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For all former Bethelites - Does there exist a map of Bethel NY?
by truthseeker ini was just reading whatsitsnames post, the 4 parter - wow what a story!.
and then i got to thinking does there exist a map of bethel, with all its buildings?
i am not talking about the farms or walkill.. are new bethelites given a map of bethel with all its rooms, stories and underground tunnels?.
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What changes have resulted from the Society's reorganizing in 2000?
by truthseeker innearly 3 years ago, the gb members resigned from their positions as directors of the organization, to concentrate more fully on the good news and allow them to keep pace with growth.
the article below, which many of you have read before, is interesting as many of the things mentioned in it seem to be happening now, particularly the lawsuits.. http://www.watchman.org/jw/jwreorg.htm.
jehovah's witnesses reorganize the watchtower society.
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For current/former elders & CO's - A day in the life of a service report
by truthseeker inthis question is especially directed at those who dealed with field service reports.
i have yet to read a post which describes in detail the life cycle of one of these annoying slips of paper.. so.... at the end of the month, we put our fake hours into the box at the back of the hall or give them to the congregation book study conductor overseer.
who is responsible for tabulating the hours/books/rv's etc.
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Watchtower Centennial edition 7/1/79- 1879-1979 Keeping Watch for 100 Years
by truthseeker ini recently 'stumbled' on an old wt magazine from 1979. it's been ages since i've seen an old 2 color copy of this magazine.. it just happened to be their centennial issue, the july 1st edition.. the cover title is.... 1879 - 1979. keeping watch for 100 years.
any of you old timers remember it?
anyway, here's some info.... .
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Younger generation lnot reaching out and quitting the truth
by truthseeker ini was recently reading some old posts, when i came acoss one of maximus' posts about children leaving the truth.. link is here for anyone who wants to read it... http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/10417/1.ashx .
it has been roughly two years since the last post on this.
any ideas as to the percentage of children/young adults leaving?
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Organized To Accomplish Our Ministry - what happened to this book?
by truthseeker ini have a question for you all.
why has there been so little mention of the organized to accomplish our ministry book?.
for those of you that remember, the book is green with gold letters.
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Sep Km 2003 - Reduce labor?
by truthseeker in"god kept making it grow.
" how thrilling it has been to see the growth in the united states field!.
during the 2003 service year, over 70,000 new bible studies were started.
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USA JW statistics: Publishers up, Pioneeers down
by truthseeker init is evident that publishers are growing in the us branch, but pioneers have not kept pace.. consider the km reports from january this year:.
2002/03 service year (pubs include all pioneers).
sep - pubs: 971,346 pioneers: 88,341. oct - pubs: 972,450 pioneers: 91,101. nov - pubs: 973,067 pioneers: 89,083. dec - pubs: 895,241 pioneers: 90,654. jan - pubs: 986,419 pioneers: 89,325. feb - pubs: 983,963 pioneers: 89,251. mar - pubs: 1,003,431 pioneers: 87,878. apr - pubs: 991,499 pioneers: 87,377. may - pubs: 992,412 pioneers: 86,884. jun - pubs: 963,000 pioneers: 84,900. figures for jun are approximates as i only glanced at the sep km and do not have it yet.. but there is a clear indication that despite all the talks to do more and pioneer, and the aug km talk on.
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contribution boxes, speakers with x yrs of service and emotional inducement
by truthseeker inat the district convention i attended, i had an excellent view of the stage.
especially those contribution boxes.
every so often, paticularly near the end of the morning and afternoon sessions, those sisters were doing the contribution box walk.
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When lifesaving information is witheld...
by truthseeker indo any of you have the watchtower 2001 cd-rom?
you may notice that when you install for the first time, this is what appears in the pop-up window..... dear brothers:.
we are happy to provide for jehovah's witnesses a new version of watchtower library.