the christian science monitor reported today that 20% of the population in guatemala is converting to pentecostalism.
with a population near 13,000,000,that would mean a membership of 2.6 million people.. how do pentecostals convert so many people?
what are their preaching methods?.
The CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR reported today that 20% of the population in Guatemala is converting to Pentecostalism. With a population near 13,000,000,that would mean a membership of 2.6 million people.
How do Pentecostals convert so many people? What are their preaching methods?
Aren't the Witnesses just preaching in vain? Isn't the WTS just sending out members just to sell their literature?
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there are 2 elders in my cousins congregation who are partners in a construction business.
they buy land,build huge homes,live there,and sell 2 years later.
one of them sold his home last year for $860,000 .
There are 2 Elders in my cousins congregation who are partners in a construction business. They buy land,build huge homes,live there,and sell 2 years later. One of them sold his home last year for $860,000 . At this moment,he is building a house larger than the last. His plans are to live there for 2-3 years, then sell at a handsome profit.
They asked one brother that he needed to quit his 2nd shift job because he missed too many meetings. This brother had no high school education. His employer sent him to a trade school to be a welder. Now,he makes close to $35 an hour.
How can these Elders who are self-employed, work their own hours,make alot of money,ask someone who has minimal skills to quit their job? Ain't this a form of harassment?
portable automotive gps system .
my cousin told me that they are now using gps for field service.
does anyone know if they can store more info on people and use them for the wrong reasons?
Portable Automotive GPS System
My cousin told me that they are now using GPS for field service. Does anyone know if they can store more info on people and use them for the wrong reasons?
usually, i enjoyed the public talk, if the speaker was good but i thought the theocratic ministry was boring!!!.
the service meeting was just a sales meeting.
the book studies were simply ridiculous.
Minimus
The Service meeting was complete torture for me. I was inactive in field service and just listening to that made me want to get up and leave every week. It was stressed that anyone who didn't preach would not make it into the ''new world.''
Placing selling old magazines and books was always stressed. Listening to the same sisters week after week give the same presentation finally drove me to completely stop attending the Ministry/service meeting. Calling little kids ''publishers'' made me finally realize that we were just a sales force to place sell literature for the WTS.
my cousin and another elder in my congregation were demoted{they were asked to resign} about 5 years ago.
they both had teens who were disfellowshipped at the same time.
the reasoning was that,'' if you can't control your own household how can you control members in god's house.
My cousin and another Elder in my congregation were demoted{they were asked to resign} about 5 years ago. They both had teens who were disfellowshipped at the same time. The reasoning was that,'' if you can't control your own household how can you control members in God's house.'' Both teens moved out and haven't been seen in years. Now it's only the former Elders and their wives living in the same household.
My question is.....Can either of them ever be asked to be Elders again?
1 john 2:18-19 "children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen; from this we know that it is the last hour.
they went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, in order that it might be shown that they all are not of us.
how many times did we read this passage?
1 John 2:18-19 "Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen; from this we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, in order that it might be shown that they all are not of us."
How many times did we read this passage? We were taught that it was talking about someone who quit or disassociated themselves from the WTS and became an apostate. They somehow made the word ''antichrist'' disappear from its true meaning. ''Apostates'' took on a new meaning. ( They really know how to use smoke and mirrors on its members! )
How have they explained this? And, how do they get away with explaining that the ''antichrist'' and ''apostate'' are the same person?
lets hear it for witness thanksgiving parties!
my wife and i got invited to an elder's house thursdayevening for a full turkey dinner with all the fixings.
there were about 20 others from the congregation.
inkling
I was invited to my aunt's house where they had an early ''book study'' around 4:00 p.m. and dinner right after. I declined because they make fun of my wife who is a non-witness. My wife takes our kids to her mothers home for the usual Thanksgiving dinner. My witness family always remind me the fact that my wife celebrates a pagan holiday.
They reason that since everyone is off from work, they can all get together on Thanksgiving. What do they serve? They have beef,chicken,and a small turkey. They make sure that it's a small turkey and that it's cut up before it's brought to the table. That way they aren't really celebrating Thanksgiving.
When my mom and her sisters worked at a factory,they would each receive a turkey for the holiday. What would they do with the turkey? They cooked it the day after Thanksgiving so it wouldn't look like they celebrated a pagan holiday.
i remember an elder walking in the hall and it was the 1st thing he said to me as he saw me dealing with the sound dept.
"where is your jacket"!!!!
nice greeting!!
''Where's your jacket brother"
How about.............''You can't take your jacket off''.
I quit going to the ''book study'' about 8 years ago due to the book study conductor telling all the men that we couldn't take our jackets off. He said,''Taking off our jackets shows a lack of respect when you are in Jehovah's house''.
That day it was around 103 degrees. The family who had the ''book study'' in their home wouldn't put on the central air-conditioner because they were too cheap. It was so hot in the house that a sister who had asthma passed out from the extreem heat in the house. We took her outside because it was cooler there than inside. Finally,the conductor told the brothers that only this time were we permitted to take our jackets off.
god has always communicated his will through individuals.
today,the wts claims that jehovah uses an organization to communicate his will.
why would jehovah need more than 1 or 2 people to communicate his will?.
Atlantis
Thank you! That's what I was looking for.
