1980 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses, “1979 Service Year Report”
“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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Provenance and verification note for 1980 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses, 1979 Service Year Report
Confidence note. Opened on wol; page marker 12.
Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-yb-1980-00-p12-1979-report