Posts by darkspilver

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An old Kingdom hall now a church?

by HereIgo in

have any of you heard of anything like this.

i remember an ex jw from ohio taking video of a former kingdom hall that is now a church.

apparently the society sold it to the church.

The increasing WT magazine

by darkspilver in

jw
friends

apart from the interesting block color change for the title strip on the front page.... the new 2017 wt mag has some new (updated printing figures):.

2016: produced each issue: 58,987,000 available in 282 languages .

2017: produced each issue: 61,651,000 available in 294 languages.

darkspilver

"Number of placements" is only recorded on publisher record cards, which are never reviewed by the branch - only elders & COs.

And, due to the wide range of things it includes - from single sheet invites through to printed books - it's a virtually meaningless figure anyway now.

Of course it was done to cover up the decrease in magazine placements

Remeber tthey used to offer two pairs each month - ie four 32 page magazines each month - now they offer just one single 16 page magazine - even if you have the same number of 'interested' people to call on, that's still a 75% placement drop each month

I suspect it was also done to disincentivize publishers from placing too many printed magazines - a single page tract counts the same and is easier to leave with someone - and also to disincentivize them from placing too many - expensive to produce - printed books just so that it 'looks good' on their report card.

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November 1, 2016 TO ALL BODIES OF ELDERS Re: Using and Maintaining Kingdom Halls

by wifibandit in

november 1, 2016 to all bodies of elders re: using and maintaining kingdom halls.

table of contents.

ownership .........................................................................................pars.

darkspilver

Renting a kingdumb hall for long-term use is a current thing? Or is it becoming more common as they sell off the halls?
It's rare in the US but is pretty common in Europe, especially in the bigger cities.

And remember this will be an international 'catch-all' letter, so they need to cover all bases.

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An old Kingdom hall now a church?

by HereIgo in

have any of you heard of anything like this.

i remember an ex jw from ohio taking video of a former kingdom hall that is now a church.

apparently the society sold it to the church.

darkspilver

Hi punkofnice

They have one hall that remains in Orton

Ah yeah, cool, also Whittlesey?

1A Brudenell, Orton Goldhay PE2 5SX
Church Street, Whittlesey PE7 1DB

It was also the one where they intended lying to the local authorities that they had a 'caretakers flat', rather than tell the truth that it was a flat for the CO

No!

CO's don't clean

And actually it's clearly marked up with the Council as being 'Minister's accommodation' and NOT a 'caretaker.'

"Demolition and rebuild of existing Place of Worship to include Minister's accommodation, Former Welland Gospel Hall St Pauls Road New England Peterborough."

The CO would count as a Minister and he serves the local area as well as the congregations who actually meet on site.

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An old Kingdom hall now a church?

by HereIgo in

have any of you heard of anything like this.

i remember an ex jw from ohio taking video of a former kingdom hall that is now a church.

apparently the society sold it to the church.

darkspilver

Peterborough, UK. One KH is now a Pentecostal church. One is a Mosque. One is owned by Muslims but I'm not sure what for. One hall they now use was a Plymouth brethren church. They are such hypocrites. You couldn't make it up.

They seem to have sold (or are selling) all the KH's in Peterborough and moved all the congrgeations into a centrally located spanking new double Kingdom Hall in the St Paul's Road

https://goo.gl/maps/U5gKzamsq822

Consolidation!

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An old Kingdom hall now a church?

by HereIgo in

have any of you heard of anything like this.

i remember an ex jw from ohio taking video of a former kingdom hall that is now a church.

apparently the society sold it to the church.

darkspilver

seems like jwleaks still has the Kingdom Hall at 255 Furnace St, Marshfield, MA 2050

https://jwleaks.wordpress.com/database/kingdom-hall-locations/

http://saintmaryandsaintgeorge.org

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REAL Community service now allowed?

by ab.ortega in

at watchtowers website there is an undated article under "helping the community" relating how in 2015, jw's from russia participated in the 'springtime beautification of the city'.

it is not stated but more than likely this had to do with preparations for some assembly or something.

a group of witness going out to clean the community just for goodwill - i don't see it happening.

darkspilver

Remember the World Cup

http://welcome2018.com/en/cities/rostov-on-don/

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The increasing WT magazine

by darkspilver in

jw
friends

apart from the interesting block color change for the title strip on the front page.... the new 2017 wt mag has some new (updated printing figures):.

2016: produced each issue: 58,987,000 available in 282 languages .

2017: produced each issue: 61,651,000 available in 294 languages.

darkspilver

Hi TheOldHippie

If you want the number of delivered/placed magazines, turn to the Yearbook or similar publication.

No!

That's yet another card in the WT's house of cards that's fallen!

As of 1st January 2016 all 'placements' - magazines, books, DVDs, tracts, leaflets in both physical and electronic format have been lumped together as just one figure on the report!

Another way the WT's falling house of cards is fudging the figures!

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Beth Sarim

by HereIgo in

how many of you know about this san diego mansion?

i just found out about it recently.

apparently it was built for old testament faithful men to live in upon resurrection in 1925 such as abraham, moses etc.

darkspilver

Yeah, but it’s all good, he created jobs right?

I specifically didn't say 'good' - I said 'not bad' - it's all relative

How about some community work. I’m sure there are plenty of things he could have done with that money. For instance, he could have created free reading and writing classes, invested in a soup kitchen, or even invested in small local businesses and create jobs for years.

Why? And stop the WT's house of cards falling down? If that had been done back then, would the WT be on the brink of disappearing now? Or would it have bolstered the WT over the years? Is that what you want??

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The increasing WT magazine

by darkspilver in

jw
friends

apart from the interesting block color change for the title strip on the front page.... the new 2017 wt mag has some new (updated printing figures):.

2016: produced each issue: 58,987,000 available in 282 languages .

2017: produced each issue: 61,651,000 available in 294 languages.

darkspilver

Often I heard in KH , that jw.org replace publication ... but in fact when you look at Alexa Web Ranking ... we see other thing ... no increase at jw.org ... stagnation

stagnation or decrease?

http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/jw.org

http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/jehovahs-witness.com