1978 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses, “1977 Service Year Report”
“Kingdom preaching activity from 216 countries ... reached a peak of 2,223,538 publishers. This was a decrease when compared with the year 1976.”
First worldwide year-on-year decline in peak publishers in the post-war era.
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Provenance and verification note for 1978 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses, 1977 Service Year Report
Confidence note. Opened on wol; page marker 32.
Corroborated by. src-yb-1979-00-p23-1978-report
Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-yb-1978-00-p32-1977-report