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  BREAKING NEWS | Highlights of 2023 Worldwide Service Year Report

  by Drearyweather in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  breaking news | highlights of 2023 worldwide service year report.

  on november 15, 2023, the service committee of the governing body shared highlights of the 2023 worldwide service year report with the bethel family.

  the following exciting increases were announced: baptisms: during the 2023 service year, 269,517 persons were baptized.

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  joe134cd

  Boogerman: Please consider the following. What I think gives this so much credibility is it’s been looked at from an LDS Perspective.

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/4801405261447168/comparison-between-jws-lds-sda-mexico
  
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  Need Vocal Renditions of Sing Praises to Jehovah

  by cybernyben101 in

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  2. friends

  i am looking for vocal renditions of some the kingdom songs in this old songbook: sing praises to jehovah.

  most of my favorite kingdom songs are from that songbook and i would love to download them on my phone.

  i enjoy listening to vocal renditions of kingdom melodies.

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  joe134cd

  I remember many years back they released a tape version (I think it may of even been before CDs) of various renditions of the Kingdom Melodie’s. If memory serves me correctly some may have even been sung by GB members. I was PIMI at the time of its release, and I played it over and over trying to get a vibe from it. But quite frankly it was terrible, but hey I sincerely tried.
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  Former Jehovah's Witness admits: We targeted grief-stricken as 'ripe fruit'

  by Londo111 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/80708572/former-jehovahs-witness-admits-we-targeted-grief-stricken-as-ripe-fruit.

  jehovah's witnesses target grief and see the recently bereaved as "ripe fruit" for conversion, a former elder of the faith says.. vince and michele tylor​ spoke out after reading the story of wellington woman jean sergent-shadbolt, who received a handwritten letter from a jehovah's witness three months to the day after her step-cousin, friend and flatmate died.. a current senior elder of the faith says it has no policy to target grieving, and those who do so are acting on their own initiative.

  however, he concedes such people may feel guided by jehovah's witness literature.. but vince tylor said he knew of members who would trawl though obituaries to find grieving people, or visit cemeteries.. "not only do we see watchtower printed material suggesting and supporting writing letters from obituaries such as what jean received, but we even have reports and articles of encouragement for jws to go to cemeteries to look for people as well.".

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  joe134cd

  Sadly none of the PIMI JWs know about this in NZ.
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  A Coin With a Remarkable History

  by cofty in

  1. social
  2. physical

  over the years i have shared a few examples of objects i have found while metal detecting near my home in northumberland in ne england.

  i live in a rural estate that was the site of a medieval village with a manor house and defensive tower.

  many of the things i find illustrate the amazing history of the location.

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  joe134cd

  That’s the advantage you have over me. I live in a country that was discovered about 250 years ago. One of the reasons it has a reputation for its natural beauty because humans haven’t been here long enough to wreck the place. I get neither the history nore the cultural diversity that you get grrr.
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  Why a legal bid by the Jehovah’s Witnesses to evade the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care failed

  by Tahoe in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  link to article .

  the jehovah's witness church does not have a "fundamental right to avoid scrutiny" from the royal commission of inquiry into abuse in care, a high court judge says.. .

  the church sought a judicial review to be exempt from the inquiry arguing it was beyond the inquiry's scope because it did not run institutions that cared for children or vulnerable people.. the bid was dismissed by the high court last week.

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  Has a date been set for the enquirer's.
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  I received Blood...What are the JW's going to do to me?

  by smoky21 in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i haven't posted on here for years.

  i also don't frequent this forum like i used to.. i have posted my story before, like 8 years ago.

  i have been a baptized witness for the last 30+ years, but have not attended meetings in the last 15 years.

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  joe134cd

  “The less said the better off you’ll be.” Thats my advice, after 10 years, of having to deal with orthodox PIMIs.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars (continued)

  by Simon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  uh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.

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  joe134cd

  Tbh Simon, they may have larger numbers on Reddit. But the depth of the posting here is far superior. Other than some under 20 year old who has just woken up, and using it as an excuse for dope smoking, that really about it for reddit. This is always my first port of call if I want something that gets me thinking.
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  Jehovah's Witness' bid to be excluded from abuse inquiry dismissed

  by Tahoe in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  link to article.

  a legal bid by the jehovah's witness church to get out of being part of the royal commission of inquiry into abuse in care has been dismissed by the high court in wellington.. after nearly three years of behind-the-scenes legal wrangling to avoid scrutiny from the inquiry, the church applied for a judicial review in june.. at a hearing, held earlier this month it argued it was beyond the inquiry's scope because it did not operate institutions that cared for children or vulnerable people and the inquiry had uncovered no evidence of abuse in that context.. lawyers representing the inquiry argued that jehovah's witness elders - equivalent to ministers or pastors - exercised a level of control over the congregation that allowed them access to children.. the inquiry informed abuse survivors who gave evidence to the inquiry in relation to the jehovah's witnesses of the news this afternoon.. "we have received advice from the high court that none of the causes of action brought by the jehovah's witnesses has succeeded and the application for judicial review has been dismissed.

  the judge's reasons are not yet available, but are expected in the near future," the email to survivors, seen by rnz, said.. the church was the only faith-based institution in the country to legally challenge its involvement in the inquiry, although it had attempted to challenge its status in other countries where similar inquiries have also been carried out.. the inquiry said, in a statement, that the dismissal "means the royal commission can continue to investigate the jehovah's witnesses, and all other faiths, in accordance with the pastoral care approach we have been applying since 2019".. "reasons for the high court's judgment are not yet available but are expected in the near future.

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  It will be interesting to see how this develops. Has a date been set for when they will appear in court.
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  How frequent is this among Jehovah's Witnesses

  by vienne in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my grandmother, an immigrant from austria, was.

  two of my aunts, their husbands, both elders, various cousins and two of my sisters are witnesses.

  so is my grand uncle.

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  joe134cd

  I had a very similar thing happen to a great Aunt of mine. Was left to rot in a rest home, for the last few months of her life, after a stroke.
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  Has anybody ever heard of this in their local area

  by joe134cd in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i heard of a jw wedding that:.

  (a)wasn’t done in a kh, and was performed by an elder.

  (b)the ceremony was done on a sunday.. i find this surprising for 2 reasons.

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  joe134cd

  I heard of a JW wedding that:

  (A)wasn’t done in a KH, and was performed by an Elder.

  (B)The ceremony was done on a Sunday.

  I find this surprising for 2 reasons.

  I remember some years back as a PIMI when a friend of mine was getting married. The local elders refused to do it, because it wasn’t a KH venue. As I had it explained to me Jehovah’s spirit couldn’t bless a marriage if it wasn’t in a KH. In the end he caved to the pressure and took the KH option. Mainly because he couldn’t get a marriage celebrant to to do it. To be fair I have heard of marriages been performed in a secular venue.

  (2) what really surprised me., Was the service been done on a Sunday. Wouldn’t this be interfering with spiritual activities. The brides father was an elder himself. I wonder if this would have flown a few years back.