Increase

[New World Explorer]

I am reviewing JW figures and statistics from 2017

Sometimes we feel that personally we do not contribute much to the worldwide growth of publishers and yet the "figures" are just amazing!

 

We had total of 284,212 baptized last year

That's 778.6 publishers a day or 7 congregations added daily.

 

Mexico is on fire... 32.408 baptized last year ...that's 88 publishers daily , so again almost a congregation a day.

 

Happy to see amazing growth

 

[paulc]

Hey Greg, the numbers are great! Makes me want to get out even more. Very encouraging.

[GrumpysWife]

Thank you Greg. Wonderful post. 

[1MKnight]

I did the math a year or so ago and I got this:

7,499 hours & 3 min - of total preaching time per every new baptism.

Avg number of hours per publisher per month: 20

Avg number of hours per publisher per year: 243

It takes an average of 30 publishers preaching an average of 20 hours a month to yield one newly baptized person.

 

Even if it seems like the hours we put in are insignificant compared to the 7,500 required to get someone baptized, we are all out going door to door, filtering. You just never know which one of us is going to fin the next sheep.  Think of how much longer it would take to find someone if all the people who've never studied with someone to baptism decided not to go preaching. That number would more than double! AND we'd have less people to do it. We all play an important part of the ingathering. Even if we never study with someone or get them to the point of baptism, we are part of the process of in-gathering and filtering.

[Staypositiveto]

I love how you explained the work we do in number terms. For me it enhances the scripture where it says “I planted , Apollos watered but God makes it grow.” A little water from everyone nourishes the mind and hearts of the righteously disposed ones. I see because of a combined effort we make our organization beuatifuly attractive so as to draw these ones to Jehovah. We are like an army. All hands are needed to achieve the objective. Our abjective to search out the sheep letting them know Where they can find Jehovah.

I GET IT :))

[thebluebaron]

In the 2013 yearbook, we averaged 224.7hrs per publisher.

 

Whereas our 2017 totals revealed, 241.9hrs per publisher. Around 10% increase, Jehovah is speeding it up!