2006 SERVICE REPORT - Feb 1, 2007 WT

I like how they say they spent a whopping $111 million dollars, while taking in 1 billion.

Memorial partakers is a joke, how come the number never changes ??? what was the number last year ?

Over a billion hours in service, for a suppose 250,000 increase, hhhhhmmmmmmmm

No it wasn't ya silly bugger. Pitcairns Island is where the Mutineers ended up. And I looked it up on Wikipedia and I was right! Captain Bligh sailed to Timor in that crappy little boat:

William Bligh FRSRN (9 September1754 – 7 December1817) was an officer of the BritishRoyal Navy and colonial administrator. He is best known for the famous mutiny that occurred against his command, aboard HMAV (His Majesty's Armed Vessel) Bounty and the remarkable voyage he made to Timor, on the Bounty's launch, after being set adrift by the mutineers.

It's true. Gumby pays me $5.00 a month to be his friend. That's $2.00 a month more than what his imaginary friends are getting. I feel soooooooo special!!

It's true and you know what? I don't think they even care that half the hours are all faked. They're like Enron in that respect: as long as they've got some figures on paper, it makes no difference if there's nothing there to back it up. And like Enron, they're screwing those that trust them, out of a life, savings and a decent retirement, all for the greater glory of "the company". Actually my hours used to be pretty accurate......the only time I faked it is when I was pioneering one month. I had 59 hours and I thought "oh screw this" and wrote down "60".

Gumby,

Go for it.  It is the only reason in the whole wide world to be a Witness, and I'm sure you'll spread seeds of discontent carefully, everywhere you go.

There is no other reason to be a JW.

End of story.

Brant

Nos, Mary is like my #1 concubine and we just had a kid named Onan who's gonna carry on my family line since I ain't got any kid gumbies to do so. I ain't even got any daughters either.

Here's our kid

I agree. We've been at 0% here in Canada for the last several years.....I think this is one of the first years the States has had any positive growth. The GB must be shitting bricks. After all, they've tried everything but hold a gun to the R&F's head, and people are still abandonning ship. Not only are people abandonning it, there's virtually no replacements coming in. I think if the day ever comes where the States has a negative growth, that's really going to make some stop and question: why are even bothering?

Cheap porno? You've got the Youth book with you?

BTW....the kid looks like Gumbers, minus the green skin. LOL!

The good report that the apostles came back with had nothing to do with figures, books, mags or hours, rather the good results of the HS on the preaching in general.  Sad how it all is twisted around, God has never been impressed with figures.

Here are my growth projection numbers...

1945 127,478  --------

1946 158,034 19.34%

1947 181,071 12.72%

1948 230,532 21.46%

1949 279,421 17.50%

1950 328,572 14.96%

1951 384,694 14.59%

1952 426,704 9.85%

1953 468,106 8.84%

1954 525,924 10.99%

1955 570,694 7.84%

1956 591,556 3.53%

1957 653,273 9.45%

1958 717,088 8.90%

1959 803,482 10.75%

1960 851,378 5.63%

1961 884,587 3.75%

1962 920,920 3.95%

1963 956,648 3.73%

1964 1,001,870 4.51%

1965 1,034,268 3.13%

1966 1,058,675 2.31%

1967 1,094,280 3.25%

1968 1,155,826 5.32%

1969 1,256,784 8.03%

1970 1,384,782 9.24%

1971 1,510,245 8.31%

1972 1,596,442 5.40%

1973 1,656,673 3.64%

1974 1,880,713 11.91%

1975 2,062,449 8.81%

1976 2,138,537 3.56%

1977 2,117,194 -1.01%

1978 2,086,698 -1.46%

1979 2,097,070 0.49%

1980 2,175,404 3.60%

1981 2,247,486 3.21%

1982 2,347,334 4.25%

1983 2,501,722 6.17%

1984 2,680,274 6.66%

1985 2,865,183 6.45%

1986 3,063,289 6.47%

1987 3,237,751 5.39%

1988 3,430,869 5.63%

1989 3,624,773 5.35%

1990 3,846,811 5.77%

1991 4,071,954 5.53%

1992 4,289,737 5.08%

1993 4,483,900 4.33%

1994 4,695,111 4.50%

1995 4,950,344 5.16%

1996 5,167,258 4.20%

1997 5,353,078 3.47%

1998 5,544,059 3.44%

1999 5,653,987 1.94%

2000 5,783,003 2.23%

2001 5,881,776 1.68%

2002 6,047,997 2.75%

2003 6,184,046 2.20%

2004 6,308,341 1.97%

2005 6,391,500 1.30%

2006 6,455,415 1.00%    <--- I was off by 0.6% or 36,029 

2007 6,513,514 0.90%

2008 6,552,595 0.60%

2009 6,578,805 0.40%

2010 6,587,029 0.13%

2011 6,567,268 -0.30%

2012 6,534,431 -0.50%

2013 6,488,690 -0.70%

2014 6,423,803 -1.00%

2015 6,340,294 -1.30%

2016 6,245,190 -1.50%

2017 6,139,021 -1.70%

2018 6,016,241 -2.00%

2019 5,877,867 -2.30%

2020 5,725,043 -2.60%

2021 5,564,742 -2.80%

2022 5,397,799 -3.00%

2023 5,219,672 -3.30%

2024 5,036,983 -3.50%

Something I find very odd is that the report says 2005 had 6,390,022 Average publishers, yet the data I have says 6,391,500.

Did I get the data wrong or did the WTS change or revise their original report?  Does anyone have the Feb 1, 2005 WT to confirm?  I checked the WTCD but it does not contain the 2005 Service Year Report.

Elsewhere, I tend to agree with your projection, except for one group of years.  Expect a spike around 2011 - 2015.  Wierdos will be in full force about the Mayan calendar ending in 2012 and then you have the 100 year anniversary of 1914 just on the backside of that.  2015 expect the decline to pick up once again.

Just something to consider...

Anyone else notice that 10% of all the witnesses in the world are in Mexico?

truthsetsonefree,

... and that person was probably a relative.