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  Why a drop of over 3,700 publishers in the Democratic Republic of Congo?

  by freddo in

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  2. friends

  looking at the figures for 2014 to 2015 the numbers have dropped from 180,343 to 176,585.. any idea why?.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  After I got home from work, I looked at the last few years 'average publishers' for Congo DR:

  year	average publishers	percent increase
  2010	151,842
  2011	161,298	6.2%
  2012	163,349	1.3%
  2013	174,687	6.9%
  2014	180,343	3.2%
  2015	176,585	-2.1%
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  Why a drop of over 3,700 publishers in the Democratic Republic of Congo?

  by freddo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  looking at the figures for 2014 to 2015 the numbers have dropped from 180,343 to 176,585.. any idea why?.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  I was looking at the figures last night and it looks more like the 2014 figures were overstated. I question the accuracy of their totals from year to year.
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  Did others experience this on the ministry or among JWs generally?

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  sometimes it's hard to know if our own experience of jws was typical and what features were peculiar to our own area or the individual jws we knew personally.

  i was wondering if others experienced this among jws:.

  a few times on the ministry, when we were working wealthy areas with large houses, some brothers and sisters would make the comment that they look forward to taking ownership of one of these big houses after armageddon, when the worldly people have vacated them.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  I heard similar statements. It always struck me as stupid, even when I was in.
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  1930s Vertical Phonograph for Bethelites and Pioneers- of passing interest.

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just thought this might be of passing interest to a few members.

  we were unpacking some estate items from a 1930s bethelite and were confounded by his vertical phonograph.

  lots of old rutherford books, and some trashed rutherford records, but the phonograph was something to behold.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  Funny, I had a family member in Bethel in the '70's, and he had a way of getting to know the older Bethelites. A couple of his friends were John? Kurzin and his brother Russ Kurzin. John was an inventor, and was the designer of the phonograph. He was one of the few Bethelites at the time who had a car. He held several patents and had some income from the auto industry. Both John and Russ were very nice and pleasant people.
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  Who are the "Inactive"?

  by thereishope in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this was my starting point in this journey of rediscovery, and i've made great strides, but here i am again asking the same question.

  all this talk re the rc and the shunning of the inactive ones.

  there is no announcement made obviously about "shun sister so-and-so, as she is inactive.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  I have not reported time in years but still attend a few times a month for family reasons. I am not df or da. Does this mean they won't talk to me when I go to the hall?
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  slimboyfat joins the Mormons!

  by slimboyfat in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i know that some people on the board have experience of being mormons, so i would be interested in your feedback.

  at church this afternoon it was an uncanny experience.

  in the past i've read a lot about mormons, so i thought i was prepared in general for what it would be like.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  I think it's hilarious that they believe Christ came and preached to the native Americans. Too funny.
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  Has Robert Ciranko replaced Don Adams as president of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania ?

  by EdenOne in

  1. social
  2. current

  robert ciranko has been a "helper" of the governing body in the writing department.. don adams (born 1925, presumably 91 years old now) has been president of the wtbts since 2000. .

  however, in recent official posts (april 2016), robert ciranko is identified as "president of the watch tower".

  does anybody know what happened and if this is an official change?.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  We had a circuit overseer some 20 years ago by the name of Dick Ciranko. Same person? Or a relative?
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  Why a drop of over 3,700 publishers in the Democratic Republic of Congo?

  by freddo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  looking at the figures for 2014 to 2015 the numbers have dropped from 180,343 to 176,585.. any idea why?.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  Some African countries have serious communication problems. It is common for the branch to not get reports for 3 months or more. And then get all the reports at once. I am told that is true in Congo DR.
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  Bethel downsizing is still coming

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i spoke with a bethelite (non-us) last week who says that a 20-25% downsize is coming at their bethel in the fall of 2016. this is in addition to the cutbacks of 2015. more will be sent out 'to the field'..

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  The OP refers to an African Bethel
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  Bethel downsizing is still coming

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i spoke with a bethelite (non-us) last week who says that a 20-25% downsize is coming at their bethel in the fall of 2016. this is in addition to the cutbacks of 2015. more will be sent out 'to the field'..

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  I spoke with a Bethelite (non-US) last week who says that a 20-25% downsize is coming at their Bethel in the fall of 2016. This is in addition to the cutbacks of 2015. More will be sent out 'to the field'.