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My brother died yesterday

by satinka in

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"albert" was 55 years old, and the fifth-born of seven children.

i am the second oldest and babysat him often while he was growing up --- and while i was still at home.. yesterday, albert was out taking his usual morning stroll around his small town, when he collapsed on the sidewalk.

the doctors said it was a heart attack.

KiddingMe

So sorry for your loss. He was too young.

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VERY CONFIDENTIAL LETTER - Child abuse 10/01/2012

by WatchTower87 in

confidential letter child abuse http://adf.ly/auxbu.

to all bodies of elders.

the congregation secretary should arrange for this letter to be retained in the congregation permanent file of policy letters.

KiddingMe

Violia, I was thinking along the same lines. The response may depend on the role the accused has within the congregation.

If the accused is not in a position of responsibility they could more likely get the "call the authority right away, why are you just notifying us" type of response.

However, if the accused has a role within a congregation, then they could more likely get a response, probing more questions or giving specific directions as to if or how to report. The more significant the role, the more detailed the questions and/or directions given.

It seems that the purpose is to determine how much responsibility will lie on the org v. the accuser.

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abortion vs holocaust

by unstopableravens in

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Re: Moving to where there is a need for publishers in another language

by pixel in

to all congregations in the united states branch territory re: moving to where there is a need for publishers in another language .

dear brothers: .

many of our brothers and sisters are learning another language to help sincere individuals to seek god .

KiddingMe

Consider that in 2007 there were 31,200 publishers serving in 491 foreign-language con- gregations in our branch territory. By 2012, this had increased to 46,400 publishers associating with 841 foreign-language congregations. There were also seven foreign-language circuits formed during the 2013 service year: three in American Sign Language, two in Haitian Creole, one in Portuguese, and one in Vietnamese. And in the 2014 service year, foreign-language cir- cuits were formed in Arabic, Chinese, Russian, and Tagalog.

What I don't get is, since there has been such an increase in publishers in foreign fields, why is there a need to invite other publishers to come "serve where the need is greater"?

Wouldn't it make more sense to send publishers to territories that are lacking publishers? If it's the ratio of publishers to congregations that's off, why keep adding congregations if there are not enough publishers?

Maybe more publishers can be used in territories where the branches are being closed?

Am I missing something here? I admit I have no knowledge of how these things are computed.

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Just got off the phone with my dad!

by Kool Jo in

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had this conversion with my dad earlier today, hes an elder...both my parents were laid off during the recession, however, they saved and lived a decent life.

KiddingMe

That was a great conversation. It's good that your dad has his eyes open.

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Interview with TD

by TD in

i'm not an 'apostate' in the technical sense, but many of these questions did strike a chord:.

tell us a little about yourself and your family.. grandparents were contemporaries of russell.

one pair liked what they heard and were loosely associated with the bible students.

KiddingMe

I enjoyed reading your story, thanks for sharing!

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The Gall Of WT To Give This Advice To Pioneers:

by JW GoneBad in

this past week's wt study lesson was entitled: 'pioneering strengthens our relationship with god'.. under the subheading 'remaining in the full-time service' in par 14 the wt has the nerve to give this admonition to pioneers: .

'desiring to learn from jesus' example, a pioneer does well to keep in mind that the more material things he has, the more he will have to maintain , repair, or replace.'.

i don't think the gb or anyone in the writing department has the freedom to speak on giving adivce on the matter of 'material things' given the fact that wt has close to a billion dollars in real estate and loads of money in various bank accounts; given the fact that gb is currently building themselves new living quarters with who knows what sort of comforts and other amenities.