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2016 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses
by wifibandit in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the 2016 yearbook is now on the official site.

pdf.

it has been added to the archive of all prior yearbooks.
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The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (2013 revision) now available
by Joker10 in
1. jw
2. friends
the new world translation of the holy scriptures (2013 revision) can be read in the jw library app, available in ios and android devices..
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What is happening in Mexico?
by ILoveTTATT in
1. jw
2. friends
i have heard that a lot of the english congregations in mexico are shutting down... they are condensing 5 congregations into one, or in some areas even disbanding the only english congregation.

jw's who have been living in mexico for many years and probably were sheltered by being in the english congregations will now have to move to spanish congregations.... .

ilttatt.
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Are the Witnesses Really Losing Their Young People?
by What Now? in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
that article about jehovah's witnesses having the lowest retention rate for born ins keeps popping up every now again ... i'm just curious if any of you have noticed that this is actually the case.

in the congregation that i grew up in, i'm going to say that 95% of the young people in their teens to mid twenties are either regular pioneering, regular auxiliary pioneering, serving in foreign language congregations or where the need is greater.

both of my younger sisters are regular pioneers - and the young people in their hall even organize 8 pm to midnight service on friday nights of their own accord.
Memorial 2013 locations and times to be posted on JW.org
by Joker10 in
1. jw
2. friends
very soon, anyone will be able to look up online of where and when congregations will have the memorial.

you heard it here first..
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WTS closes/dissolves 435 congregations in 29 countries
by Gayle in
1. jw
2. friends
as listed in 2013 yearbook.. yes, most countries have increases in congregations.

most of the countries that have less congregations than last year, show 1 or 2 less.

however, poland shows a dramatic 327 congregations less, from 1,814 (2011) to 1,487. netherlands, 25 less congregations.
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Not on JW.org; TIME MAGAZINE: 2/3rds Jehovah's Witnesses children leave church, per Pew Research. Highest turnover of any US church.
by Balaamsass in
1. social
2. current
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Why are Regular Pioneers Increasing?
by Gayle in
1. jw
2. friends
we know the "bar" for pubs.

was lowered, 15 min/month pubs are counted.

increases in pubs are decreasing annually, 1.9% worldwide, .9% u.s. .
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Remarkable Statistic - Bible Studies compared to Baptisms
by jwfacts in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i am surprised i have not noticed this before, particularly since this is one of the most important statistics, and so have just added the new graphs to watchtower publisher statistics.. the number of bible studies generally trends roughly with the number of publishers on a one to one basis.

however, the number of baptisms has not been rising.

this has resulted in a rapidly falling conversion rate.
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People who will never hear the WT message
by jgnat in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
you are all familiar with the heartwarming images of people from all lands joining in a "great crowd" marching in to the promised land.

it occurred to me with more than nine countries and 1.6 billion people who are not recorded in the yearbook, that a great number of ethnic groups will not be represented.

china.