Darius I (Hystaspis) dies

  484, Ahasuerus (Xerxes I) decrees extermination of Jews

  480, Xerxes I invades Greece; battle at Thermopylae

  479, Greeks defeat Persians at Plataea

  c. 475, Esther written

  475, Artaxerxes Longimanus ascends throne

  474-473, Artaxerxes Longimanus’ first regnal year

  468, Ezra travels to Jerusalem

  c. 460, 1 and 2 Chronicles written; Ezra written; Psalms completed

  455, Artaxerxes Longimanus issues command to rebuild Jerusalem and walls; Jerusalem’s walls completed

  c. 443, Nehemiah returns to Persia

  a. 443, Malachi written, Nehemiah written

  424, Artaxerxes Longimanus’ reign ends

  423-422, Darius II’s first regnal year

  406, rebuild of Jerusalem complete (Da 9:25)

  404, Artaxerxes II (Mnemon) becomes king

  358, Artaxerxes III (Ochus) becomes king

  336, Alexander the Great ascends throne

  334, Alexander invades Persia; Alexander defeats Persians at Granicus

  333, Alexander defeats Persians at Issus

  332, Alexander overthrows Tyre; Alexander enters Jerusalem; Alexander conquers Egypt

  331, Alexander defeats Persians at Gaugamela; Persian Empire falls; Alexander enters Babylon

  323, Alexander the Great dies

  301, Alexander’s generals in power

  c. 280, Septuagint begun

  168, Jerusalem’s temple desecrated; Macedonia conquered by Rome

  167, Maccabean revolt begins

  165, Jerusalem’s temple rededicated

  150, Septuagint completed

  146, Macedonia a Roman province

  63, Jerusalem falls to Rome

  46, Julius Caesar begins rule

  44, Julius Caesar assassinated

  42, victory of Octavius and Mark Antony on Plain of Philippi

  c. 39, Herod the Great becomes king of Judaea

  c. 37, Herod the Great takes Jerusalem

  31, Octavius begins rule; Octavius defeats Mark Antony

  30, Octavius conquers Egypt; Rome a world power

  27, Octavius becomes emperor, proclaimed “Augustus”

  c. 17, Herod begins to rebuild temple

  3, Gabriel foretells birth of John the Baptizer

  2, John the Baptizer born; Jesus born

  1, Herod the Great dies

  C.E.

  14, Tiberius becomes emperor

  28-29, Tiberius’ fifteenth year (Lu 3:1)

  29, spring, John the Baptizer begins ministry; fall, Jesus baptized, becomes Christ (Messiah)

  30, Jesus cleanses temple

  31, Jesus chooses 12 apostles; Jesus gives Sermon on Mount

  32, Jesus attends Festival of Booths; Jesus resurrects Lazarus; John the Baptizer beheaded

  33, Nisan 7, Jesus travels from Jericho to Bethany; Nisan 8, Jesus arrives in Bethany; Nisan 9, meal at home of Simon, entry into Jerusalem; Nisan 10, Jesus cleanses temple, teaches, Jehovah speaks; Nisan 11, Jesus’ ministry in and around Jerusalem; Nisan 12, Jesus in retirement, Judas offers to betray; Nisan 13, Passover preparations; Nisan 14; Nisan 15, Pilate permits guards for Jesus’ grave; Nisan 16, Jesus resurrected; after Nisan 16, Jesus commissions followers; Sivan 6, Christian congregation founded

  c. 33-34, Stephen martyred; Ethiopian eunuch baptized

  c. 34, Saul of Tarsus converted

  c. 34-36, Saul preaches in Damascus

  c. 36, Paul first visits Jerusalem as Christian; Paul visits Cephas (Peter) in Jerusalem (Ga 1:18); Paul taken to Caesarea, sent to Tarsus

  36, Cornelius converted

  37, Caligula (Gaius Caesar) becomes emperor

  c. 41, Matthew written; Paul’s vision of “third heaven” (2Co 12:2)

  41, Caligula assassinated; Claudius becomes emperor; Herod Agrippa I becomes king of all Palestine

  43, Claudius begins conquest of southern Britain

  c. 44, Agabus prophesies famine (Ac 11:28); James (son of Zebedee) martyred; Peter imprisoned, miraculously released

  44, Herod Agrippa I dies

  c. 46, foretold famine strikes; Paul and Barnabas bring relief to Jerusalem (Ac 11:28; 12:25)

  c. 47-48, Paul’s first missionary tour

  c. 47, Paul, Barnabas, and John Mark visit Salamis

  c. 49, circumcision issue at Antioch; conference in Jerusalem; territory assignments (Ga 2:9); Paul resists Peter (Ga 2:11-14); Paul begins second missionary tour

  c. 49-52, Paul’s second missionary tour; Barnabas and Mark preach in Cyprus

  c. 49-50, Claudius expels Jews from Rome

  c. 50, Luke joins Paul at Troas; Paul’s vision of Macedonian man; Paul visits Philippi; Philippian congregation founded; Thessalonian congregation founded; Paul visits Athens

  c. 50-52, Paul visits Corinth; 1 Thessalonians written; Galatians written

  c. 51, 2 Thessalonians written

  c. 52-56, Paul’s third missionary tour

  c. 52-55, Paul visits Ephesus

  54, Nero begins rule

  c. 55, 1 Corinthians written; Titus sent to Corinth; 2 Corinthians written

  c. 56, Romans written; Paul resurrects Eutychus in Troas; Paul and Luke stay with Philip in Caesarea

  56, Paul arrested in Jerusalem

  c. 56-58, Paul in custody in Caesarea; Luke written

  c. 58, Festus succeeds Felix

  58, Herod Agrippa II hears Paul

  c. 59, Paul departs Malta; Paul stops at Syracuse

  c. 59-61, Paul’s first imprisonment in Rome

  c. 60-61, Colossians written; Ephesians written; Philemon written; Philippians written

  c. 60-65, Mark written

  c. 61, Acts written; Hebrews written

  c. 61-64, 1 Timothy written; Titus left in Crete; Titus written

  b. 62, James written

  c. 62, James (brother of Jesus) dies

  c. 62-64, 1 Peter written; Mark serves with Peter

  c. 64, 2 Peter written

  64, Rome burns

  c. 65, Paul’s second imprisonment in Rome and death; 2 Timothy written; Titus leaves for Dalmatia, Jude written

  66, Jews seize Masada; Jews revolt against Rome; Cestius Gallus attacks Jerusalem; withdraws

  67, Vespasian begins to quell Jewish uprising

  68, Galba becomes emperor

  69, Otho becomes emperor; Vitellius becomes emperor; Vespasian becomes emperor; Titus continues campaign against Jews

  70, Jerusalem destroyed by Romans; temple burned

  73, Masada falls

  79, Titus becomes emperor

  81, Domitian becomes emperor

  96, Nerva becomes emperor; Revelation written

  96-98, John released from exile

  c. 98, John written; 1 John written; 2 John written; 3 John written

  98, Trajan becomes emperor

  c. 100, John dies

  100, Herod Agrippa II dies

  c. 112, letter from Pliny the Younger to Trajan on Christians

  122, Hadrian begins wall in Britain

  130, Hadrian rebuilds Jerusalem

  132, Jews revolt under Bar Kokhba

  200, Symmachus translates Hebrew Scriptures

  c. 245, Origen completes Hexapla

  c. 252, Council of Carthage advocates infant baptism

  286, Diocletian begins rule

  303, Caesar Galerius instigates persecution of professed Christians; Diocletian decrees that Christian meeting places be razed and Scriptures burned

  306, Constantine the Great becomes emperor

  321, Constantine decrees Sunday a day of rest

  325, Council of Nicaea

  330, Constantine makes Byzantium (Constantinople) his capital

  382, Jerome begins work on Latin Vulgate

  395, Roman Empire permanently divided into East and West

  405, Jerome completes Latin Vulgate

  476, Rome falls

  c. 570, Mu?ammad born

  622, Mu?ammad flees Mecca

  630, Mecca falls to Mu?ammad

  c. 636, Isidore of Seville contends that Hebrew, Greek, and Latin are only languages suitable for Bible

  868, first books printed (China)

  1054, final break between Greek and Latin churches

  1079, Pope Gregory VII insists Bible remain inaccessible to those of “limited intelligence”

  1096, First Crusade

  1184, Inquisition established

  1199, Pope Innocent III declares to be heretics any who translate and discuss Bible

  1204, Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople

  1209, Albigensian Crusade

  1231, medieval Inquisition begins in Italy and France

  c. 1382, Wycliffe’s Bible translation in English released

  1453, Constantinople falls to Turks

  c. 1455, Gutenberg prints Latin Vulgate

  1478, Spanish Inquisition begins

  1492, Jews expelled from Spain; Rodrigo de Borja becomes Pope Alexander VI; Columbus reaches Americas

  1494, Treaty of Tordesillas divides world between Spain and Portugal

  1497-1499, Vasco da Gama’s voyage to India

  1516, Erasmus produces Greek master text of Christian Scriptures

  1517, according to tradition, Luther nails 95 theses to church door

  1525, Tyndale completes English translation of Christian Scriptures

  1526, Tyndale’s translation of Christian Scriptures distributed in England

  1528-1557, Robert Estienne publishes Bible editions, introduces running heads and modern verse divisions

  1530, Tyndale produces English translation of Pentateuch

  1535, Coverdale produces complete English Bible

  1536, Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion ; Tyndale executed

  1537, Coverdale’s translation published in England; Matthew’s Bible printed in Antwerp, Belgium

  1538, King Henry VIII orders that all churches in England have a Bible

  1539, Great Bible (English) produced

  1542, Roman Inquisition begins

  1545-1563, Council of Trent

  1559, Pope Paul IV forbids possession of Bible in common tongue

  1560, Geneva Bible (English) published in Geneva, Switzerland

  1568, Bishops’ Bible (English) produced

  1576, Geneva Bible (English) printed in England

  1588, Britain defeats Spanish Armada

  1618, Thirty Years’ War begins

  1648, Peace of Westphalia ends Thirty Years’ War

  1763, British Empire dominant

  1789, French Revolution

  1804, British and Foreign Bible Society formed

  1815, Napoléon defeated at Waterloo, Belgium

  1818/1819, Robert Morrison completes Chinese Bible

  1835, Adoniram Judson completes Burmese Bible

  1844, Millerites expect Jesus’ return (October 22)

  1852, Russell born

  c. 1868, Russell begins careful study of Scriptures

  1870, Russell forms Bible study group

  1876, end of appointed times of nations in 1914 first announced

  1877, Barbour and Russell publish Three Worlds, and the Harvest of This World ; Russell publishes The Object and Manner of Our Lord’s Return

  1879, Russell withdraws from Herald of the Morning ; Zion’s Watch Tower first published

  1880, Russell tours northeastern U.S. to form study groups

  1881, first tracts published, Zion’s Watch Tower Tract Society formed; call for 1,000 preachers; colporteur work begins; groups holding meetings asked to notify Society; Food for Thinking Christians published

  1884, Zion’s Watch Tower Tract Society incorporated

  1886, The Divine Plan of the Ages (Millennial Dawn, Volume I) released

  1889, Bible House in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, completed

  1890, Society begins Bible publishing with Rotherham’s New Testament, Second Edition

  1891, first gathering of Bible Students to be termed a convention (Allegheny, Pennsylvania); Russell travels abroad

  1894, speakers sent to congregations

  1895, Dawn Circles for Bible Study begin

  1896, name Zion’s Watch Tower Tract Society changed to Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

  1898, Tower Publishing Company donated to Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society; local assemblies begin

  1900, first branch office established (London, England)

  1901, American Standard Version (English) published

  1903, tracts distributed house to house

  1904, Russell’s sermons appear in newspapers

  1905, Einstein publishes revolutionary papers on physics

  1908, Dawn-Mobile introduced for delivery of Millennial Dawn sets

  1909, Watch Tower Society moves headquarters to Brooklyn; Peoples Pulpit Association formed

  1912, work begins on “Photo-Drama of Creation”

  1914, “Photo-Drama of Creation” first shown; Archduke of Austria-Hungary assassinated; International Bible Students Association incorporated

  1915, pastoral work (aspect of field ministry) begins

  1916, Russell dies

  1917, Rutherford elected president of Watch Tower Society; colporteurs and pastoral workers assigned territory; book The Finished Mystery released; opposition to Rutherford by four unconfirmed directors

  1918, Rutherford confirmed as president of Watch Tower Society; “Millions” discourse first given; Spanish flu begins; Kingdom News No. 1 published; Rutherford and associates imprisoned; Rutherford and associates sentenced; headquarters transferred to Pittsburgh; World War I ends; service report

  1919, League of Nations proposed; Rutherford reelected president of Society; Paris Peace Conference; Rutherford and associates released from Atlanta penitentiary; Rutherford and associates released from prison on bail; judgment against Rutherford and associates reversed, new trial ordered; Treaty of Versailles signed; first Cedar Point, Ohio, convention; Golden Age announced; Bible Students’ headquarters return to Brooklyn; Golden Age released; service directors appointed; Bulletin first published; service reports sent weekly to headquarters

  1920, Treaty of Versailles in force; League of Nations established; first Watch Tower printed on Watch Tower Society press; first Golden Age printed on Watch Tower Society press; Romania branch office established; prosecution of Rutherford and associates withdrawn; “Millions” discourses resumed

  1921, pastoral work discontinued

  1922, Rutherford’s first radio discourse; Watch Tower Society printery moved to 18 Concord St., Brooklyn, New York; Watch Tower Society begins binding books; “Berean Questions” become regular feature of Watch Tower magazine; second Cedar Point, Ohio, convention; house-to-house work encouraged for all

  1923, WBBR construction begins

  1924, WBBR begins broadcasting

  1926, Diaglott the first Bible printed on Watch Tower Society presses; Jehovah’s name specially emphasized since; pilgrims given added responsibilities; Sunday witnessing offering books for study encouraged; Workers’ Meetings monthly

  1927, Watch Tower Society printery moved to 117 Adams St., Brooklyn, New York; elders not publicly witnessing removed; Sunday designated as best day for service

  1928, pilgrims renamed regional service directors; Workers’ Meetings weekly

  1931, adoption of name Jehovah’s Witnesses; Jehovah’s name on cover of The Watchtower

  1932, election of elders and deacons eliminated; service committees elected; service directors appointed within service committees; Service Meetings replace Prayer, Praise and Testimony Meetings; term “pioneer” replaces “colporteur”

  1933, testimony cards used; transcription machines used in field ministry

  1934, phonographs used in field ministry; Witnesses worldwide send letters, cablegrams to Hitler’s government

  b. 1935, resurrection of anointed begins

  1935, Germany bans Bibelforscher (Bible Students); Washington, D.C., convention; attention directed to gathering “great crowd”; service report; term “Kingdom Hall” first used

  1936, Bible studies using book Riches ; Legal Department established at Watch Tower headquarters; placards used; regional service directors renamed regional servants

  1937, first Model Study booklet received; “Jonadabs” given positions of congregation responsibility; Nazi persecution exposed; phonographs used on doorstep; special pioneers, “back-calls,” and “model studies” introduced

  1938, all congregation servants appointed theocratically; “Jonadabs” invited to Memorial; regional servants serve assemblies; separate classes for young people discontinued; signs “Religion Is a Snare and a Racket”; singing at meetings suspended; zone assemblies (circuit assemblies) begin; zone servants visit congregations

  1939, first Watchtower subscription campaign; name Peoples Pulpit Association changed to Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Inc.; World War II begins

  1940, “Courage” Testimony Period; magazines offered on street; vertical portable phonographs used in field ministry

  1941, Japan and U.S. enter World War II

  1942, “Declaration by United Nations”; Rutherford dies; Knorr becomes president of Watch Tower Society; Advanced Course in Theocratic Ministry begins in Brooklyn Bethel; King James Version the first complete Bible printed on Watch Tower Society presses; association of nations foretold to rise again; Gilead School proposed; servants to the brethren visit congregations; Watch Tower publications anonymous

  1943, Gilead School opens; Course in Theocratic Ministry introduced for congregations; Supreme Courts in U.S. and Australia rule in favor of Jehovah’s Witnesses

  1944, American Standard Version printed on Watch Tower Society presses; singing at meetings resumed; Watch Tower Society charter amended; congregations encouraged to establish Theocratic Ministry School libraries

  1945, public meeting campaign launched; World War II ends; United Nations established; Knorr and Henschel tour Europe to provide help to brothers; service report

  1946, missionary homes provided, regional servants renamed district servants; translation of Christian Greek Scriptures proposed

  1947, translation of New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures begins

  1948, State of Israel established; Zambia branch established; servants to the brethren renamed circuit servants

  1949, translation of New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures completed; nine-story addition to Watch Tower printery in Brooklyn, New York

  1950, Korean War begins; New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures released

  1952, disfellowshipping of unrepentant sinners instituted

  1953, house-to-house training program begins; New World Translation of the Hebrew Scriptures, Volume I, released

  1955, name Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society changed to Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania

  1956, international zone work begins; name Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Inc., changed to Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc.; Watch Tower printery adds 77 Sands St., Brooklyn, New York

  1957, WBBR sold

  1958, Divine Will International Assembly becomes largest single gathering, Kingdom Ministry School announced

  1959, Kingdom Ministry School begins

  1960, translation of New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures completed

  1961, New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures released

  1965, first Assembly Hall

  1967, Watch Tower printery adds ten-story building, Brooklyn, New York

  1969, The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures released

  1971, Governing Body chairmanship rotates; Governing Body enlarged; Governing Body members preside in rotation at morning worship at headquarters

  1972, bodies of elders appointed; elders and ministerial servants recommended, then appointed

  1973, Watch Tower printery added at Watchtower Farms, Wallkill, New York

  1975, Governing Body committees approved, service report, six thousand years of man’s existence

  1976, Governing Body committees begin functioning, Branch Committees begin functioning

  1977, Knorr dies; Franz becomes president of Watch Tower Society; Pioneer Service School begins; studying two books with all new ones

  1985, International Program begins

  1986, Regional Building Committees appointed; The Watchtower permanently in color

  1987, Awake! permanently in color; Ministerial Training School begins

  1989, Berlin Wall falls

  1992, assistants for committees of Governing Body; Franz dies; Henschel becomes president of Watch Tower Society

  1993, European Court of Human Rights grants victory to Greek Witness over issue of freedom to preach

  1994, Governing Body increased by one

  1995, Gilead School moves to Watchtower Educational Center, Patterson, New York; School for Branch Committee Members inaugurated

  1997, Public Affairs Office formed

  1999, School for Traveling Overseers begins; Governing Body increased by four

  2000, board of directors of Watch Tower Society changed; dispute over which land will first see; preparations and predictions for

  2001, third millennium C.E. begins; Twin Towers of World Trade Center destroyed

  2002, U.S. Supreme Court upholds right to preach without permit; move of Watch Tower Society printing in U.S. to Watchtower Farms announced

  2003, “Year of the Bible” (Austria, France, Germany, Switzerland)

  2004, Watch Tower Society printing in U.S. consolidated at Watchtower Farms, Wallkill, New York

  2005, new Watch Tower printery at Watchtower Farms dedicated

  2006, Awake! becomes monthly with more emphasis on Bible

  2007, Great Recession begins

  2008, The Watchtower begins public and study editions; School for Congregation Elders begins

  2009, Congregation Bible study incorporated with Theocratic Ministry School and Service Meeting; start of scheduling monthly day to offer Bible studies; term “presiding overseer” replaced by “coordinator of the body of elders”; School for Congregation Elders expanded

  2010, Bible School for Christian Couples announced; Ministerial Training School renamed Bible School for Single Brothers; shepherding visits arranged for district overseers and wives

  2011, The Watchtower begins simplified study edition; Bible School for Christian Couples begins; Gilead School adjusted; “alternative” witnessing renamed “public” witnessing

  2012, adjustments to Ministry School and Service Meeting; belief that world will end with Maya calendar cycle; Bible School for Christian Couples to be held in selected countries; redesigned jw.org Web site launched; special pioneers increased

  2013, Awake! redesigned
• 
  15

  Jw.org on disfellowshipping

  by d in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here is what the jw's say about disfellowinshipping.

  i can not seem to past the text from their website help.. .

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Richard_I

  are you talking about this article?

  "Those who were baptized as Jehovah’s Witnesses but no longer preach to others, perhaps even drifting away from association with fellow believers, are not shunned. In fact, we reach out to them and try to rekindle their spiritual interest.

  We do not automatically disfellowship someone who commits a serious sin. If, however, a baptized Witness makes a practice of breaking the Bible’s moral code and does not repent, he or she will be shunned or disfellowshipped. The Bible clearly states: “ Remove the wicked man from among yourselves. ”—1 Corinthians 5:13.

  What of a man who is disfellowshipped but whose wife and children are still Jehovah’s Witnesses? The religious ties he had with his family change, but blood ties remain. The marriage relationship and normal family affections and dealings continue.

  Disfellowshipped individuals may attend our religious services. If they wish, they may also receive spiritual counsel from congregation elders. The goal is to help each individual once more to qualify to be one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Disfellowshipped people who reject improper conduct and demonstrate a sincere desire to live by the Bible’s standards are always welcome to become members of the congregation again."
• 
  13

  Boundary Changes for Congregations and Secrecy

  by Vienna Angelika in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  right now the congregations in winnipeg are undergoing major boundary changes which will be put in action at the beginning of february.

  our congregation is supposed to find out today but i decided to ask some people i knew who went the previous meeting if we were going to be put together with the people at our old congregation who are shunning me.

  even though they knew, they refused to tell me because "the society" told them not to tell us.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Richard_I

  that, and how the manitoba district convention got switched from selkirk (SHITHOLE about 33km from winnipeg) to portage la praire (about 86km from winnipeg), someone at georgetown doesnt like winnipeg, methinks.

  actually, this reminds me, one c.o. told a cong. i was in that its up to the family head to decide which congregation the family will attend, even if they are not in that cong's territory. everyone was surprised when this was said, because all past co's said you MUST ONLY be in the cong. in which territory you were assigned, even though many elders were exempt from this rule.

  such stupid rules.
• 
  14

  List of Canadian travelling overseers 2013

  by hoser in

  1. social
  2. current

  larry erickson.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Richard_I

  There's about 70 COs and about 7 DOs if i recall correctly. i dont know how many french COs there are, nor do i know any. for foreign language COs, i know theres 1 chinese CO who has to travel across Canada to visit all chinese congregations, but i dunno his name. i also dunno if there are other foreign language COs.
• 
  14

  List of Canadian travelling overseers 2013

  by hoser in

  1. social
  2. current

  larry erickson.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Richard_I

  Mark Gilks

  Tom Tuff

  Mahon Corkery (may have stepped down due to illness)

  Randy Nichols

  Helmet Zoebbel

  Colin Harris (may have stepped down due to wife's illness)

  Henry [something]

  District Overseers (should be 7)

  Russel Reid

  [something] Harris (Colin Harris' father)

  Wayne Johnson

  Bethel Speakers

  [something] MacEwen

  Clive Thomas (Printery overseer)

  Ernest Funk

  Ken Little (? not too sure anymore)

  off the top of my head