Joker have you found those Canadian numbers yet?
Mexico. JWs up 42% in 10 Years
by Joker10 53 Replies latest jw friends
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Botzwana
I currently live in Mexico! There are two English congs in my city alone.
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breakfast of champions
There was also an extremely encouraging 14% increase in 'Yap' last year
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jwfacts
It is sad how countries with lower levels of education are susceptible to the false promises of cults.
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jwfacts
Here is a comparision of census figures from a country that has better access to education and the internet - Australia.
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free @ last
Looks like education and the Internet are really helping out the Pentecostals and Mormons.
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binadub
people 5 and older who identified themselves as Jehovah's Witness
5 and older?-- in 10 years?
Maybe they're having lots of babies--that could do it.
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steve2
New Zealand census statistics show a similar downward trend in those reporting to being JWs (I'll locate these when I'm back at home and post them). There was a peak number in the 1990s and since then over two further census reports, a noticeable decline. Our country was scheduled to have its five-yearly census last year but the Christchurch earthquake caused the government to postpone it.
Of course, census statistics show a much greater number of JWs because their count is not based on being active in the field but self-report. The census figures also include dependents because the census is completed by the parents of minor children (under age 16).
I guess Joker10 will not be starting any posts on the downward census statistics for JWs in Australasia ("Australasia" is a word that encompasses both Australia and New Zealand but it is falling into dis-use because New Zealanders dislike being overly-identified with our big neighbor.
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steve2
The finding that the greater the internet penetration the less JW growth does not imply that the internet is "responsible" for the reduced growth. The third variable is education: The greater a country's per-head level of education, the less JW growth - but this tends to be true of the spread of religion in general.
Religions tend to do significantly better in lower-socio-economic societies. Christianity and its amazing offshoots, including the JWs, tend to appeal to dispossessed people because the beliefs offer a substitute sense of belonging and of being loved.
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slimboyfat
This book argues that existential security and prosperity are what really inhibit the growth of religion in societies.
