Can't do more in Jehovah's service? Start buying out time from non-essential activities.
How many times have we heard this phrase?
Ever wondered how much an average JW who preaches 10 hours a month, spends on JW activities in a year?
Let's work it out, starting with the meetings...
Don't forget, they recommend you arrive 20 mins or so before the meeting, and 20 mins after the meeting, to benefit from the fine
spiritual association.
ALL TIME PERIODS ARE APPROXIMATE - assuming that the GB expects a JW do to the minimum.
Per week
Book Study - 1 hour, 20 mins before and after = 1hr 40 mins
School & Service Meeting - 1 hour 45 mins, 20 mins before and after = 2hr 25 mins
Public Talk & Watchtower - 2 hours, 20 mins before and after = 2hrs 40 mins
Total meeting hours per week = 6hrs 45 mins
Total per year (* 52 weeks) = 351 hours
Per week
Personal study - 30 mins
Book Study - 30 mins
Watchtower - 1 hour
School & Service Meeting - 1 hour
Magazine presentations - 15 mins
Daystext - 1 hr 10 mins (10 mins every day)
Weekly Bible Reading - 15 mins (1hr 45 mins)
Reading Awake & Watchtower - break it down, there are 4 issues a month (2 of each mag), so say 30 mins per mag
Total study hours per week = 5hrs 40 mins, lets round that to 5.5 hours
Total study hours per year = 5.5 * 52 = 286 hours
Per Week
Ministry - 2.5 hrs a week (average of 10 hours a month)
Total ministry hours per year = 2.5 * 52 = 130 hours
Extra meetings
District Convention - 3 days at 8 hours a day = 24 hours
Circuit Assembly - 2 days at 7 hours a day = 14 hours
Special Assembly Day - 7 hours
Memorial - 1 hour
Total = 46 hours
Extra study periods
Yearbook - 2 hours
New publications - 1 hour
Watching an average of 2 videos per year, 1 hour each = 2 hours
Total = 5 hours
Total Formula : Meetings + Personal Study + Ministry
= 6.75 hrs + 5.5 hrs + 2.5 hrs
= 14.75 hrs of cult activity every week
Lets multiply this by 52, and we get 767 hrs of cult activity a year
Add on extra meetings and extra study periods
= 46 hrs + 5 hrs
= 51 hours a year extra
Grand Total = 767 hrs + 51 hrs = 818 hrs of cult activity every year
Monthly cult activity = 68 hrs
Weekly cult activity = 15 hrs
Daily cult activity = 2.2 hrs
Hourly cult activity = 5.6 minutes
This means that the average JW who does the minimum spends 15 hrs a week on cult activity.
Each day, Joe Publishers spends 2.2 hours thinking, studying or participating in cult activity.