O máximo de publicadores subiu de 2.179.256 (1975) para 2.248.390 (1976), e depois caiu para 2.223.538 (1977) e 2.182.341 (1978); a média de publicadores caiu de 2.117.194 (1977) para 2.086.698 (1978), os batismos caíram de 295.073 (1975) para 95.052 (1978), e o Anuário de 1979 relatou 29.893 desassociações em 1978.
Claim ID claim-authority-1975-1978-publisher-declineConcerns 1978Resultado
A posição da organização ou explicação posterior: O Anuário de 1979 atribuiu a queda ao fato de alguns não participarem 'in giving a witness each month', de outros terem se tornado inativos e de a fé estar sendo 'tested'.
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1976 · pp.3-32 · pp. 22-23 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
“reached a peak of 2,179,256, which is 157,824 more than the number of those advertising God’s kingdom last year [p. 22] … total up to 2,062,449 publishers, on an average … 295,073 individuals [baptised] … On March 27, 1975 … 4,925,643 persons gathered [p. 23]”
1975 service year (Sept 1974–Aug 1975): peak 2,179,256; average 2,062,449; baptised 295,073; Memorial attendance 4,925,643.
1 de janeiro de 1977 · pp.17-25 · par. 9 (p. 19) · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
“The peak number of Kingdom proclaimers world wide increased to 2,248,390. A fine total of 196,656 newly dedicated persons were baptized … Although their activity dropped off 23,000,000 hours world wide”
1976 service year: peak up, baptisms down from 295,073 to 196,656, hours down 23 million.
1978 · pp.3-32 · p. 32 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
“Kingdom preaching activity from 216 countries under the supervision of 96 branches reached a peak of 2,223,538 publishers. This was a decrease when compared with the year 1976.”
First reported year-on-year fall in peak publishers after 1975. The Watchtower 1 January 1978 p. 23 repeats the 2,223,538 figure.
1979 · pp.3-32 · p. 23 (publisher figures); p. 31 (disfellowshipping figure) · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
“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. [p. 23] … 29,893 were disfellowshiped last year. [p. 31]”
1978 service year: second consecutive decline; 95,052 baptised; the yearbook acknowledges 'an overall 1.4-percent decrease in the number of Kingdom publishers'.
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