El máximo de publicadores en todo el mundo bajó de 2.248.390 (año de servicio de 1976) a 2.223.538 (1977) y 2.182.341 (1978); el Anuario de 1979 informó de «una disminución general del 1,4 por ciento» en el promedio de publicadores (2.086.698 frente a 2.117.194) y de que «otros pasaron a ser inactivos». El Anuario de 1977 ya había señalado unos 16.000 precursores menos y 23 millones de horas menos que en 1975. El Anuario de 1980 informa de aumentos en 1979 «aunque no grandes» en países como Estados Unidos y Gran Bretaña, y de un repunte en Nigeria y Filipinas «tras unos años de descensos en el número de Testigos en esos países».
Claim ID claim-predictions-1976-1978-publisher-declineConcerns 1978Resultado
La posición de la organización o su explicación posterior: Los anuarios atribuyen el descenso a «varios factores» y a que algunos no informaban cada mes; Proclamadores, pág. 633, dice que «el número de los que desertaron fue relativamente pequeño».
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1977 · p.23 · Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York
“This year there was a peak of 2,248,390 Kingdom publishers ... In 1975 the peak was 2,179,256. ... the hours were fewer, namely, 359,258,019 hours, to compare with 382,296,208 ... There are not as many pioneer publishers as the year before—114,026 ... to compare with 130,225”
Notes 'some 16,000 fewer pioneers' and that 'some publishers ... did not spend as much time in the field service as formerly'.
1979 · p.23 · Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York
“There has been an overall 1.4-percent decrease in the number of Kingdom publishers. ... there were 2,086,698, on the average, who shared in making known the 'good news' compared with 2,117,194 the year before. The peak number of publishers came to 2,182,341, which is also below that of last year.”
Adds: 'a number did not share in giving a witness each month, and others became inactive.'
1980 · pp.11-12 · Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York
“After a few years of decreases in the number of Witnesses in these lands, recent months have seen a definite upswing. ... It was also happifying to see increases this year, though not large, in such lands as the United States and Great Britain.”
The sentence concerns Nigeria and the Philippines ('the reports from such lands as Nigeria and the Philippines. After a few years of decreases in the number of Witnesses in these lands, recent months have seen a definite upswing'), and the following sentence concerns the United States and Great Britain; it is not a worldwide statement and the narrative gives no worldwide peak figure.
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