earlier this week a new post on this forum announced that the 2017 worldwide annual service report was available on jw.org.
wow - that's earlier than the statistics for the 2016 service year which appeared in the 2017 yearbook last january!
good effort, jw organization!
This is so incredibly disappointing, if they're not going to publish the country figures any more.
The worldwide figures are compiled by combining all the country statistics. So the country statistics are already available and known to whoever published the summary. (To state the obvious)
If they are not going to publish the country figures, I think it's incumbent on us to gather statistics on WT growth or decline as best we can from all the sources that are publicly available.
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/how-to-escape-from-jehovah-s-witnesses-religion#/.
for $150: collaboration with the backer so that their story of successfully escaping an abusive belief system (300 words max) features along with others in the final pages of how to escape from jehovah's witnesses.
the text will be written by the author but will include a minimum of one quote worded by the backer.
I think "girls" means women in everyday usage, in this sort of context, unless good reason to think otherwise. He would have been wise to anticipate misconstrual and be more precise in his wording.
Who is the guy in Croatia that Bo Juel talked about meeting up with in the video? Mark or something. Seems there is a back story not made explicit.
please tell me how not to think too much and get a good night sleep.
when i was a jw i didn't think too much because i knew everything, but now my mind works overtime.
how in the hell can i shut it down and stop the anxiety???
I thought this thread was a joke and was expecting the punchline.
It reminds me of the observation that my wife and I had 20 happy years, then we met each other. (That was a joke by the way)
To address the actual thread: I've gone through phases in my life. Sometimes I've had so much to think about I could hardly get to sleep at night for wondering, imagining, planning. Other times I could go to sleep usually always (!) when my head hits the pillow. At the moment I go to sleep instantly. I guess I don't have much appetite for cogitating at the moment for some reason...
so i found this old video on youtube!
it is the "new" faith called "jehovah's athiests".
enjoy:.
2017 grand totals.
branches of jehovah’s witnesses: 90. .
number of lands reporting: 240. .
So I guess that's it then? We're not getting the full report, only the worldwide figures?
Also notice the financial figure is down: $202 million spent this year compared with $213 million last year.
And bethel members down slightly too.
The cutbacks continue, although the pace has slowed down.
2017 figures released to bethel families worldwide:.
peak publishers: 8,457,107. total baptized: 284,212 .
regular pioneers: 1,225,279 .
No, 2017 was the last yearbook.
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/how-to-escape-from-jehovah-s-witnesses-religion#/.
for $150: collaboration with the backer so that their story of successfully escaping an abusive belief system (300 words max) features along with others in the final pages of how to escape from jehovah's witnesses.
the text will be written by the author but will include a minimum of one quote worded by the backer.
What's regressive supposed to mean!
2017 grand totals.
branches of jehovah’s witnesses: 90. .
number of lands reporting: 240. .
The congregation number is interesting with a tiny 0.5% increase, not keeping up with the other growth figures. I guess it means a lot of closures in western countries, offset by growth in Africa, Brazil and a few other places. It's also probably the smallest ever increase in congregations (with possible exception following 1975, but maybe not even then).
2017 figures released to bethel families worldwide:.
peak publishers: 8,457,107. total baptized: 284,212 .
regular pioneers: 1,225,279 .
"Significant features" - slimy weasels.
If this letter is to be read to congregations in the week of January 1st, then I guess that means they plan to publish "significant features" of the service report even later than that.
2017 figures released to bethel families worldwide:.
peak publishers: 8,457,107. total baptized: 284,212 .
regular pioneers: 1,225,279 .
They didn't say "highlights". That was the pessimistic (perhaps accurate) inference.
