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  Assembly day - La Féria, tx stats

  by StarTrekAngel in

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  2. experiences

  just quick post for stats.

  1300 attendance .

  4 baptism, 3 adults and 12 year old son of an elder from my cong.

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  Not sure if the kid was under actual "pressure" per se. But I do remember a few stories. He goes to the same class as my daughter and they had a birthday in the class once. The kid gave in and ate cake. Later we found out that he got home crying. His dad, bless his heart as he is a really nice guy, told him he just needed to pray for forgiveness and move on. Yet, he never really told him that it was normal for a child to try and do child things, which includes eating cake without feeling guilty.

  As far as the assembly place, it is not rented. Is a fairly new (less than 10 years old) hall built for 5 million and already paid for.
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  Assembly day - La Féria, tx stats

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just quick post for stats.

  1300 attendance .

  4 baptism, 3 adults and 12 year old son of an elder from my cong.

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  Just quick post for stats.

  1300 attendance

  4 baptism, 3 adults and 12 year old son of an elder from my cong

  cost: $8500 with $1300 collected with an hour left to the end of the program.
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  Elders preparing for the GT?

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know this conversation has come up in other threads.

  it is just funny that last night i received this message on my phone.

  could this be elders feeling that they need to prepare and find a way to reach all brothers as quickly as possible in preparation for something?

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  I know this conversation has come up in other threads. It is just funny that last night I received this message on my phone. Could this be elders feeling that they need to prepare and find a way to reach all brothers as quickly as possible in preparation for something? I would not risk to say "I know so" but sure as hell this is new. Knowing the elders in my congo well, I wonder how many hoops has this poor soul had to jump in order to make sure he did not stumble his fellow elders. Most of them are anti technology.

  May be it is just that the CO visit is coming up and he may ask what steps have been taken to contact people en case of an emergency.

  

  Translation: This group was formed with the purpose of giving announcements about the congregation. Please do not answer the messages. They are just for your information.

  As you can see, people can not follow simple instructions. Later down the chat, he actually had to ask people to please quit responding.
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  Interfaith relations

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so as i recall from my years of bible studies and countless meetings, jws teach that jehovah does not accept interfaith relationships.

  the idea of sharing on a prayer for world peace with other religions, as i was told, was not acceptable in the eyes of jehovah.

  now i am not here to say that now they are sharing in the way above mentioned, but certainly it seems like the wt has no issues in sharing their propaganda along with other religions and under the "pretense" that they mingle with the other religions of babylon the great.

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  So as I recall from my years of bible studies and countless meetings, JWs teach that Jehovah does not accept interfaith relationships. The idea of sharing on a prayer for world peace with other religions, as I was told, was not acceptable in the eyes of Jehovah. Now I am not here to say that now they are sharing in the way above mentioned, but certainly it seems like the WT has no issues in sharing their propaganda along with other religions and under the "pretense" that they mingle with the other religions of Babylon the great

  I don't know if I missed some new light, since I am missing some meetings, but I found this compelling

  The following event is sponsored by UNESCO

  http://audir.org/lanitdelesreligionsbcn/
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  Major congregational quake in Southern California

  by Hecce in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this notice is not official yet and it should be confidential until released thru the proper channels.

  a friend of mine told me about a huge elders meeting in southern california.

  the subject was the relocation and dissolution of some congregations; it seems that this is the result of some project that has been going on for some time and is going to be implemented right now.. please let me know if this is happening all over the country?.

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  I just posted several documents regarding some KH survey that was conducted not too long ago. See link

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5631603365642240/kh-survey-forms-related-docs
  
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  KH Survey forms and related docs

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this was somewhat discussed in another thread but i figure i can start this one for those mostly interested on the docs.

  most interesting to me what the name of shawn schafer at the end of one of the letters.

  (wonder if he is related to david schaffer).

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  This was somewhat discussed in another thread but I figure I can start this one for those mostly interested on the docs. Most interesting to me what the name of Shawn Schafer at the end of one of the letters. (Wonder if he is related to David Schaffer). Another somewhat relevant piece is in the FAQ, where it states that 95.5% of all KH in the US branch territory are titled to the local congregation.

  Also, the sample survey form has been edited to cover up private information but I know the area. That particular form was for a congregation for a very small town in Texas. It is kind of difficult for me to comprehend how they would need a new KH and who they are going to sell the old one to.

  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B6b33RjKq_HFTTZwMi1tXzdQOGs?usp=sharing
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  Mubariz Gurbanli meets with chairman of European Association of Jehovah's Christian Witnesses

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://en.apa.az/azerbaijan_religion_news/mubariz-gurbanli-meets-with-chairman-of-european-association-of-jehovah-s-christian-witnesses.html.

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  http://en.apa.az/azerbaijan_religion_news/mubariz-gurbanli-meets-with-chairman-of-european-association-of-jehovah-s-christian-witnesses.html
  
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  abc.net.au/news article: Child-sexual-abuse-royal-commission-refers-1659-cases-to-police

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-12/child-sexual-abuse-royal-commission-refers-1659-cases-to-police/7834972.

  child abuse royal commission: police 'under pressure' after 1,659 cases flagged for investigation.

  by brad ryan.

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  uuuuhh yeah!
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  WT “Study” for 11th Sept 2016 – “Why Must We ‘Keep on the Watch’”?

  by Nicholaus Kopernicus in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i was really puzzled when i opened this edition of the wt magazine at the above “study”.

  what on earth has this picture at the top of page 13 got to do with christian watchfulness?

  i wasn’t making a connection at all.

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  I did not want to believe that they would make emphasis on anything other than what the magazine was about. But our elder decide to make an injunction at the end of the meeting to remind us all what we had learned in the past. He asked us to remember prior studies were we were told that the vital instruction required to survive the end would come thru the congregation and we need to be ready to obey even if we don't understand the instruction.
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  If anyone claimed that god speaks to them personally.....

  by jambon1 in

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  2. friends

  they'd be viewed as completely mentally ill and laughed at.. so, how do the governing body get away with it?.

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  I remember hearing in a meeting (can't remember if it was a public talk or WT study) that the clarification for elders is that the holy spirit is not selecting them directly as one would imagine. Rather, an elder appointed following scriptural direction of 1 Timothy chapter 3, is considered "spirit selected" because the text itself was inspired.

  I swear I am not messing with you. I was fully awake when this talk or study happened and I was paying close attention :)