I did the accounts for years and the core of the donations came from older ones with little means who wrote 12 postdated checks worth $30 or $40. A few wealthy brothers would donate $1000 to $1500 in December to get a tax receipt. These end of year donations kept us afloat during the coming months. One year our elders had the bright idea to donate $4500 of that money to the WWW and we struggled to meet our expenses for the whole year. Our contribution to the KHall general expenses was only $8 per publisher per month x 110 for each of the 2 congregstions and I can assure you only 2 of the 6 elders contributed regularly...and no one could say they anonymously put cash money in the boxes because the bulk of the contributions were checks.
Posts by NVR2L8
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65Donations aren't coming in from Western Countries: more confirmation
by Julia Orwell inin talking to sparky the elder today (http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/263862/1/an-elder-called-me-hes-waking-up-and-knew-id-understand-nice-for-him-to-have-a-friend) i found out he did the accounts for our congregation for years.
he said very rarely did the congregation meet its expenses without some well-off brother chipping in a few grand here and there.
the elders would also make up the shortfall.
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My wife is feeling uncomfortable about the NEW LIGHT
by sosoconfused inso my wife is aware that i am totally disillusioned and i am having problems with lots of things.
one day she can see the crap(such as this past watchtower question from readers about ivf... what a pile of insanity.
if someone carries me and my wifes baby i have committed porneia rofl!!!
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If IVF is so bad why did Jehovah allow his "friend" Abraham to deposit his semen in his servant Hagar so he could have a son? Then, Sarah miraculously becomes pregnant...Jehovah's blessing of course. Wouldn't in had made more sense that Jehovah made Sarah fertile in the first place so Abraham wouldn't have to fertilize Hagar?
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Is selling approved stage furniture at inflated prices one of the wt's money making schemes?
by hoser inis selling tables and lecterns for the kingdom hall stage platform part of the money making scheme of the wts?
i have heard this from two different congregations now.
the co rolls into town and says you need new furniture for the platform.
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Lending money to those who donated it in a first place to build a Kingdom Hall that will belong to the Watchtower and getting the sames donators to repay the loan is the ultimate money scheme...
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How do I get them to stop houding me?
by lostinthought ini stopped attending all meetings this summer.
i prefer not to be dfed or to da myself.
i just want to be inactive.
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NVR2L8
Tell them you know how to reach them and that you have not forgotten where the KHall is...but for now you need to be left alone. It worked for me.
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Check this out- JW Car Lot
by itsibitsybrainbutbigenoughtosmellarat inhttp://www.circuitvehicles.com/home/.
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NVR2L8
OTWO, you put to shame a used car salesman! lol
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What do witnesses say to you that it is a sign of great tribulation coming?
by Iamallcool inwhen i was little, some older brother told me there will be a very important annoucement from bethel.
he said it might be start of the great tribulation.
i got so worried.
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NVR2L8
More earthquakes, fewer alive from the 1914 generation, number of anointed getting smaller, preaching work is almost done, sorry...I out of ideas.
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what if the 1st century christians were "publishers of the good news?"
by nowwhat? in"good day citizen!, we see many people today are concerned that their denari just does'nt go as far as it used to at the market place.
this scroll gives us a hope for the future.
i also have this other scroll that talks about polluted cistern water.
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NVR2L8
In the first century he only way spread any news to the population was to transmit in person. So if you wanted the whole neighbourhood to know something you had to go to their door or to a public meeting place to deliver your message. Today we have the press, radio, TV, the internet...why do JWs still believe door to door preaching is the most efficient way to spread the news is beyond me. I remember being in the territory for a whole day and only speaking to a few people because everyone else were at work and away from home...
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WT Reader
by molybdenum ini just noticed that i am the wt reader for the article " who really is the faithful .
and discreet slave" on sept 29th.. how do you stop yourself from throwing up while reading?
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When I was on my way out I remember looking at the readers' schedule to see what was the study article I was assigned to read...and a few times I switched with another reader because there was no way I could go through with reading something that I wouldn't agree with. I am not very good at keeping a straight face and I am sure everyone would see right through me. One or twice I couldn't switch and my heart started pounding as I stood up to read the paragraphs that contained the b.s. information. I swore to myself I would not ever go through this again.
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needs of the circuit
by hoser inthe circuit overseer ranted on and on today about how parents aren't policing the internet at home good enough.
i guess the kids and teens are on line too much unsupervised and getting into trouble..
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NVR2L8
Usually Bethel draw their Intel from the CO's reports that are filed after they visit with the congregations. He reports what he learned from his meeting with the elders and the issues they had to deal with since his last visit.
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What really happened in 1935?
by justmom inso many of us that were born and raised inside the wtbs remember either reading or studying about the history of the organization in the proclaimers book.. and how in 1935 this so- called new light they announced when they taught about a " a great multitude" coming in, it was then they separated the two classes of sheep that prior to this were one.. because many were coming in and partaking and the number was growing beyond what they had tried to teach as to the remnant and the number decreasing..... they did not know what to do with the increase!.
so, instead of following christs command that " anyone can eat of his body, the true manna and bread from heaven and drink his blood, the true drink and have life within themselves ( holy spirit to anyone not just 144,000) john 6: 48-59.... and that this great crowd can also be in this covenant and benefit from it all... ephesians 2:11-22 1 corinthians 10:1-4 revelation 7:9 &19:1. instead..... " they shut up the kingdom of the heavens before men, they themselves do not go in ( or even want to) and do not permit those on their way in to go either.
" matthew 23:13. .
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