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From November 2023 congregation publishers were 'no longer … asked to report all their activity in the ministry', a change announced at the annual meeting of 7 October 2023.

Claim ID claim-doctrine-field-service-report-2023Concerns 1 November 2023Explicit statement
Explicit statement · 1 November 2023 Verified

From November 2023 congregation publishers were 'no longer … asked to report all their activity in the ministry', a change announced at the annual meeting of 7 October 2023. The Watchtower (study edition), May 2024JW Broadcasting — 2024 Governing Body Update #1, 26 January 2024

The organisation’s position or later explanation: 'although we've changed the way we report our activity, we haven't changed the way we view the ministry itself' (2024 GB Update #1).

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Primary JW publication Verified

The Watchtower (study edition), “Let Love Motivate You to Keep Preaching! (Study Article 20)”

May 2024 · pp.14-19 · par. 1 (p. 14) and footnote a · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“We also learned that as of November 2023, Kingdom publishers would no longer be asked to report all their activity in the ministry.”

Footnote a: 'The annual meeting was held on October 7, 2023, at the Newburgh Assembly Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in New York, U.S.A. The entire program was later presented on JW Broadcasting—Part 1 in November 2023 and Part 2 in January 2024.'

Official source

Provenance and verification note

Confidence note. Opened on wol.jw.org; wording and page confirmed.

Corroborated by. src-gbu-2024-0126-update1-report

Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-w-2024-0500-study20-report

Primary JW publication Verified

JW Broadcasting — 2024 Governing Body Update #1, “2024 Governing Body Update #1 (official English subtitles)”

26 January 2024 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“At the recent annual meeting, we learned that as of last November, we'd no longer be submitting a detailed field service report. That was a big change, wasn't it?”

Discussion of how the reporting change affects personal goals.

Official source Scan of original

Provenance and verification note

Confidence note. Official subtitle text read.

Scan provenance. Official subtitle file (naturalKey docid-1112024002_E_1_VIDEO).

Corroborated by. src-w-2024-0500-study20-report

Notes. Administrative procedure change effective 1 Nov 2023 (per w24.05).

Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-gbu-2024-0126-update1-report

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