Yes, this happened with our old congregation. A transferred elder was made PO and within a few short months had managed to interfere and upset more than one family. His wife was one who would enjoy taking centre stage in answering a study question.. He took it upon himself to conduct a ' purge' of the congregation and it's elders. After several years, and ,no doubt, having come to the notice of higher ups via visiting Circuit Overseers, he has now been returned to his original congregation. I later found out that in Ireland, his original place of inception, he caused mayhem and misery there too. He lacked empathy and was really quite judgmental. I longed to tell him it was no one man owns a congregation......
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Anyone have someone move in and take over the congergation?
by rickroll ini have been in two congregations where someone moved in from the big city and took over with the attitude of the northerners when they go south, i come from where they do it right.
like bulls in china shops they remove people and do the house cleaning like the political org cult it is.
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What Biblical message should be proclaimed now according to Jesus himself ?
by Alex Williams inthis is what jesus said.
matt 24-14.
14 and this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.. looking at this verse what is the central theme?
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Religion seems to have nothing to say about anything. Like the proverbial ostrich, it has buried it's head in darkness and awaits a proverbial kick up the rear. What message do JW's have to share these days?
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2019 International Convention Growth Figures from Baptism
by HiddenPimo inso the borg has put up the attendance and baptism figured from the miami and atlanta international conventions.. amazing growth!.
atlanta - 46,374 peak attendance / baptized 314.
0.67% growth.
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Most of that 'growth' is just born ins and new born...precious few new ones from the' evil world 'outside choosing to join..
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Shift in beliefs?
by blankspace ini was wondering whether anyone observed this point in the previous week's wt study, in paragraph 17: "jehovah’s spirit moves “the faithful steward” to keep giving his servants their food supply.".
i see this as a subtle move away from earlier claims to be channel for spiritual food.
the gb earlier said that they weren't inspired or infallible.
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If they profess to err etc and are not inspired or infallible, then how can they come down on 'honest' ones who express sincere reservations within their ranks? There may be some who seek truth and yet may disagree with the society's 'current' thinking...perhaps it's time for open discussion at meetings rather than just swallow and regurgitate present day doctrines..
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CO at assembly in Ohio repeatedly says great tribulation is "only minutes away"
by LevelThePlayingField insnippets of two talks by co at ca and during his visit to a congregation in ohio.
fear mongering at it's best.
has anyone else heard their co say the same nonsense?.
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Stay awake...keep on the watch...be ready....etc...all designed to up the fear/anxiety factor, and halt a slippage/drift away from the 'Truth'....
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Do You See JWs Going From House to House Anymore?
by minimus ini used to see them in my neighborhood or while driving.
there is a hispanic congregation nearby.
i used to see witnesses out all the time, some even doing the slow pioneer shuffle.
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Very rarely see them. Though when I do it's almost certainly coinciding with a CO visiting the area...Cart witnessing seems to be the way nowadays, although when they do cart witnessing they seem to be dressed in a daunting, almost Godfather , garb... hardly appealing! I haven't been called on for nearly 6 years! Yet I'm not hostile !!
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Review: revised Elder's manual, part 4 (final part)
by neat blue dog inhere's the cruel, uncomfortable and dehumanizing description of transport for disfellowshipped ones:.
in cases of real need, the elders can determine wheth-er some assistance may be provided.
such assistance would be viewed as similar to public transportation in that there should be no conversing with the disfellowshipped or disassociated person.
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The Truth shall set you free....really?..Arbeit macht frei..perhaps?
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Have You Been Invited To This Year’s Memorial ?
by minimus inlast year was the first time i didn’t get an invitation to the lord’s evening meal.
i think they finally gave up on me..
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6 years no sign of hide or hair of them at our home. Never call. Never ..
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Tony Morris video footage of him buying a dozen bottles of scotch
by UnshackleTheChains ini was howling watching cedars latest video of tm111 buying a dozen bottles of scotch ((maccallans scotch).
you can't write this stuff.
right, i'm now off to buy a bottle of maccallans 😂..
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His attempts to scotch rumours of the society's scandals won't work..
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Whole Study Article on Commenting at Meetings
by JW_Rogue ini guess less people are commenting now.
last week's whole wt study was dedicating to the issue of commenting.
people were literally making comments about how to comment, it was very meta (not that most there would get that), anyway the main reason that wt gave to explain away people's lack of commenting?
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I remember one occasion when a newly inducted person, after a paragraph had been answered, raised her hand and asked the conductor for clarification, as she didn't understand the answer given. She was ignored yet persisted. After two attempts to seek an answer she was told to ask her then group leader. Her embarrassment was plain to see as she felt humiliated and later told me that she never realised how one sided such studies are.