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Timekeepers no more, rank-and-file Jehovah s Witnesses say goodbye to tracking proselytizing hours

Timekeepers no more, rank-and-file Jehovah s Witnesses say goodbye to tracking proselytizing hours
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Jehovah s Witnesses no longer tracking proselytizing hours | National & World News

Jehovah’s Witnesses are well-known for proselytizing door-to-door and handing out their literature. Since 1920, their adherents have been required to report to their congregation’s leaders how many hours they put into such ministry. In a historic shift, that practice ended this month for rank-and-file adherents. Samuel Herd, a member of the denomination’s Governing Body, announced the policy change to applause at the October annual meeting of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, a legal entity of the Jehovah s Witnesses. Hourly reports once were a key metric for a congregation’s spiritual vitality and a factor in deciding who rose to leadership. Former adherents tell of pressure to meet these quotas and guilt when they didn’t.

United statesYork havenNew yorkMitch melinJarrod lopesMartin haughTract society of pennsylvaniaGoverning bodyWatch tower bibleTract societyChuck gheeGreat tribulation

Jehovah s Witnesses no longer tracking proselytizing hours

Jehovah’s Witnesses are well-known for proselytizing door-to-door and handing out their literature. Since 1920, their adherents have been required to report to their congregation’s leaders how many hours they put into such ministry. In a historic shift, that practice ended this month for rank-and-file adherents. Samuel Herd, a member of the denomination’s Governing Body, announced the policy change to applause at the October annual meeting of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, a legal entity of the Jehovah s Witnesses. Hourly reports once were a key metric for a congregation’s spiritual vitality and a factor in deciding who rose to leadership. Former adherents tell of pressure to meet these quotas and guilt when they didn’t.

United statesYork havenNew yorkMitch melinJarrod lopesMartin haughTract society of pennsylvaniaGoverning bodyWatch tower bibleTract societyChuck gheeGreat tribulation

Jehovah s Witnesses say goodbye to tracking proselytizing hours

Jehovah's Witnesses are well-known for proselytizing door-to-door and handing out their literature on city streets. Less known to the general public, their adherents have been required for the past century to make regular reports to their congregation's leaders on how many hours they put into such m

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Jehovahs Witnesses Policy Changes

A woman shares Jehovah s Witnesses literature with a passerby in downtown Pittsburgh on Monday, Nov. 13, 2023. Jehovah s Witnesses regularly distribute literature in public places and do door-to-door evangelism, but

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