Barrold Bonds

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  CONGREGATION FLEECING RESULTS?

  by The Searcher in

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  how much did your congregation and its bank account get taken for?

  share your horror story!.

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  Barrold Bonds

  assuming the society gives you the money for remodels :)
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  CONGREGATION FLEECING RESULTS?

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  how much did your congregation and its bank account get taken for?

  share your horror story!.

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  a watcher: I'm curious about your congregations situation. As you noted, you got out of a mortgage. The GB asked that congregations paying off a loan donate at least what they were paying each month for the loan. Any idea on how long that should last? Could your elders decide next year to pay less, like just a few hundred bucks? I really wonder what would happen in that situation since I'm sure the GB would not be too happy about not getting that 100k back.
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  The CO visit this week he says" In August..."

  by James Jackson in

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  up until 5 years ago, the co used to work up their own parts for specfic congregations in their circuits.

  everything is up to script, in other words, every co in the country are givings the same talks in the local congregations they visit.

  what got me to cringe is when he said at the meeting, trying to encourage everyone to pioneer this august; he said :" you know this october it will be 100 years since gods kingdom began ruling, remember what happen when joshua told the israelites to march around jericho on the seventh day, and what happened when they let out a great war cry?

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  FYI regarding CO talks, here's the deal. They have a number of outlines from the branch that they can use, with the exception of the public talk. They have leeway in choosing which ones to use for a particular congregation. They are also able to tailor the talk to 'suit the needs of the cong.' It's been this way for at least 10 years. I'm honestly still surprised at this since most of the weird shit you hear is from a CO.
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  2014 summer conventions to have live video and audio feeds

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

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  i have heard from reliable source that this summer's conventions will feature video of various gb members as they speak and announce releases.

  the regional (as opposed to the international conventions) will have numerous video monitors all around.

  anyone else heard about this?.

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  Barrold Bonds

  Yes this is old news. The letters congregations received regarding the conventions mentioned this stuff.
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  jw.borg login that actually does something

  by outinthemeadows in

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  are there any jwn'ers out there who can set up logins for jw.borg?

  i don't mean a normal login that collects personal information about its site users, but a proper login to all of the "secret tabs" specifically for elders etc.

  i know there's elders, bethellites etc on here...so i thought i'd ask and see if anyone could set one up for me to use.

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  Barrold Bonds

  That would leave a paper trail so no, I am pretty sure no one is going to do that for you.
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  Is JW.org blocking this site?

  by Comatose in

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  tried accessing a picture linked and got this... access deniedyou don't have permission to access "http://assets.jw.org/assets/m/w14/20140315/w14_20140315.art/2014205_univ_lsr_lg.jpg" on this server.. reference #18.39e24cae.1400781585.632ce346.

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  Barrold Bonds

  That's actually a good point mentioned above. The GB has repeatedly stated that 'family worship' is for all intents and purposes another meeting. So how on Earth is it appropriate for the father to wear a head covering?
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  Could There Be Another Mass Exodus From This Cult?

  by mrquik in

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  it's happened before.

  how much crap can any rational human being take before they just snap & walk away disgusted?.

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  Barrold Bonds

  Something to remember too is that there's ALREADY a 60%+ churn rate and it's over 75% for teens and young adults. That's pretty evident in western lands. Most of the growth is in all the other countries. Those countries will eventually become more secular as well and turn away from religion. That might be some time off but yeah you'll see the increase start slowing down and that churn go up.
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  Is JW.org blocking this site?

  by Comatose in

  1. watchtower
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  tried accessing a picture linked and got this... access deniedyou don't have permission to access "http://assets.jw.org/assets/m/w14/20140315/w14_20140315.art/2014205_univ_lsr_lg.jpg" on this server.. reference #18.39e24cae.1400781585.632ce346.

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  Barrold Bonds

  They most likely have hotlinking disabled. A fairly common thing.
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  The zoolander experiment.

  by sparrowdown in

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  do you think romantic relationships work better in the long run if both partners are roughly intellectual equals?.

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  Barrold Bonds

  but why male models
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  What happened to...

  by confusedandalone in

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  marvin shilmer.

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  Barrold Bonds

  NM. I am big dumb idiot who got his posters confused. My deepest apologies.