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  Worldwide Service Report From Bethel:

  by acsot in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  worldwide service report from bethel:.

  > october 29, 2003.

  > peak publishers - 6,429,351 (2% increase).

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  Get a more detailed look at the statistics at: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/61255/1.ashx
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  NEW 2003 Worldwide Service Report

  by Joker10 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for all those curious, here's a look at the new 2003 report.

  jehovah's witnesses have been growing, but not a whole lot.

  a peak of 6,429,351 publishers reported preaching in 235 lands.

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  For all those curious, here's a look at the new 2003 Report.

  Jehovah's Witnesses have been growing, but not a whole lot. A peak of 6,429,351 publishers reported preaching in 235 lands. The average number of publishers was of 6,184,046, a 2.2% increase from last year. In the countries where the work is banned or restricted, they saw an 8.4% increase. The growth in the United States was of 2% (peak: 1,029,652 in the continental States). Russia and Australia experienced a growth. Also, the Cayman Islands' growth was remakable: 195 publishers, 595 at the Memorial, and 2 Congregations. Canada's and Great Britain's growth was flat. (A peak of 110,192 in Canada.)

  Baptisms were slightly down to some 259,000. Mexico had 8% of the total; and Brazil had 32,140, or more than 12% of it. Baptisms in the U.S. were slighlty higher.

  16,097,622 people attended the JW Memorial in April, a 3.2% increase. The top 3 countries with the highest figures were: United States with 2,273,856, Mexico with 1,738,387, and Brazil with 1,563,790. Three-Quarters of a million people were in attendance in the countries of the former Soviet Union (Russia had 282,433). 187,418 were present in Canada, or over 3,700 more. There were 8,565 Partakers, down from 8,760, or 195 less than the 2002 year.

  The average number of Pioneers increased by 3.3% to 825,185. The United States didn't see any growth in this area.

  Almost every country saw an increase in Bible Studies. From last year, tens of thousands more in the United States, and 10,000 in the UK. As expected, Bible studies rose to 5,726,509 (up 7.9%).

  And they all gathered in 95,919 Congregations , or 1,319 more than last year. (Canada had 1,335, or 5 less.)
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  A Perfect Organisation?

  by woodland in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my mum always says that she is an imperfect person within a perfect organisation.

  now, what i do not understand is by her own admission she is imperfect, in fact, we all are.

  so, how can imperfect humans create a perfect organisation?

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  All the people I knew said it was not a perfect organization.
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  Wanna send me some current books?

  by Buster in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been wantin' to read (at least look at) some of the recent stuff.

  so, any current jw's out there willing to send me:daniel bookboth isaiah booksis there a recent jehovah book?a recent watchtower or two.

  of course i'll pay postage and the suggested donation.

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  I want to get a hold of recent KM's. If anybody knows some info on how I can get them, please let me know. Thanks.
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  How Will History Treat The Jehovah's Witness Religion?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just as presidents and prime ministers think about how history will view them, one must wonder what legacy the watchtower society aka jehovah's witnesses, will have.

  to some, the witness religion is so irrelevant that whatever happens, it means nothing.

  yet, they have been in existence for over 100 years and according to their records, are still going strong......what will history or what does history say about this religion??

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  A FIGHTER FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
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  WOULD YOU GIVE THE JW'S THIS?

  by integ in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a jw relative brought out something i actually had to agree with.

  we were discussing positive vs. negative aspects of the "truth".

  she brought out that the witnesses do not participate in war, and i thought 'gee, that's probably a good thing'.

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  No to violent crime.
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  Dec 15th WT - Our Watchfulness Takes on Greater Urgency

  by truthseeker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when i picked up this copy of the wt, i couldn't believe what i saw in the two study articles.

  the first one is entitled "our watchfulness takes on greater urgency" and the second article is "prove yourselves ready for jehovah's day".. i'm not going to go into these articles in depth, as that is blondies job!

  but i will elaborate on a few points.. before i begin, let's consider a recent comment at the annual general meeting by bro barr, a gb member to put things into perspective:.

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  Truthseeker, I ,and I'm sure others, are interested in the January 1 issue that's coming up because of the new statistics for 2003. Please let us know when its available.
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  Everyone in CA ok??

  by flower in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  thats some scary stuff going on over there.

  i was just watching the news.

  i know there was one guy out in rancho cucamunga who posted a couple days ago.

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  Gosh the smoke was really bad. Yesterday (Sunday) all the cars turned up very dirty ... Downey and especially even Long Beach. Ashes everyhere. I was getting a headache from being outside. It had to affect the weather.
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  Should Foster Children Be Forced to Attend the Meetings?

  by Funchback in

  1. social
  2. current

  http://www.wate.com/global/story.asp?s=1494675

  billy johnson is a jehovah's witness .

  who says he takes kids to meetings to supervise them.. .

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  Depending how old they are and how they behave.
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  Need Kingdom Ministry

  by stichione in

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  2. bible

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  help!.

  i would like to know where i can get online access to the kindgom ministry (canadian edition preferable) for the months of may, june and july 2003 that i can download and print.. .

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  Gosh I would also like to have recent ones. (U.S.)