1979 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses, “1978 Service Year Report”

1979 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses, “1978 Service Year Report”

1979 · p.23 · Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York

“There has been an overall 1.4-percent decrease in the number of Kingdom publishers. ... 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.”

Adds: 'a number did not share in giving a witness each month, and others became inactive.'

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