2018 service year report of jehovah’s witnesses worldwide.
see details of the global preaching work of jehovah’s witnesses from september 2017 to august 2018.. https://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/2018-service-year-report/.
average publishers preaching each month: 8,360,594 (2017 - 8,248,982).
My thoughts are now going back more than 25-40 years ago now when the WTB&TS was boasting about the increases taking part in all of the world particular`y in Japan , Italy , Zambia , Mexico ,and I just wonder how these country`s are faring now .?
Are they stagnant ,gone backwards , or still having strong growths ?
here's one of mine .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyotvgpn0ru .
how about you?.
Noel,Noel, if only because my wife was born on Dec.20th and her parents called her Noela.
And I can always do with some brownie points
the most annoying song in the world... we're jehovah's witnesses.. can anyone beat this?.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13fpygqs_ug&t=85s.
Their were worse songs in the JW religion than We are Jehovah`s Witnesses so bad I can`t even remember them ,no tune and even more pathetic lyrics.
And with pop songs the worst would have to be "Rock Around The Clock"
does anyone remember the book paradise lost to paradise regained?
i was made to study the scary parts evertime i misbehaved which must have been all the time as the book imprinted into my brain.all i wanted in life as a child was to join the girl guides go hang out at the ywca with my friends and take part in sports day at school.so my mother asked the then congregation servant if i was demonized,they decided i would be fertalizer for my mothers pear tree.
anyway i grew up fairly normal,took me ages not to be afraid of lightning.had children who never entered a kingdom hall.most of my family served in some capacity at bethel so they dont talk to me.since then i have been a searcher looking for somthing to fill the void.has anyone found anything??
You have a good excuse ,what can I say ,I was 19 years old ?
should he have also urged lay people in the catholic religion to do the same ?
in the catholic church their does seem to be a prominence of clergy that have been engaged in this abuse .. i`m not sure that can be said of the jehovah`s witness religion ,my understanding is while this abuse does involve elders and ms to some degree ,the majority of cases occurs within the laity class ,the rank and file members of the congregations.. where the jw`s religion is responsible for a duty of care to its most vulnerable members ,the children.. could or would the governing body of jehovah`s witnesses ever make such an appeal to the elders ,m.s.
or the rank & file of jw`s to turn themselves in if they have been guilty of sexual abuse against a child ?.
Again nobody has commented on this announcement of a high ranking official in the Vatican being charged with child sexual offences by a Victorian court in Australia of which Cardinal George Pell is an Australian citizen.
Why not ?
australian cardinal george pell, the vatican's third-highest ranking official, was convicted of sexual assault by a victoria court on december 11, 2018.. but australian media aren't reporting on the trial or its outcome.
despite pell's mammoth status in the catholic church and as a public figure, his trial has been held in secret, following a victorian county court suppression order that applies australia-wide.
it was imposed after the court accepted that knowledge of the accused's identity in the first trial might prejudice a further trial being held in march.. i believe this suppression order only applies to australia whereas this case may have been reported upon overseas ?
I am honestly surprised nobody has commented at all since I first posted this.? A day ago .
Cardinal George Pell an Australian is the 3rd most senior figure in the Vatican was convicted of child sexual assault offences by a Victorian Court on December 11 ,2018 and nobody here is interested or concerned ?
I`m flabbergasted to say the least .?
NOBODY interested in this story ?
it’s that awesome time of year again...... food.
drink.
tree.
Merry Xmas to all and sundry and the rest of the week for all you others .
i just got so angry coming across this quote from the wt, shortly after raymond franz was disfellowshipped:.
one who has been a true christian might renounce the way of the truth, stating that he no longer considers himself to be one of jehovah’s witnesses or wants to be known as one.
when this rare event occurs, the person is renouncing his standing as a christian.
The Fall Guy ,you hit the nail on the head ,in the New Testament Christians are to be witnesses of Jesus Christ as brought out by many scriptures and not one of those scriptures in the New Testament admonishes Christians to be a witness for Jehovah.
Not one.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-46623754.
perhaps all major airports will eventually employ their own industrial sized drone, operated by a trained/authorised pilot who can track and pinpoint the nut-jobs who cause such disruption and possible catastrophe..
Maybe the couple who were falsely arrested could sue the Airport .Police ,Newspapers and the media for damages plastering their photo`s for all the world to see.
Causing them embarrassment and humiliation and slandering their good name or whatever else a good lawyer can come up with .
the national geographic web-site publishes this story:.
these 12 men shaped christianity—but were they real?.
link: : https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/03/160306-bible-apostle-jesus-christian-religion-ngbooktalk/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=facebook::cmp=editorial::add=fb20181222culture-resurfapostlesbooktalk::rid=&sf204668865=1.
A nice family photo Perry ,but how come your kids are dressed like good JW kids ,however you and your wife are in casual clothes ?
Never mind
Merry Xmas to you and your family.from a non religious person.
smiddy3
