fox carolina 21deputies: wife stabbed by husband at church.
whns greenville-9 minutes agogreenville county deputies said they were called to kingdom hall of jehovah's witnesses at 1400 old spartanburg rd.
about 2:15 p.m. where they found ...http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/18848997/deputies-wife-stabbed-by-husband-at-church.
Hi stillin!
I also wonder what the final closure was on the couple...or if it's even over yet.
The original story appears to be dated 21 June 2012 in Greenville County, South Carolina, and the newspaper reports gave a name.
You could, for example, check the Greenville County Court Records.
https://www2.greenvillecounty.org/scjd/publicindex/
You could also, if you wanted, perhaps check the South Carolina Department of Corrections.
http://public.doc.state.sc.us/scdc-public/
It's up to you.
fox carolina 21deputies: wife stabbed by husband at church.
whns greenville-9 minutes agogreenville county deputies said they were called to kingdom hall of jehovah's witnesses at 1400 old spartanburg rd.
about 2:15 p.m. where they found ...http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/18848997/deputies-wife-stabbed-by-husband-at-church.
Seems you can probably fill in some details thanks to 'Brenda' over at the thread that appears here
No idea how accurate 'she' is, but a few of the key words are 'divorced/separated', 'intoxicated', 'restraining order' which perhaps gives some flavor to this sad incident.
yoga pants parade.
i guess tight pants tony isn't the only man that needs to get a life!.
from the times of london website.
south korea court frees jehovah’s witnesses who refused to serve in military.
two south korean men who refused to do military service have had their convictions overturned in a landmark ruling against the government.. [snip].
Hi intropist!
Once young JWs go to prison and come out, they have few choices in secular jobs and get motivated to do pioneering more than ever. They can not but be isolated socially too.
fascinating observation - the 'modern' term that people might use then is that the young brothers are effectively being radicalized by the very government that is putting them in prison due to the ongoing consequences.
Does Korea have the highest proportion of Reg/Aux Pioneers in the world? (say countries with 50 thousand JWs or more? They're easily beating Japan....)
South Korea quick numbers (2016 Yearbook, rounded)
Memorial Attendance: 135,000
USA quick numbers (2016 Yearbook, rounded)
this is absolutely outrageous.
a rape victim was forced to listen to herself being raped while the elders stopped and started the tape claiming she was consenting.
even though during one of the assaults she was duct-taped, gagged and had a pillowcase over her head.
Hi JWdaughter!
Any one who is a publisher is supposed to be in good standing, so far as elders know. That is what JWs assume-anyone known by elders to be a danger should not be in a position as anything, isn't that what fireproof and DFing is about? So they won't endanger others?
Define: good standing
A publisher can be 'marked' but still have a fairly full role in the congregation.
A publisher could be under 'restrictions' but still have an otherwise full role in the congregation.
To have a 'role' though a publisher would normally need to be 'exemplary'
For example to auxiliary pioneer or be used on an assembly item (demo or interview)
The auxiliary pioneer thing needing to be exemplary was 'interesting' when the WT first brought in the special 30 hour months and encouraged ALL in the congregation to aux pio - of course, not all the congregation was 'technically' explemary, which was kinda interesting! haha!
Likewise with the new style assembly Watchtower review - all those publishers walking on to give a brief answer/comment - they should ALL be exemplary - so the one's in the congregation that aren't used, well, well....
Most publishers fall down on the right view of the Theocratic Ministry School which was different - by it's very nature of being a 'school' - you didn't need to be explemary to be on that and have an assignment, BUT you did need to be exemplary to be used for a demo on the Service Meeting. Haha yeah, that confused people because they just viewed being on the platform as being on the platform.
i have two questions.
1. if you work on kingdom hall construction, are you allowed to count your time in lieu of field service?
an old thread here indicated that if you are pioneer, you can count your time.
Hi Tameria2001!
Is this something new, or has this been something that they have always done?
haha, cheeky - you know everything is easier these days in JW-land!
hour credit appears to be something that has evolved and been formalized over time with the increase in additional 'organized' theocratic activities - such as the RBC building activity as well as the seasonal help at the Bethels.
See BoE letter 1 July 1988
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwqmWMK7dwtlb2VJSzBiY2hUNnM/view
i have two questions.
1. if you work on kingdom hall construction, are you allowed to count your time in lieu of field service?
an old thread here indicated that if you are pioneer, you can count your time.
Hey FatFreek 2005!
If you work on KIngdom Hall construction, are you allowed to count your time in lieu of field service?
Yes, and no:
REGULAR PIONEERS - BoE letter 25 August 2014 'Re: Regular pioneers', paragraphs 14 to 16
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwqmWMK7dwtlb0JteEJTT3RmeTg/view
NOTE: I believe the only time you can count credit for a total ABOVE 70 hours per month is when you get hour credit credit for attending the pioneer school.
PUBLISHERS - BoE letter 7 November 2008 'Re: Field service reports', last pararaph
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwqmWMK7dwtlaGUzSkthUGhJak0/view
On the back of the Report they should write a brief note describing the additional theocratic responsibilities they cared for that month, no hour figure needs to be given - this can then be written on the Publisher Record Card under the 'Remarks' column (interestingly the new Report forms have a 'Comments' section on the front nowadays)
Not sure about Auxiliary Pioneers, but I'd suspect they'd be covered by the 'Publisher' procedure - though I'd suspect the BoE would show consideration for short-term short-fall in hours due to theocratic activity if the publisher was a regular auxiliary pioneer.
have attendance figures at this year's memorial been released yet, including number of partakers?
sometimes the kingdom ministry (now called christian life and ministry) provided local figures say for the country.. for two to three years the worldwide figure has hovered around the 19 plus million, with a drop off in attendance last year.. just wondered if there has been any change this year or if the downward trend has continued?
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The 'problem' nowadays is that the CLAM workbook is regionally generic with no space for 'local annouuncements' or even 'theocratic news' as per the old Kingdom Minstry.
AFAIR the memorial figures where generally always printed first in the 'local' KM for each country - and it's that we're missing now :(
With regard to this the 4 October 2015 letter 'Re: New Provisions Announced at Annual Meeting' that was read out at all congregation worldwide stated:
Since the workbook will not include a section for announcements, congregations will be informed of monthly literature offers by means of letters from the branch office.
(side note - this also means that NOBODY in the congregation has any real idea what the monthly offer is anymore)
i never knew that the famous new england theologian jonathan edwards spent some years as a missionary to the red indian tribes.
there are various modern ideas as to how one should preach to those completely ignorant of christ and the way of salvation, but edwards had confidence that the gospel is the power of god unto salvation for all people.
perhaps someday those still living in pagan lands will accept christ and share in the blessings of america.
Hey freddo!
All that and a triple jump Olympic gold medallist too!
In his early days he refused to compete on a Sunday, but then he gave up a TV job presenting a religious programme because...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1542391/Olympian-Jonathan-Edwards-has-crisis-of-faith.html
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/jonathan-edwards-ive-taken-leap-3190574
one comment-giver during the rules study, remarked that ww1 was predicted by wt to arrive in 1914, despite the fact that everyone expected an era of unparalleled peace.. this was something continuously drilled into our heads - how peaceful everything was prior to ww1.. when you look at wt library under 'world war i' - "unexpected" - the results are all offline - there are no recent references ( unexpected: re 106; w92 5/1 4-5; yb87 124; w86 2/15 5; w86 11/1 6 ).
http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1200276290.
the offline quotes are as follows:.
I would move that, with the advent of techological advances at that times, and the general detachment that the domestic market generally had of international affairs at a time - a time of no TV and very slow moving news. That despite what was going on politically on the international stage - with the huge number of alliances and treaties being made in order to avoid a major war - the view of the man (and woman) in the street was one of detachment and feelings of peace - and a faith in the political system to avoid a war, at least on home soil and/or the home army. Remember you are not talking just about July 1914, but rather the years leading up to it.
My history books are stored away, but below is an interesting piece which partly explains the contradictory nature of this - the principle of 'you stop war, by preparing for it.'
International relations of the Great Powers (1814–1919)
Coming of World War
The main causes of World War I, which broke out unexpectedly in central Europe in summer 1914, included many factors, such as the conflicts and hostility of the four decades leading up to the war. Militarism, alliances, imperialism, and ethnic nationalism played major roles. However the immediate origins of the war lay in the decisions taken by statesmen and generals during the Crisis of 1914, which was sparked by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (the Archduke of Austria Hungary) by a Serbian secret organization, the Black Hand.
By the 1870s or 1880s all the major powers were preparing for a large-scale war, although none expected one. Britain focused on building up its Royal Navy, already stronger than the next two navies combined. Germany, France, Austria, Italy and Russia, and some smaller countries, set up conscription systems whereby young men would serve from 1 to 3 years in the army, then spend the next 20 years or so in the reserves with annual summer training. Men from higher social statuses became officers.
