{"id":2940,"date":"2018-01-01T13:47:56","date_gmt":"2018-01-01T13:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/news\/2018\/01\/01\/jehovahs-witnesses-2017-grand-totals\/"},"modified":"2018-01-01T13:47:56","modified_gmt":"2018-01-01T13:47:56","slug":"jehovahs-witnesses-2017-grand-totals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/jehovahs-witnesses-2017-grand-totals\/","title":{"rendered":"Jehovah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Witnesses 2017 Grand Totals"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul style=\"margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px; border: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; font-family: 'Helvetica Light', Helvetica, 'Droid Sans', Arial, 'Arial Unicode MS', sans-serif; font-size: 14px\">\n<li style=\"margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; list-style-image: url(''..\/images\/list_roundDkGray.png'')\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsnffrgf-a.akamaihd.net\/assets\/m\/502016131\/univ\/art\/502016131_univ_sqr_xl.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" align=\"right\" \/>\n<p id=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\" class=\"p2 disableActiveState jsHasHighlightListener\">Branches of Jehovah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Witnesses: 90<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; list-style-image: url(''..\/images\/list_roundDkGray.png'')\">\n<p id=\"p3\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\" class=\"p3 disableActiveState jsHasHighlightListener\">Number of Lands Reporting: 240<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; list-style-image: url(''..\/images\/list_roundDkGray.png'')\">\n<p id=\"p4\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\" class=\"p4 disableActiveState jsHasHighlightListener\">Total Congregations: 120,053<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; list-style-image: url(''..\/images\/list_roundDkGray.png'')\">\n<p id=\"p5\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\" class=\"p5 disableActiveState jsHasHighlightListener\">Worldwide Memorial Attendance: 20,175,477<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; list-style-image: url(''..\/images\/list_roundDkGray.png'')\">\n<p id=\"p6\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\" class=\"p6 disableActiveState jsHasHighlightListener\">Memorial Partakers Worldwide: 18,564<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; list-style-image: url(''..\/images\/list_roundDkGray.png'')\">\n<p id=\"p7\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\" class=\"p7 disableActiveState jsHasHighlightListener\">Peak of Publishers<span style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; width: 0px; font-size: 0px; position: absolute\" class=\"refID\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"footnoteLink jsHasModalListener jsNoScroll\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jw.org\/en\/publications\/books\/2017-service-year-report\/2017-grand-totals\/#footnote1\">*<\/a>: 8,457,107<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; list-style-image: url(''..\/images\/list_roundDkGray.png'')\">\n<p id=\"p8\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\" class=\"p8 disableActiveState jsHasHighlightListener\">Average Publishers Preaching Each Month: 8,248,982<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; list-style-image: url(''..\/images\/list_roundDkGray.png'')\">\n<p id=\"p9\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\" class=\"p9 disableActiveState jsHasHighlightListener\">Percentage of Increase Over 2016: 1.4<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; list-style-image: url(''..\/images\/list_roundDkGray.png'')\">\n<p id=\"p10\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\" class=\"p10 disableActiveState jsHasHighlightListener\">Total Number Baptized<span style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; width: 0px; font-size: 0px; position: absolute\" class=\"refID\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"footnoteLink jsHasModalListener jsNoScroll\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jw.org\/en\/publications\/books\/2017-service-year-report\/2017-grand-totals\/#footnote2\">*<\/a>: 284,212<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; list-style-image: url(''..\/images\/list_roundDkGray.png'')\">\n<p id=\"p11\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\" class=\"p11 disableActiveState jsHasHighlightListener\">Average Pioneer<span style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; width: 0px; font-size: 0px; position: absolute\" class=\"refID\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"footnoteLink jsHasModalListener jsNoScroll\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jw.org\/en\/publications\/books\/2017-service-year-report\/2017-grand-totals\/#footnote3\">*<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0Publishers Each Month: 1,249,946<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; list-style-image: url(''..\/images\/list_roundDkGray.png'')\">\n<p id=\"p12\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\" class=\"p12 disableActiveState jsHasHighlightListener\">Average Auxiliary Pioneer Publishers Each Month: 439,571<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; list-style-image: url(''..\/images\/list_roundDkGray.png'')\">\n<p id=\"p13\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\" class=\"p13 disableActiveState jsHasHighlightListener\">Total Hours Spent in Field: 2,046,000,202<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; list-style-image: url(''..\/images\/list_roundDkGray.png'')\">\n<p id=\"p14\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\" class=\"p14 disableActiveState jsHasHighlightListener\">Average Bible Studies<span style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; width: 0px; font-size: 0px; position: absolute\" class=\"refID\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"footnoteLink jsHasModalListener jsNoScroll\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jw.org\/en\/publications\/books\/2017-service-year-report\/2017-grand-totals\/#footnote4\">*<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0Each Month: 10,071,524<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"p15\" style=\"margin: 1.25em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-family: 'Helvetica Light', Helvetica, 'Droid Sans', Arial, 'Arial Unicode MS', sans-serif; font-size: 14px\" class=\"p15 disableActiveState jsHasHighlightListener\">During the 2017 service year,<span style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; width: 0px; font-size: 0px; position: absolute\" class=\"refID\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"footnoteLink jsHasModalListener jsNoScroll\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jw.org\/en\/publications\/books\/2017-service-year-report\/2017-grand-totals\/#footnote5\">*<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0Jehovah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Witnesses spent over $202\u00c2\u00a0million in caring for special pioneers, missionaries, and circuit overseers in their field service assignments. Worldwide, a total of 19,730 ordained ministers staff the branch facilities. All are members of the Worldwide Order of Special Full-Time Servants of Jehovah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Witnesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Branches of Jehovah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Witnesses: 90 Number of Lands Reporting: 240 Total Congregations: 120,053 Worldwide Memorial Attendance: 20,175,477 Memorial Partakers Worldwide: 18,564 Peak of Publishers\u00c2\u00a0*: 8,457,107 Average Publishers Preaching Each Month: 8,248,982 Percentage of Increase Over&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2940\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}