1977 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses, “1976 Service Year Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide”

1977 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses, “1976 Service Year Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide”

1977 · p.23 · Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York

“This year there was a peak of 2,248,390 Kingdom publishers ... In 1975 the peak was 2,179,256. ... the hours were fewer, namely, 359,258,019 hours, to compare with 382,296,208 ... There are not as many pioneer publishers as the year before—114,026 ... to compare with 130,225”

Notes 'some 16,000 fewer pioneers' and that 'some publishers ... did not spend as much time in the field service as formerly'.

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