Posts by Joker10

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Recent Annual Figures, 2009

by Joker10 in

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peak publishersincreasepercent.

memorial attendanceincreasepercent.

australia.

China: The number of publishers has increased. In some parts of the mainland, they can openly go door to door without much interference. There are actally buildings now used as Kingdom Halls. Reports of interested persons going back to China from California and the rest of the world and continuing to study there.

Egypt: Witnesses are now able to meet in larger groups. Preaching to muslims is still illegal.

Malawi: The first Asian publisher to be baptised in the country happened this year.

Cyprus: Woman became a Witness not too long ago. Her husband, a Muslim, and opposed to her beliefs, made arrangements for her to return to Iran to be killed by their family for converting. After learning, the Elders quickly got in touch with headquarters for help. Her flight was less than a week away. Through the European Court of Human Rights, Cyprus authorities confined her for six months before addressing her appeal. The court ruled in her favor and she was released from her husband's authority. During her confinement, she was able to preach to over 200 persons.

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Recent Annual Figures, 2009

by Joker10 in

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peak publishersincreasepercent.

memorial attendanceincreasepercent.

australia.

Joker10

		Peak Publishers	Increase	Percent	Memorial Attendance	Increase	Percent

Australia
	2007	63,471
	2008	63,985	514	0.8%
	2009	64,801	816	1.3%

Brazil
	2007	679,211			1,697,318
	2008	699,280	20,069	3.0%	1,646,123	-51,195	-3.0%
	2009	708,224	8,944	1.3%	1,650,459	-4,336	-0.3%

United States
	2007	1,084,005			2,353,263
	2008	1,105,798	21,793	2.0%	2,418,903	65,640	2.8%
	2009	1,154,275	48,477	4.4%	2,469,036	50,133	2.1%

Worldwide
	2007				17,672,443
	2008				17,790,631	118,188	0.7%
	2009				18,168,323	377,692	2.1%

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Proof Jehovah's Witnesses have been declining for nearly 20 years? (At least in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand)

by slimboyfat in

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see the tables on pages 124 and 125 of this book:.

http://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=mtw90ykkb3gc&oi=fnd&pg=pa117&dq=scientology+jehovah%27s+stark&ots=0-yvd6jk_o&sig=vualoe-l3bxezaqktnbfhpsdj8u#v=onepage&q=scientology%20jehovah's%20stark&f=false.

admittedly these statistics don't measure the same thing official watchtower statistics do (i.e.

Joker10

Don't get excited. The most recent ARIS study from 2008 shows 1,914,000 people identifying as Witnesses in America. That is a 44% increase from 2001. That is 583,000 more people!

http://www.americanreligionsurvey-aris.org/reports/ARIS_Report_2008.pdf

Both Australia and New Zealand will show positive increases in publishers for this year's annual service report; with Australia showing another 2% increase.

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Movie the ConeHeads

by is there help out there in

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i was watching the coneheads and in one part the ins`s agent where posing as jw and knocking on beldar door and telling him the end of the world was coming etc.

can any one think of a movie or tv show that also spoofed the jw..

Joker10

On TV:

Family Guy

The Simpsons

Married..with Children

Living Single

Scrubs

The Practice

St. Elsewhere

The Nanny

The Guardian

Movies:

Supergirl

Friday

The Birdcage

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Do you know how many Kingdom Halls are in the USA?

by asilentone in

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just wondering, if you do not know the answer, you can call brooklyn bethel to get that answer if you want to, i just do not have the guts to call them..

Joker10

Blondie, i was able to find where the source-- and straight from jw-media.org

5,965 Kingdom Halls in America in 2000.

http://www.jw-media.org/region/americas/usa/english/releases/growth/usa_e000930.htm

The large number may be due to congregations having their own halls in rural areas. Rural areas accounts for 75 percent of the nation's land.

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Do you know how many Kingdom Halls are in the USA?

by asilentone in

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just wondering, if you do not know the answer, you can call brooklyn bethel to get that answer if you want to, i just do not have the guts to call them..

Joker10

There were close to 6,000 Kingdom Halls in the US in 2000. I assume there are approx. 6,500 due to increase in congregations since then.

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JW Firefighters

by tresdecu in

just curious...a good friend of mine, ms and well in tune with the borg, wants to pursue firefighting as a career.

he is about 26 and wants it bad, currently he does some construction and ...ready: windows.

(hahaha yes, i know what everyone would think.

Joker10

Mike Little, spokesman and commander for the Los Angeles City Fire Department is a JW elder in a nearby congregation.

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Jehovahs Witness Statistics Online?

by shamus100 in

anyone have the stats for the dubs online, such as memorial attendance, baptisms, etc?.

i appreciate your replies.

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Joker10

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses_by_country

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JWs doing "the Wave" at Convention?

by Gayle in

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_m8lsrxjz8&nr=1.

Joker10

I went to that San Diego assembly a few weeks ago. The whole wave and clapping went on for like 20 minutes before people started leaving their seats. But no one rushed to go home as there were taking pictures with delagates. Some of the delegates performed their countries' traditional dance. There were too many from Mexico though.