jehovah's witnesses are purportedly 'active' in 240 'lands', quite a remarkable feat for a planet with only about 200 sovereign states (206 if you count all that are recognised by at least one un member, of which jws are present in 166).
more than half of all jws worldwide are in just 10 countries.
over 90% are in 45 countries.. to achieve this mathematical miracle, various places that are not separate countries are counted as 'lands'.. tahiti is counted as a separate 'land' though it is part of the society islands, which is part of french polynesia, which is part of... france.
For comparison, this is taken from the SDA 2014 Statistics: (notice "recognized" by the UN and Languages)
| Countries and Areas of the World as Recognized by the United Nations | 237 |
| Countries and Areas of the World in Which Seventh-day Adventist Work is Established | 216 |
| Languages Used in Seventh-day Adventist Publications and Oral Work | 947 |
my name is eric hendrickson.
i have been on a journey led by the holy spirit which has brought to this point that has allowed for me to open the seventh seal and understand god's master plan.
i am the lion from the lost tribe of judah who has come to the world and be the messiah king.
think the early 80's.
one of the most important events in watchtower history was the release of crisis of conscience by former governing body member f. franz.
slow distribution of this "apostate" book lead to a minor loss of members.
the 2016 yearbook is now on the official site.
pdf.
it has been added to the archive of all prior yearbooks.
the 2016 yearbook is now on the official site.
pdf.
it has been added to the archive of all prior yearbooks.
this has probably been touched on before but i thought i would mention it again.
the problem i have with all the redundant bethelites.
they were virtually getting free labour.
aged 18 to 30 can mostly work harder than people aged 40
Key word "can". You haven't spent much time at "bethel" ;)
this is a great video.
i think it's his best work so far.
everything you ever wanted to know about 607 in 30 minutes.
it has to be starting to fade somehow.
the very last time i went out in field service, hardly any were out.
maybe just about nine people were out and man if you could just see their faces.
"I do what I'm supposed to do just to keep them away from me."
This is exactly what is happening and I commented on it yesterday in relation to young and middle age "brothers" not interested anymore in going out for ms or elder.
ok, at our recent assembly, i noticed that there were quite a lot of brothers wearing beards.
not just the older dudes, but right across a range of ages, young men, middle aged men and older men.
is watchtower beginning to relax this rule at last?
let me begin by stating that i have no insider information, this is merely my observation.
i believe that some time ago in watchtower land, somebody at hq posed these questions (probably an outside consultant because i don't think the gb is this hip): .
what would happen if we cut in half the average age of the responsible brothers in the organization?
