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Post by Admin on Nov 1, 2023 6:12:34 GMT -5
Later that same day .... Acts 2:41-42- 3000 BaptizedRead Psalms 117 "Now in Jerusalem at the Sheep Gate is a pool called in Hebrew Bethzatha, with five colonnades." - John 5:2
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Post by Admin on Nov 1, 2023 6:15:18 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Nov 1, 2023 6:16:30 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Nov 1, 2023 6:25:24 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Dec 15, 2023 9:22:03 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Dec 15, 2023 9:24:28 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Dec 15, 2023 9:32:15 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Dec 15, 2023 9:32:27 GMT -5
1980: 2,272,278 1990: 4,017,213
| Jehovah's Witness Increase: 1980-2018*
1991-2000 | 2001-2010 | 2002-2016 | 1991: 4,278,820 1992: 4,472,787 1993: 4,709,889 1994: 4,914,094 1995: 5,199,895
| 2001: 6,117,666 2002: 6,304,645 2003: 6,429,351 2004: 6,513,132 2005: 6,613,829 | 2011: 7,659,019 2012: 7,782,346 2013: 7,965,954 2014: 8,201,545 2015: 8,220,105
| 1996: 5,413,769 1997: 5,599,931 1998: 5,888,650 1999: 5,912,492 | 2006: 6,741,444 2007: 6,957,854 2008: 7,124,443 2009: 7,313,173 |
2016: 8,340,847 2017: 8,457,107 2018: 8,579,909
| 2000: 6,035,564 | 2010: 7,508,050 | 2018: 8,579,909 |
*Source:Yearbook of JWs 1981-2018 |
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Post by Admin on Dec 15, 2023 9:33:21 GMT -5
TOP U.S. churches reported in the 2012 Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches: Ranked in order if GROWTH (excluding where no update figures available) Of the 25 major churches in the report, only 6 reported an increase (several provided no updates, so they may have increased but there is no way of confirming this). Of those the churches on the increase the Jehovahs Witnesses ranked 4th. **** The Catholic Church 68,202,492, ranked 1 [ranked 1 in 2011], down 0.44 percent. UPDATE: JW ranked 4th INCREASE{quote} " The Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches statistics listed the Jehovah's Witnesses as the fastest growing Christian group in the US for 4 years in a row (the 2008-2011 Yearbooks). The 2011 Yearbook reported a 4.37% growth rate (based on 2010 membership figures). [...] When adding all percentage figures in the last 4 years, the fastest growing Christian church is the Jehovah's Witnesses with a 10.37% growth rate increase, and the Assemblies of God falls in 2nd place with a 6.74% increase. Most of the other major churches, especially mainline Protestant churches, have consistiently reported decreases in the last 4 years. " Jehovah's Witnesses experienced the greatest growth percentage overall, gaining 4.37 percent according to [the 2011 Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches]"{End Quote} Source: Huffington Post www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/15/report-us-churches-contin_n_823701.html-- Source: National Council of Churches' 2011 Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches -- Source: www.christianpost.com/news/2011-church-membership-southern-baptists-decline-cults-growing-48984/Jehovah's Witnesses experienced the greatest growth percentage overall, gaining 4.37 % according to the yearbook. usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/religion/2011-02-16-church_growth_15_ST_N.htmCONCLUSION: Far from being in decline, Jehovah's Witnesses are, according to the latest available reliable sources the fastest growing CHRISTIAN religion in America. Their growth in other parts of the world (such as Eastern Europe, South America and Africa) is even higher than in America.
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Post by Admin on Dec 15, 2023 9:36:29 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Dec 15, 2023 9:37:38 GMT -5
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