so the governing body likes to keep claiming incredible growth.
at the same time they claim bible studies are way down.
are the finally admitting what we've known all along, that they can no longer recruit outsiders?
the number of bible studies is growing every year. see for example the yearbooks of 2012, 2013,2014
Average number of monthly biblestudies during 2011 - 8.490.746
Average number of monthly biblestudies during 2012 - 8.759.988
Average number of monthly biblestudies in 2013 - 9.254.963
so the governing body likes to keep claiming incredible growth.
at the same time they claim bible studies are way down.
are the finally admitting what we've known all along, that they can no longer recruit outsiders?
where do they claim that bible studies are way down?
i never was a jw (i make this point in - almost - every post) but having been brought up ('raised' for our us cousins) in a non-conformist fundy sect with 'rapture' aspirations, it wasn't that different.. i still have extended family members in it, or in that mindset, but we rarely discuss religion.
in particular, my sister and bil lost their son (my nephew) some years ago when he was just 13. their comfort is that he is in a 'better place' and i don't want to challenge that to them.. i keep up with all things jw here in this forum and maintain my academic interest and these are just my thoughts as an outsider, for what they are worth.. ime, those people who have heard of jws tend to lump them in with mormons and other crazies and have no knowledge or interest in them - other than to warn neighbours when they are about.. where i live should be prime 'witnessing' territory but they rarely come round, even in the recent leafletting campaign.
they are not as effective as the people who regularly call with the latest menus from the local curry/chinese/kebab houses.. on the occasions when jws have called, despite invitations to come in and have a cup of tea, etc., none has ever wanted to engage in conversation, far less progress to an invitation to a kh meeting or start a bible study (and i always present myself as an 'imterested householder').. my conversations with people in general and friends in the real world lead me to conclude that few people have heard of jws, those that have regard them as a minor irrevelant nuisance and that there is no interest in their message or beliefs.. a few months ago i did a 'drive-past' of the million pound seafront property in bangor, north wales that wt recently bought for use as a 'translation office' (ha ha!).
Jehovah's Witnesses themselves are aware they are just a minor and tiny religion and throughout history it was always like that. The israelites were just a tiny nation.... noah and only 7 others were saved.. abraham and Lot only ones that were saved etc etc always tiny amounts of believers that were seen as 'right' and the big majority seen as 'wrong'
But Jehovah's Witnesses are confident that this will soon change. They are expecting all other religions to be done away with in a short period of time and are confident they alone will stay.
i cant figure out when the auntie and uncle thing started or why.
it sure is a peadophiles dream to have a kid they dont know call them uncle!
they are now in a special relationship.
I did it too as a child but only to brothers and sisters that were close to my family. As a matter a fact i still have one couple (an elder and his wife) that i refer to as uncle and aunt the few times i see them during the year... lol i am 45 now :-)
this was pointed out by throwingawayjehovah.
http://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/2lnkst/this_was_in_a_mormon_catalog_that_got_sent_to_us/.
http://www.coreyegbert.com/blog/i-want-to-be-baptized.
this Mormon stuff
https :// www . lds . org / friend / online - activities / videos / little - friends ? lang = eng
looks like shit compared to JW stuff
jehovah's witness dies after refusing blood transfusion.
monday, october 20, 2014.
3 news - nzn.
the title of this topic is misleading. She was not one of Jehovah's Witnesses. As a matter a fact she was an EX-JW like most of the posters on this forum
the jan. 1, 2015 w shows an updated printing of 52,946,000 copies each issue in 228 languages.. this is an increase of 7,002,000 copies per issue over last year, this is the biggest increase i have seen in the printing of the w per issue for any one year.
thus, including the study edition over 70 million copies of the w are now being printed each month.. .
i wonder if awake!
@jwfacts there never were print numbers in the study edition
the jan. 1, 2015 w shows an updated printing of 52,946,000 copies each issue in 228 languages.. this is an increase of 7,002,000 copies per issue over last year, this is the biggest increase i have seen in the printing of the w per issue for any one year.
thus, including the study edition over 70 million copies of the w are now being printed each month.. .
i wonder if awake!
expect it to increase more over the coming months and years. All those who said they were reducing are and will be proven wrong.
December 2012 the month before they did go from 32 to 16 pages the number of printed copies was 42 million in 195 languages now almost 53 million copies in 225 languages
according to the letter (link below) out of 705 kingdom halls in spain, 295 are being disposed of.. if someone can translate german/spanish, it would throw some light on the specifics.. http://www.bruderinfo-aktuell.de/index.php/brief-zum-koenigreichssaalbauprogramm-in-spanien/#more-948.
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no they are not sold off.
295 kindom halls will vacated but keep in mind that a lot of places are RENTED there. After vacating the 295 old ones, they are going to build 214 new Halls with a combined total of 261 auditoriums. Furthermore 156 Kingdom Halls get a complete makeover over the next 5 years.
https://www.anointedjw.org/apostasy_in_fenway.html.
not names of the anointed jws but names of elders and a location.. .
are we getting hints that this thing has legs?.
the writer of that article and makers of that site need some medication they are delusional
