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  October 31, 2017 TO ALL CONGREGATIONS Re: New Visitor Exhibit at Bethel (UK)

  by wifibandit in

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  october 31, 2017 to all congregations re: new visitor exhibit at bethel.

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  slimboyfat

  I just wonder, if peoples worst fears about Brexit are realised and imports carry a tarrif, could they come unstuck with this?

  What imports? WT will probably stop printing altogether before too long. Selters will be the next to go.
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  October 31, 2017 TO ALL CONGREGATIONS Re: New Visitor Exhibit at Bethel (UK)

  by wifibandit in

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  october 31, 2017 to all congregations re: new visitor exhibit at bethel.

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  slimboyfat

  It’s amazing that they don’t explain what the purpose of the new branch will be without any printing.

  When they announced the new branch they said it was necessary because magazine production is expanding and Britain is the key branch for magazine production. That was only a couple of years ago they said that. I wonder if they will delete the video.

  https://tv.jw.org/#en/mediaitems/VODActivitiesConstruction/pub-jwbrd_201508_2_VIDEO
  
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  Stagnation of JWs in Britain

  by darkspilver in

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  this is an 'off-topic' continuation of this discussion.

  steve2: in britain, growth of publishers is slowing down, if not stagnating.

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  slimboyfat

  Thanks Earnest, yes I think I remember that special pioneers had even higher hours at some point - 160 hours?
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  Stagnation of JWs in Britain

  by darkspilver in

  1. jw
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  this is an 'off-topic' continuation of this discussion.

  steve2: in britain, growth of publishers is slowing down, if not stagnating.

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  slimboyfat

  I think the fact they’ve reported increasing partaker numbers for around a decade is pretty surprising. And perhaps indicates overall honesty in the numbers. (So far)

  But I doubt they’ll keep publishing the numbers much longer.

  I used to love poring over the figures in the KM in the late 1990s. I lost interest in going on the ministry around the time they stopped publishing the detailed monthly figures.

  If they stop publishing the numbers, will JWs still be motivated to submit reports? If they stop requiring JWs to submit reports will they still go on the ministry? If JWs stop going on the ministry can the religion survive?

  Pull at one thread and perhaps the whole unravels.
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  Witness Royalty and the last day at the "Towers"

  by Lynnie in

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  my uber elder cousin and his wife got the "privilege" of having one last "toast" of wine at the rooftop garden at the towers in nyc since the jw's are vacating to warwick.

  his oldest daughter and son in law are quite high up in the inner circle so they get invited to all the "inner circle" activities.

  even though they aren't supposed to toast to anything it was pretty darn close.

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  slimboyfat

  I wonder if they'll mention the farewell party in the Yearbook.

  Oh yeah, no Yearbook.

  It's like last orders on the Titanic.

  Did they invite the GB to the party?

  Or are they too busy heading for the lifeboats?
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  Stagnation of JWs in Britain

  by darkspilver in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is an 'off-topic' continuation of this discussion.

  steve2: in britain, growth of publishers is slowing down, if not stagnating.

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  slimboyfat

  Yes and going back further I think pioneer hours were once 100 hours, and further back still, even more than that, maybe 120 or so.

  Elders are allowed to count various activities including giving talks, I believe. I have no idea how longstanding that “allowance” is.

  No statistical categories are stable or straightforward.
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  Stagnation of JWs in Britain

  by darkspilver in

  1. jw
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  this is an 'off-topic' continuation of this discussion.

  steve2: in britain, growth of publishers is slowing down, if not stagnating.

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  slimboyfat

  Presumably you mean per year not per month.

  And it’s intereeting that hours have gone down since carts began, despite it being “easier”. The amount of time on door to door, when you subtract carts time, must be much less now than previous years and decades.
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  Independent Catalonia

  by mikeflood in

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  it's a deja vu from matthew..."for nation shall rise against nation.....".

  it seem that periods of instability occur around the world periodically.

  since the arab spring to brexit and trumpism people want change.

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  slimboyfat

  How are they not Catalonian? Isn't that for them to decide?
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  Stagnation of JWs in Britain

  by darkspilver in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is an 'off-topic' continuation of this discussion.

  steve2: in britain, growth of publishers is slowing down, if not stagnating.

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  slimboyfat

  Baptisms have fallen sharply in Britain over the last couple of decades.

  I seriously doubt there will be another year of positive growth in Britain. But I also doubt whether they'll continue publishing the figures in any case.
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  Independent Catalonia

  by mikeflood in

  1. social
  2. current

  it's a deja vu from matthew..."for nation shall rise against nation.....".

  it seem that periods of instability occur around the world periodically.

  since the arab spring to brexit and trumpism people want change.

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  slimboyfat

  They should have allowed the Catalonian people a democratic vote on their future. What happened to the right to self determination?

  If Spain remains a unitary state now, it comes on the back of violence, confiscated ballots, intimidation, political arrests. That is surely unsustainable. If it is maintained by force then it's a darker Europe and a darker world.