"bible studies" on the road.
How often, while pounding the pavement, did you get let into homes to have "bible sudies?" Today my JW daughter described it that way. She made it sound quite pleasant. She also said, "It's no...
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Believe it or not, some people actually had a few bible studies. For the short time that I pioneered (which at the time meant going door to door 90 hours a month, I had 2 studies. I have to admit now...
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As far as often you have to go preaching, everyone is urged to do AT LEAST 10 hours a month of preaching.
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I don't mean to show my age but BACK IN MY DAY Pioneers had to do 100 hours a month. It was considered a 'privilege' to be a 'Pioneer' and you had to get approval from the elders to even apply. The...
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Anyone else remember starting really early by putting a magazine in a phone booth or other and then driving half an hour to the KH - your time being counted because you had 'started'...that was so...
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In the nearly 30 years I was a JW I only ever had one Bible study with a person and that was passed on to me by a brother who was moving away. I soon realsied that he was an elderly guy who was just...
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I pioneered for 7 years when it was 1000 hours a year and then another 5 years when it went down to 70 a month. I was so pathetic that when the hours went down I was a bit disapointed?! I guess it...
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i feel as though a long and loved friendship was all over her getting her time in. i noticed that once i myself became publisher and our studies weren't as frequent we didn't hang out as much if at...
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Oh, dear. I'm so sorry... What's a pioneer? (A newbie?) Auxilliary? Publisher? I already don't know what an elder is. (I assume it's similar to elders in other churches. They do everything but preach,...
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A pioneer is a JW's that leads a "perfect" JW life. They have to put in a certain amount of hours in "field service" which is the knocking on doors to convert someone. The WTBTS even keeps a monthly...
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Willetfel wrote: Anyone else remember starting really early by putting a magazine in a phone booth or other and then driving half an hour to the KH - your time being counted because you had...
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The donation arrangement happened after Jimmy Swaggart lost a case in court where his ministries were required to start paying tax on and import duties on all that they sold. The JW's knew if they...
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lara, unless things have changed, I don't think you have to be baptized to be a publisher. You just have to undergo some questions or something to make sure you understand enough in order to explain...
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What was I thinking...DUH! You are right xeracia...you can be an un-baptised publisher.
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Hehehe Ok wasn't exactly for sure...thought I might be going senile early here.
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You actually HAVE to be a publisher before you get baptised. I think it's dishonest how when they decided to start the donation system, they said it was because it would make the publications...
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nahhhh...you aren't going senile. I just had a brain burp...
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