by MidwichCuckoo 8 Replies latest social current
...where communication/information has progressed vastly, the JW R&F have, in well over 100 years, progressed from sandwich boards to..errr..modernised sandwich boards as their up-to-date means of communicating.
Comments are open at bottom of page folks!
The unsuspecting public has no idea that it's all about JW's counting time and turning in a monthly report of their service.
Yeah but its a modern Cart....
w.1978 5/15 p. 15 Insight on the News
Reaching the People
Japan’s “Daily Yomiuri” recently carried an article entitled “Foreign Missionaries Here Changing Ideas, Tactics.” The article showed that after over 100 years of activity less than 1 percent of the 113 million Japanese profess Christianity. One reason the missionaries gave for not using a direct approach was: “Not even salesmen go door-to-door. ‘It’s considered impolite.’” So the article disclosed that most of Christendom’s missionaries no longer have the goal of converting large numbers of people and they no longer go door to door. They “work with already-converted Christians and wait for others to come to them.” The result? Churches have closed; one was “converted” into a coffee shop. One large university closed its theology department.
But Jehovah’s Witnesses in Japan have long carried on vigorous door-to-door preaching of the Bible. Since 1949 when the first Witness missionaries arrived till now, Japan has seen phenomenal growth. Today there are over 43,000 Witnesses preaching the “good news.” Yes, some missionaries have changed their tactics. But Jehovah’s Witnesses still heed the Founder of Christianity, Jesus Christ, who did not wait for people to come to him and who commanded: “Go therefore and make disciples.”—Matt. 28:19.
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w.1969 12/15 p. 749 par. 13 “Go . . . Make Disciples . . . Baptizing Them”
... he commanded his disciples there in Galilee to go to all the people: “Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations.” (Matt. 28:19) They were not to wait upon the people to come to them, but were to go to the people everywhere.
At least they don't play recordings of Rutherford at the door any more...
Ding- that would be so Coool...
The Org. could market it as Retro Sundays...
No one's ever accused the WT of being progressive.
Yes, some missionaries have changed their tactics. But Jehovah’s Witnesses still heed the Founder of Christianity , Jesus Christ, who did not wait for people to come to him and who commanded: “Go therefore and make disciples. ”—Matt. 28:19.
Yes, Jesus did command his followers to "Go therefore and make disciples". But notice that he did not say, "Go therefore and sell magazines and books!"
Even if every Jehovahs Witness gave away every piece of literature, headquarters still makes billions because every Jehovahs Witness must donate (pay) for all literature that they obtain. And the Society makes it painfully clear by planting the notion in their mind at the Service meetings that the rule of thumb is to see what a book (or magazine) of similar size goes for at your local bookstore (Borders, Barnes & Noble, etc).
It costs them pennies to produce this literature and they place (sell) it for dollars!!
And what happens to the literature that the JW obtain (buy) but aren't able to place (sell)? They take it back to the Kingdom Hall and get their money back, right? Ha, ha, ha, ha, RIGHT!!
On top of this, every JW pays for his own gasoline and transportation to go out and sell this stuff. Headquarters has no expense!! They don't pay their labor or anything!
And as for the JW's being volunteers, these people are told time and time again, if they don't go out and sell this stuff, they will be destroyed at Armegeddon! (I believe the word here is coercion).
Headquarters makes out like a bandit!! (Well, after all, that IS what they are!!)
I remember when we used to do Street Witnessing, the locals used to remark that "Jehovah's Witnesses are everywhere !", in truth very few in the Congregation did such work, most hated it, but it raised the profile.
I think that the W.T have realised their profile is very low, most people rarely come in to contact with them, and never give them a thought.
With the trolley/carts they are hoping to raise awareness of their existence, and especially of JW.org, as the web site will be their chief marketing tool.
