the wt branches in switzerland and austria were sold and now they are being develop into apartment buildings.. check the projects on the following links:.
switzerland: http://www.vbarch.ch/aktuelles (7th picture from top).
austria: http://www.wvg.at/projekte/13g40.
The WT branches in Switzerland and Austria were sold and now they are being develop into apartment buildings.
Check the projects on the following links:
Switzerland: http://www.vbarch.ch/aktuelles (7th picture from top)
Austria: http://www.wvg.at/projekte/13G40
i think this is the year they finally take that dog out back and shoot it - no partaker number.
but i've thought that for the last three years.
lol.
I think there is going to be a decline this year... Just because...
re: adjustments to draw close to jehovah.
dear brothers:.
some changes involving our understanding of the meaning of gods name and what it re p- resents have been made to the first chapter of draw close to jehovah.
VM44 good point…
I was thinking what they mean by God’s name “meaning”...
The meaning of Jehovah (or whatever you want to render YHWY) is the almighty God… Period…
If by "meaning" they mean what ancient Hebrew speaking people understood by YHWY? I think the answer is the same they meant the almighty god…
If they are referring to the root of the word I think their reasoning is very complicated for us and especially for someone living 5000 years ago… If YHWY is derived from a verb meaning “to become” I think it can simple mean “the Maker” or “the Creator” (as the “Becamer” of all things)… In that case why the WT has to complicate everything…
But I’m not scholar neither English is my first language…
i bethelite sent this email out - can't really give out names.
we wrote these figures as quickly as possible, but could not keep up 100%).
you get to check these figures out when you get your 2014 yearbook.
Peak Publisher: This is not the same as Average Publisher numbers. It can be that more JW are lazy to submit their reports each month and elder push to get all of them together by August.
Baptism: Ok… good increase… More JWs’ children getting baptized?
Hours: More JWs reporting more hours. The “Not-at-home” slips must be running out.
Regular Pioneers: More JWs doing more. Not new people from the field.
Average Bible Studies: How many are for real? How many at the doorstep just for 10min.? How many JWs’ children?
- 23 day to go .. annual meeting unofficial rumors.
- new bible.
- new nwt (revision).
"I'm still "in" but if they screw around with the horn-blowing in Cedar Point Ohio in 1922, I'm outta here." Rub a Dub
"If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?"
I mean they can play around with these doctrines to keep the R&F entertained , without "hurting" anyone.
- 23 day to go .. annual meeting unofficial rumors.
- new bible.
- new nwt (revision).
I think they will launch a new explanation for some of their Revelation book interpretations. As they did last year with most of Mathew 24, they will move some Revelation fulfillments to the future. It has not much sense to link the trumpets of Revelation to some pamphlets/conventions released/held in the twenties.
Most people who “heard” those trumpets, or at least was old enough to understand the message, is dead by now. So why don’t move this to a future event?
on these links we can have a look at the french branch balance sheet, at least the ones that were submitted to the government.
i don't speak french neither i'm an accountant so maybe someone here can made a bit of more of sense out of them.
http://www.journal-officiel.gouv.fr/publications/assoccpt/pdf/2012/3108/434966719_31082012.pdf.
Hi all,
On these links we can have a look at the French Branch balance sheet, at least the ones that were submitted to the government. I don't speak French neither I'm an accountant so maybe someone here can made a bit of more of sense out of them
http://www.journal-officiel.gouv.fr/publications/assoccpt/pdf/2012/3108/434966719_31082012.pdf
http://www.journal-officiel.gouv.fr/publications/assoccpt/pdf/2012/3108/387675804_31082012.pdf
They have several of associations in France, so it is difficult to estimate how much money the make.
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/).
Recently I remembered an announcement that was made back in 2008/9 at morning worship in bethel.
A letter from the GB was read inviting all bethelites to submit ideas that save money to the organization. Also, it was said (I'm not sure if at the same letter or in another instance) that branches shouldn't keep savings higher than what they needed for 2 months of running.
I didn't thought much about this at that time but I think it explains some of the decision that have been taken recently.
Was someone else at bethel at that time that remembers this?
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/).
Hi Cedars,
I remember that when I was at Bethel I saw a list of all the branches, including some that were not publicly advertise (Turkey, Lebanon, and Malaysia).
an example on how the wt gets things out of proportion.
this is all we know about dinah's "friends" from the bible: .
"and dinah the daughter of leah, which she bare unto jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land" (ge 34:1).. wt conclusion: .
You're right Laika, they are blaming the victim with their argument.
As a child I was taught the story from that book, and even thought there were three friends, then the dvd drama enforced that idea, but if you just read the Bible you get the correct picture... not the WT picture
