There was a new peak of 1,178,349 publishers in United States (minus Hawaii) in the month of August. That is 24,074, or 2.1%, more than in August 2009.
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Anyone got the December KM yet for UK
by alanv inas it is the end of the jw service year, it would be nice to see how they finished up in august 2010 as regards total publishers.. quite often there seems to be a big push to get as many as possable to put in a service report to finish the year off.. so a scan would be good or just a report on how many publishers they ended up with.
thanks.
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JW references in movies
by stichione ini watched the movie "mickey blue eyes" last night on tv, staring hugh grant.
at one point there is a knock at the door and mickey, looking through the peep hole, anounces "its the jehovah bloody witnesses".
there was more insitent knocking and the female occupant replies "they must be really devoted!".
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This is scene is from the movie 'Kick-Ass" (in theaters now). Hit-Girl and Kick-Ass fly over New York.
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DVD "JW's Faith In Action, part 1 Out of Darkness" Omits! Omits! Omits!
by Wasanelder Once ini've been watching the new dvd and it is a bull fest about russell.
i haven't even gotten half way and they already excluded one very important bit of information.
you'll recall that russell "lost" his faith and "turning away from church creeds and searching for truth, russell examined some leading oriental religions, only to find these unsatisfying".
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links, please. :)
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Witnesses 2nd largest Christian group in Mexico?
by betterdaze in(translated from http://www.elmundodetehuacan.com/index.php?command=show_news&news_id=122176).
there god for all.
catholics in mexico have 'leadership' of faith, but they are not alone, across the country are competing beliefs, which, briefly, is always a god.
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According to the most recent Mexican Census (it asks people what religion they belong to, if any) more than 1 million people responded to be JWs. It makes them the 2nd largest religious group.
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Chatroulette
by 5thGeneration inhave you heard about this?.
it is a new level of internet creepy!
jon stewart discusses in the link (viewer warning it's somewhat crude).
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Joker10
I have heard people talking about it and I have tried it myself. You spend more time looking for the 'right' person to talk than actually chatting. Adults should be the only ones using it since the owner does not have the resources to moderate the site.
I work for a major social networking site and we know all about chatroullete. There are already established websites playing with the concept.
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Jehovah's Witnesses - The 2nd Poorest Religion
by Elsewhere inhttp://awesome.good.is/transparency/web/1002/almighty-dollar/flat.html.
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Joker10
JWs percentage of Whites (the group with the highest Income), excluding Hispanics, is less than 50%. JWs are more racially diverse than any other. So let's think. If America were to be as diverse as JWS are, would JWs still rank as 'noticeably poor'? So given the JW demographics, they do pretty good.
Hasn't it pretty much been discussed JWs are mostly middle class?
And Elsewhere, that survey is based on less than 300 people who claimed to be Witnesses in all 50 States. Think about it. That averages less than 6 people per State. Not so much of a great study, eh?
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-NCC 2010 Report: An Actual Increase in US Church Membership including JWs due to an influx of ...
by AndersonsInfo ini've been away so i don't know if this report has been posted on jwn recently.
however, i just want to mention that i recently heard from a credible source (circuit overseer) that the main increase of jws in the united states is among the spanish.
this fits with what this report suggests about the increase in us church membership is mostly due to an influx of immigrants.
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In the past 3 years, they have added 1 English and 1 Spanish Convention to Long Beach, CA. That brings it to 7 English and 7 Spanish for a total of 14. They have the Convention Center booked almost every weekend during the summer.
For anyone who has been to the assemblies in Long Beach during the last 10 years know there has been growth. Does anyone remember when there were only 4 in English? (and now there is 7).
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2009 Annual Worldwide Service Report -- 7.3 Million Publishers
by Joker10 inchina: 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.
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Year Total Increase Percent Branches 2007 113 2008 115 2009 118 Lands 2007 236 2008 236 2009 236 Congregations 2007 101,376 2008 103,267 1,891 1.9% 2009 105,298 2,031 2.0% Memorial Attendance 2007 17,672,443 2008 17,790,631 118,188 0.7% 2009 18,168,323 377,692 2.1% Memorial Partakers 2007 9,105 2008 9,986 881 9.7% 2009 10,857 871 8.7% Peak Publishers 2007 6,957,854 2008 7,124,443 166,589 2.4% 2009 7,313,173 188,730 2.6% Average Publishers 2007 6,691,790 2008 6,829,455 137,665 2.1% 2009 7,046,419 216,964 3.2% Baptized 2007 298,304 2008 289,678 -8,626 -2.9% 2009 276,233 -13,445 -4.6% Auxiliary Pioneers 2007 312,741 2008 321,986 9,245 3.0% 2009 304,551 -17,435 -5.4% Regular Pioneers 2007 678,638 2008 732,912 54,274 8.0% 2009 794,317 61,405 8.4% Hours spent in Field 2007 1,431,761,554 2008 1,488,658,249 56,896,695 4.0% 2009 1,557,788,344 69,130,095 4.6% Average Bible Studies 2007 6,561,426 2008 7,133,760 572,334 8.7% 2009 7,619,270 485,510 6.8% -
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Worldwide Report out - memorial partakers increased 871. Worldwide publishers up 3.2%
by yadda yadda 2 inseems the 2010 yearbook is out now in audio.
it's reported there was an 8.7% increase in memorial partakers to 10,857 in 2009, up from 9,986 in 2008.. worldwide publishers for the 2008/09 service year increased 3.2%, to 7,619,270 publishers.. thanks to information posted by possible-san at the end of this thread:.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/186746/2/the-increasing-number-of-the-anointed-comments-anyone.
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garlic81, yadda yadda 2 is incorrect. The 7,619,270 figure is for average Bible studies. The peak publishers for 2009 is 7,313,173.
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2009 Annual Worldwide Service Report -- 7.3 Million Publishers
by Joker10 inchina: 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.
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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.
Peak Publishers Increase Percent Memorial Attendance Increase Percent 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% East Timor 2007 95 343 2008 123 28 29.4% 374 31 9.0% 2009 148 25 20.3% 426 52 13.9% 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 6,957,854 17,672,443 2008 7,124,443 166,589 2.4% 17,790,631 118,188 0.7% 2009 7,313,173 188,730 2.6% 18,168,323 377,692 2.1%
