Madagascar

Last year in a village of about 500, a preacher obtained the Bible Teach book from a Witness in another village. After reading it carefully, the preacher was convinced that he had found the truth, and he shared what he had learned with the members of his church. Soon he, his family, and 20 others resigned from the church and began to hold meetings, as do Jehovah’s Witnesses everywhere. Special pioneers came to help them. They conducted Bible studies with the many interested ones and arranged for a Congregation Book Study and a Watchtower Study to be held regularly. In October, five persons became unbaptized publishers, and now the pioneers have made arrangements for a Public Meeting and a Theocratic Ministry School. Meeting attendance averages 40, and over 20 home Bible studies are being conducted.

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Conducting the “Watchtower” Study in the village of Antanandava, Madagascar