Tell them what time is better for you
2007-05-18 04:03:53 · 27 answers · asked by debbie2243 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In most parts of the United States, each congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses has a daily "meeting for field service" at either 9:am or 9:30am. They discuss a daily text, review a few points concerning the ministry, assign partners and territories, and then pray for holy spirit. In most places, Witnesses approach their first doors at either 9:30am or 10:am.
The United States branch office of Jehovah's Witnesses recommends that local congregations do not plan to call at homes earlier than 9:am, unless there is a prior appointment. When unhappy householders complain that "Jehovah's Witnesses" call at unreasonable times of the day, the householders should perhaps ask themselves exactly why they believe it must have been genuine Witnesses who knocked or rang the doorbell.
Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/jt/index.htm?article=article_04.htm
http://jw-media.org/people/ministry.htm
2007-05-18 10:06:49 · answer #1 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Telling me you are a Christian Baptist, saved, etc., would not stop me from knocking at anyone's door. I myself used to be a Christian Baptist, saved, etc., and look at me now!
Now I'm a Christian Jehovah's Witness, assured of my Savior, and loving the Lord Jesus Christ enough to take his message to my neighbors at their doors. But never before 10 a.m. or after 7 p.m., unless my neighbors have invited me to have a Bible study with them.
It also wouldn't do any good to tell me that I am deceived, because I know better. I never felt as close to God and to Christ when I was a Baptist as I do now as a Christian, one of Jehovah's Witnesses.
2007-05-18 14:45:58 · answer #2 · answered by בַר אֱנָשׁ (bar_enosh) 6 · 10⤊ 0⤋
I have not had one knock on my door for a long time, I think it was in the afternoon.
2007-05-18 11:09:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 11⤊ 1⤋
They don't usually come to the door because we have BIG dogs. But they usually pass by in the early afternoon and we visit over the fence.
2007-05-18 11:08:30 · answer #4 · answered by Nora Explora 6 · 13⤊ 0⤋
Odly enough, only once have they ever come a-knocking. I've never done anything nasty to them, but in all the places I've lived in the last couple years I've not had them show...
2007-05-18 11:12:00 · answer #5 · answered by Goddess Nikki 4 · 8⤊ 1⤋
Never before 10:00 a.m. Thats the routine in my town.
I know construction and landscapers are allowed to run noisy machines anytime after 7:00 a.m. here. I know because I complained to the town (its like a gaspowered alarm clock at 7:01 everyday), and thats what the town told me.
2007-05-18 11:06:47 · answer #6 · answered by Al 3 · 12⤊ 2⤋
May I say that is a great comment. People can easily say "It's way too early for me now, or it's not a good time for me. Why don't you come after ......................." Your local witnesses would appreciate the guidance and you'd be less annoyed. Everyone wins.
2007-05-18 11:14:13 · answer #7 · answered by Q&A Queen 7 · 15⤊ 2⤋
they used to around noon.Summer is here and lots to do so I am not always where I can hear the door bell.
2007-05-18 11:09:02 · answer #8 · answered by truely human 4 · 12⤊ 0⤋
1-2 in the afternoon on a Monday!!! (About once a month they walk my neighborhood).
2007-05-18 11:08:17 · answer #9 · answered by SDC 5 · 15⤊ 0⤋
Usually its when I'm busy or when I'm not dressed like 10am on a Saturday. Sorry I'm just not interested in listening to a recruitment talk. I do have JW Friends.
2007-05-18 11:25:36 · answer #10 · answered by Lil'witch 3 · 1⤊ 6⤋