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On 7/8/2018 at 12:45 AM, James Thomas Rook Jr. said:

This afternoon (Saturday) was our weekend meeting, and the public speaker said that at the Orangeburg, SC Assembly last weekend it was said that the Brotherhood had dropped to 7,500,000 worldwide.

It was my impression that we were at somewhere around 8.2 million, and growing.

That means (if true) that even with several BILLION HOURS of public witnessing .... there was a net LOSS of 700,000 JWs.

So, have we actually had that much decrease, and does anybody have any "official" numbers to verify what I heard today from the platform?

... perhaps it is possible.

If we take in consideration growing number of disfellowshiped and dissociated people, generational departure of old members due to natural death, weak pronatality policy of the organization, children that hesitate to be baptized, and of course famous worldwide persecution of JW members that ended in death. 

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Wait a minute! Oh... nevermind.... we already got rid of the song "Theocracy's Increase"....... new light. Continue on.

So for decades where we were told that our worldwide increase was PROOF of Jehovah's Blessing.... This would then be PROOF of what exactly? Or am I just being too picky?

James Thomas Rook The service year has not concluded. I seriously doubt that any information within a regional convention would have the results for next year totals. This year totals are posted

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On 7/22/2018 at 5:27 PM, James Thomas Rook Jr. said:

do you actually think Abraham, Jesus, and the 12 Apostles would ACTUALLY agree with things like Caleb and Sophia teaching children biblical morality, and the "Overlapping Generations" doctrine,

Can't think for Jesus and the 12 Apostles, but I am sure Jesus will put a stop to anything he's not cool with in due time.

As for Abraham, I wonder how much influence he had in teaching Jacob about sheep breeding? Gen30:37-42. I am sure he will be as interested in our "six honest serving men" as we will be in his.

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On 7/23/2018 at 4:39 PM, Gone Away said:

As for Abraham, I wonder how much influence he had in teaching Jacob about sheep breeding? Gen30:37-42. I am sure he will be as interested in our "six honest serving men" as we will be in his.

I myself  wonder,  if when Able was offering his sacrifices of roasted sheep or goats to Jehovah,  if they had invented anything like Bar-B-Que sauce, or had potato salad and cole slaw back then.

Remember that after the Jews offered bar-b-qued sheep on the alter of Jehovah, that they were allowed to eat what Jehovah did not, and even sell it in the meat market.

Think about it!

 

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Late 2016 to early 2017 they were 8.3 million adherents and as time progresses they went on to 8.34 million adherents. As we speak as of 2018, they have increased to 8.45 million adherents and growing still.

Granted on how mainstream Christianity is on a rapid decline, Christian minorities have increased in numbers, which also includes the Jehovah's Witnesses.

Islam has also increased by a larger percentage and may in the coming years, and or perhaps months, surpass that of mainstream Christendom, since mid 2015, mainstream Christendom has been on a rapid decline around the globe, even even bigger in the EU and Asian countries while Islam is more dominant in the majority of the EU.

In the US, mainstream Christendom is declining even faster and the common White American Christian has also declined too.

Also there has been a study that only 4% of young people to young adults actually read the bible while the rest is.... meh.... There has also been churches being closed now, not relocated sold and or moved, just shut down completely. Elsewhere we even have some pastors trying to maintain converts by integrating bars and or yoga fitness areas inside a church, that is pretty much breaking what a church and or congregation even means, perhaps next they will have cross-fit for Jesus session inside the church if they feel like it.

There are other numbers, these things can be looked up in articles from 2015 to now.

And guess who the churches are blaming? These guys:

how-millennial-are-you-2-22003-147337188

 

They did kill off Toys R Us after all.

 

That being said, that is what mainstream Christianity gets for teaching that God became a man when the bible says God cannot be a man, or teaching that Jesus is God when the Bible says Jesus is the Son of God - it was bound to happen and the breaking point was mid 2015.

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FOXNEWS FLASH!!! :

July 28, 2018  5:50PM EDST;

I had reported earlier that the Brother who told me he heard that membership had dropped to 7,500,000 was going to check with the Branch Office,  to see if that figure was correct, and this afternoon he told be he did in fact check, and the folks at the Branch told him (of course) that the Speakers at the Assembly are only allowed to state what is on the outline for each part on the program ... so the Branch guy checked the outline, and according to that, there are 8.5 BILLION people on planet Earth, now ..... and 8.5 MILLION Jehovah's Witnesses.

According to the Branch representative, the closing speaker at the Assembly used the wrong figure of 7,500,000, twice, as reported to me by a local Elder.

I suppose only a recording of the session could resolve what was really said.

 

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@James Thomas Rook Jr. The 7,500,000 may be an error on their part, but the 8.45 million adherents is accurate as of late and it is still going up. Around 2019 probably, they may be near the 9 million mark,as for groups outside of the Christendom minority, that may be at an all time low and the numbers for adherents for this faith may most likely go up faster.

 

That being said, Fox News?! I am not a fan of them at all, but the small snippet of respect I have is for one person there, be it at times agree/disagree with him in some cases, and that is Tucker Carlson. As for the rest of the Fox troop, they make Alex Jones look like a saint.

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On 7/28/2018 at 10:51 PM, James Thomas Rook Jr. said:

the closing speaker at the Assembly used the wrong figure of 7,500,000, twice, as reported to me by a local Elder.

Absolutely well done @James Thomas Rook Jr. for getting clarity on this. Thanks a lot for perservering and for publishing! That's why I read your posts,  despite the wasabi flavouring

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