it seems the finland branch has taken over the work from estonia, latvia and lithuania (see http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/offices/finland/).
List of closed branches
1) Alaska
2) Hawaii
3) Puerto Rico
4) Belize
5) Guatemala
6) El Salvador
7) Honduras
8) Nicaragua
9) Costa Rica
10) Panama
11) Uruguay
12) Guadeloupe
13) Martinique
14) Antigua
15) Bahamas
16) French Guiana
17) Guyana
18) Iceland
19) Norway
20) Sweden
21) Estonia
22) Latvia
23) Lithuania
24) Luxembourg
25) Switzerland
26) Austria
27) Czech Republic
28) Cyprus
29) Togo
30) New Zealand
31) Samoa
it seems the finland branch has taken over the work from estonia, latvia and lithuania (see http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/offices/finland/).
Two years ago the yearbook related the history of the Estonia branch, first it was under the supervision of the Finland branch, then, in 1999, it became a branch, now under Finland again! http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/302011002?q=estonia&p=par#p298
it seems the finland branch has taken over the work from estonia, latvia and lithuania (see http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/offices/finland/).
It seems the Finland branch has taken over the work from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (See http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/offices/finland/)
according to the september 2013 kingdom ministry, the memorial attendance in the usa this year was 2,504,114. this is a drop of 59,404 from two years ago!
Alaska and Hawaii were reported separately for several years and then (I think last year) they combined with the USA report without notice... so the drop must be bigger if compare correctly...
this subject is coming up this month in the tms.
i just thought i would start a post for newbies or lurkers.
if you have any scans of the awake inside cover that would be awesome.
I'm still in and a MS... guess What... I was assigned this part!
So.... I'm planing to focus on why the WT is not a prophet and that they make mistakes... Planting the seed of doubt!
just seen the new awake on jw.org; yet another university graduate, biochemist this time, that has become a jw.. he was so impressed by "is there a creator who cares?"!.
the rest of the magazine is the usual monthly fare.. george.
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You're right the magazine says he met the witnesses in 1999 but doesn't say when he became one...
just seen the new awake on jw.org; yet another university graduate, biochemist this time, that has become a jw.. he was so impressed by "is there a creator who cares?"!.
the rest of the magazine is the usual monthly fare.. george.
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Sorry, check out this link
http://www.dsm.com/en_US/html/da/awards_2005.htm
The man next to the woman looks like Dr. Loos (he doesn't look happy about toasting). His picture is in the October Awake.
just seen the new awake on jw.org; yet another university graduate, biochemist this time, that has become a jw.. he was so impressed by "is there a creator who cares?"!.
the rest of the magazine is the usual monthly fare.. george.
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From Mindnumbed link you can see that Dr. Loos (a JW) works for a Catholic university and makes toasts when he wins prizes…. I thought those were two big NO for dubs.
the wt submission to the parliament of victoria has been uploaded:.
http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/images/stories/committees/fcdc/inquiries/57th/child_abuse_inquiry/submissions/watchtower_bible_and_tract_society_of_australia.pdf.
http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/images/stories/committees/fcdc/inquiries/57th/child_abuse_inquiry/submissions/watchtower_bible_and_tract_society_of_australia_appendix_1.pdf.
Yes Mindnumbed... I think they didn’t need to tell the whole truth (which is not lying according to WT doctrine).
On the other hand, now the letter to all BOE is on the public domain and thanks to the WT (ironic isn’t it).
the wt submission to the parliament of victoria has been uploaded:.
http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/images/stories/committees/fcdc/inquiries/57th/child_abuse_inquiry/submissions/watchtower_bible_and_tract_society_of_australia.pdf.
http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/images/stories/committees/fcdc/inquiries/57th/child_abuse_inquiry/submissions/watchtower_bible_and_tract_society_of_australia_appendix_1.pdf.
Any comments???
