I am thinking an additional cut in the number of printed pages is on the cards. Perhaps merging awake/public WT or making one of them "online-only".
Posts by bohm
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11Cutbacks
by pepperheart inwhat other cut backs do you think will be coming or might be coming these next few years for the borg ?.
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2017 Yearbook released
by bohm ini saw this on reddit:.
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/5mlgsm/2017_yearbook_of_jehovahs_witnesses/.
overall the numbers are better than last year (1.8% growth compared to 1.5% last year -- as i predicted ;-) ) with an increase in all major figures including 1300 more congregations (i assume this is not physical kingdom halls?).
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bohm
berrygerry: There are a few issues with your table. Check out the Japan figures as an example.
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2017 Yearbook released
by bohm ini saw this on reddit:.
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/5mlgsm/2017_yearbook_of_jehovahs_witnesses/.
overall the numbers are better than last year (1.8% growth compared to 1.5% last year -- as i predicted ;-) ) with an increase in all major figures including 1300 more congregations (i assume this is not physical kingdom halls?).
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SBF: I think you have me convinced on the number of congregations, but it is still a pity it does not accurately reflect how many physical kingdom halls there are as this is the really interesting number.
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2017 Yearbook released
by bohm ini saw this on reddit:.
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/5mlgsm/2017_yearbook_of_jehovahs_witnesses/.
overall the numbers are better than last year (1.8% growth compared to 1.5% last year -- as i predicted ;-) ) with an increase in all major figures including 1300 more congregations (i assume this is not physical kingdom halls?).
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bohm
SBF: I agree with the DRC numbers being odd. I don't think you can have natural growth of 22% in such a large country so I am assuming it is some kind of migration event or a change in legal standings of the WTS.
Regarding "congregations", isn't it a problem that this number includes(?) language congregations and isn't counting the number of buildings?
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2017 Yearbook released
by bohm ini saw this on reddit:.
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/5mlgsm/2017_yearbook_of_jehovahs_witnesses/.
overall the numbers are better than last year (1.8% growth compared to 1.5% last year -- as i predicted ;-) ) with an increase in all major figures including 1300 more congregations (i assume this is not physical kingdom halls?).
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Two interesting numbers:
During the 2016 service year, Jehovah’s Witnesses spent over $213 million in caring for special pioneers, missionaries, and circuit overseers in their field service assignments. Worldwide, a total of 19,818 ordained ministers staff the branch facilities
During the 2015 service year, Jehovah’s Witnesses spent over $236 million in caring for special pioneers, missionaries, and traveling overseers in their field service assignments. Worldwide, a total of 26,011 ordained ministers staff the branch facilities.
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2017 Yearbook released
by bohm ini saw this on reddit:.
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/5mlgsm/2017_yearbook_of_jehovahs_witnesses/.
overall the numbers are better than last year (1.8% growth compared to 1.5% last year -- as i predicted ;-) ) with an increase in all major figures including 1300 more congregations (i assume this is not physical kingdom halls?).
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bohm
No surprise, but the growth seems to predominantly happen in Africa and South America, with a LOT of zero % growth in Europe and a slight contraction in the US/Canada. Even Mexico is only growing with 1%...
For instance, the largest growth happened in the republic of Congo with almost 38'000 publishers joining the borg in that country alone (Could this be due to migration?)
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2017 Yearbook released
by bohm ini saw this on reddit:.
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/5mlgsm/2017_yearbook_of_jehovahs_witnesses/.
overall the numbers are better than last year (1.8% growth compared to 1.5% last year -- as i predicted ;-) ) with an increase in all major figures including 1300 more congregations (i assume this is not physical kingdom halls?).
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bohm
I saw this on Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/5mlgsm/2017_yearbook_of_jehovahs_witnesses/
Overall the numbers are better than last year (1.8% growth compared to 1.5% last year -- as I predicted ;-) ) with an increase in all major figures including 1300 more congregations (I assume this is not physical kingdom halls?). But
But but but: Memorial partakers grew by almost 3000 to 18000 and a (slight) DECREASE in average publishers in the US. Western Europe to appears to be very flat.
Just copy-pasting the overall figures:
From 2016:
Branches of Jehovah’s Witnesses: 89
Number of Lands Reporting: 240
Total Congregations: 119,485
Worldwide Memorial Attendance: 20,085,142
Memorial Partakers Worldwide: 18,013
Peak of Publishers in Kingdom Service: 8,340,847
Average Publishers Preaching Each Month: 8,132,358
Percentage of Increase Over 2015: 1.8
Total Number Baptized: 264,535
Average Auxiliary Pioneer Publishers Each Month: 459,393
Average Pioneer Publishers Each Month: 1,157,017
Total Hours Spent in Field: 1,983,763,754
Average Bible Studies Each Month: 10,115,264
From 2015:
Branches of Jehovah’s Witnesses: 89
Number of Lands Reporting: 240
Total Congregations: 118,016
Worldwide Memorial Attendance: 19,862,783
Memorial Partakers Worldwide: 15,177
Peak of Publishers in Kingdom Service: 8,220,105
Average Publishers Preaching Each Month: 7,987,279
Percentage of Increase Over 2014: 1.5
Total Number Baptized: 260,273
Average Auxiliary Pioneer Publishers Each Month: 443,504
Average Pioneer Publishers Each Month: 1,135,210
Total Hours Spent in Field: 1,933,473,727
Average Home Bible Studies Each Month: 9,708,968
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6 New Kingdom Halls Built In The US This Year
by James Jack inon our local needs part tonight, the elder (on the local ldc), conducting the part, said he just got back from a meeting in memphis tn with members from the us branch rdc conducting the meeting.
they mentioned that only 6 new kingdom halls and 2 major re-models were completed in 2016.
"it may seem like a small accomplishment, considering under the old rbc arrangement there was some 700 projects on the average each year being done", "but, this is going 5-10 years of training to kick this new program into optima production".
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bohm
SIX?!. If that is true that would be amazing as it would certainly mean the total number of halls is falling rapidly given just the usual rate of sell-offs.
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RC 2017
by wifibandit indue to last years success, i will post everything related to the 2017 regional convention in this thread.. to start us off.... thanks to exjw reddit user ich3b we have advance notice of the theme (this is not a joke!).
the theme for the 2017 regional convention is: "don’t give up!” .
as always, if you have access to confidential materials you would like to leak but need to protect your identity, pm me or email me: wifibandit1 (at) gmail.
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bohm
"Imagine a man who is building a house for his family. First, he lay the foundation, then he build the walls, then he completes the roof and finally he works on the interior one room at a time. After many years, and after he have spent all of the family's savings, he only needs to install the dishwasher. But then suddenly he exclaims: This house will never be finished and walk away from the project. What can we learn from this illustration?"
I predict there will be uplifting stories about brothers in communististan who endures and never gives up hope!.
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RC 2017
by wifibandit indue to last years success, i will post everything related to the 2017 regional convention in this thread.. to start us off.... thanks to exjw reddit user ich3b we have advance notice of the theme (this is not a joke!).
the theme for the 2017 regional convention is: "don’t give up!” .
as always, if you have access to confidential materials you would like to leak but need to protect your identity, pm me or email me: wifibandit1 (at) gmail.
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bohm
Lol, this will be the motherload of old canned illustrations...