PIONEERS

(Also called Regular Pioneers)

(Formerly called Colporteurs)

(See also Auxiliary Pioneers; Full-Time Ministry; Pioneer Service School; Special Pioneers; lands by name)

(Note centered heading below: Quotations)

applications: km 4/08 7; km 6/07 3

baptism date: km 6/07 3

being truthful: w18.10 9-10

for starting in September: km 7/90 3

processing by Congregation Service Committee: od 44, 109; km 8/98 7

appointment: od 109; om 113

Pioneer Appointment Letter (S-202): km 1/08 7

appreciation for pioneers: w20.08 21; km 9/90 3-4; km 2/86 1, 4

appreciation for privilege of being: w04 6/1 18

assisting congregation publishers: km 8/09 7

training program: w05 12/1 31; w04 6/1 18; yb00 19; km 9/98 4

youths: km 11/93 5-6

assisting irregular or inactive publishers: km 9/90 3

assisting pioneers: w14 9/15 29-31; km 11/10 4; km 2/92 7

accompanying in field service: km 9/90 3-4; w89 1/1 15

elders: km 3/93 4-5

experienced publishers: km 5/91 7

giving encouragement: km 9/90 3-4

secretary advises elders of problems: km 10/98 7

secretary and service overseer: km 2/03 7; km 2/00 7; km 10/98 7; km 3/95 7; km 3/93 5

sharing meals: km 11/10 4; km 9/90 4

travel expenses: km 11/10 4; km 9/90 4

when hours are low: km 2/95 7; km 3/95 7; km 3/93 5

attitude if unable to be: w07 10/1 23-24; w97 3/15 8-11; w92 1/1 8-9

auxiliary pioneer first: km 2/97 5; km 3/93 5; km 2/90 3

balance as a pioneer: w96 5/15 29-31

balanced schedule: w89 5/15 22

blessings: km 8/05 3; km 8/03 8; w97 10/15 18-23; km 10/89 1-2; km 2/87 6; je 22; km 2/86 1; km 11/86 1

relationship with Jehovah: w13 9/15 28-30

circuit assemblies:

meeting with traveling overseers: km 9/88 4

circuit overseer’s meeting with: od 48; om 48

auxiliary pioneers invited: yb14 7; km 2/13 1; km 6/13 2; km 9/05 7

congregation changes: km 4/96 7; km 7/94 3; km 11/92 7

congregation’s supply of application forms: km 4/08 7

contribution to congregations: km 9/90 3

contribution to preaching work: w89 1/1 14-15

cooperation with congregation: om 114

meetings for field service: od 104; km 8/09 7

weekend field ministry: km 11/90 7

discussion: od 109-110; jl lesson 13; w13 9/15 27-31; jv 299-300; je 22-23

disqualifying factors:

armed employment: w05 11/1 31

keeping firearm for protection against humans: w17.07 32

sexual abuse of child: w19.05 11, 13; w97 1/1 28-29

effectiveness:

contributing factors: w89 1/1 14

encouragement to become: mwb20.08 5; mwb16.07 4; w13 9/15 31; w12 6/15 23-24; km 5/10 3-5; km 5/08 4; km 6/07 4; km 8/05 3; w04 6/1 17-18; km 4/99 3-4; km 5/99 8; km 8/99 3-4; km 4/97 2; w94 1/15 21-23; km 1/93 1; km 3/93 3-5; km 7/93 3; km 6/92 3; km 10/89 1-2; w88 12/15 25-27; km 6/88 1, 4; w87 2/1 15-20; km 7/87 1-2; w86 1/15 13; w86 4/15 28-30; w86 9/1 5; km 7/86 1, 3; km 8/86 7; km 11/86 1-2

before World War II (Britain): w16.11 31-32

brothers: km 7/96 3

elders give: km 3/93 5

examining one’s circumstances: w08 7/15 30; km 2/03 8; km 2/90 3; w86 1/15 13

not putting off: w90 7/15 31

only those with special circumstances cannot pioneer (quote): w87 2/1 15

parents give: km 3/93 3

questions often asked: km 7/98 3-6

reapplying: km 3/11 3; km 7/09 1; km 8/94 7

retired people: w03 3/1 21-22; km 6/03 5; w96 7/15 24-25

rewards: km 7/98 5-6; km 12/91 8

setting goal to become: mwb22.07 3

steps to take: km 8/05 3; km 12/91 8

trusting in Jehovah: km 2/90 3

youths: mwb19.08 5; w12 6/15 23; km 5/10 4; yp2 313, 315-316; w05 9/15 24-25; km 4/02 4; w00 11/1 18-21; km 7/98 4; km 1/93 1; km 3/93 3-4

examples: w97 10/15 19-21; w94 1/15 21-23; jv 302-303

accepts assignment of hometown: w16.09 22; yb96 54

amputee: w87 4/15 24

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: g 1/06 25-29; g 10/06 28

assist deaf girl: w03 1/1 24-25

back injured: w10 10/15 14

barber: yb01 221

beauty parlor operator: yb02 53

before unexpected death: w90 7/15 31

between 12 and 15 years of age: yb96 243

blind: yb01 220-221; yb93 188-189; w90 7/1 31; w89 6/15 22-23; w86 7/15 29-30

broken back: yb09 115

cancer patient: g90 10/22 23

centenarians: yb96 4; w92 2/1 29-30; w91 7/1 17; yb87 24

changes job to continue: w07 10/1 22-23

changes view of material things: w13 2/15 24

children: w95 2/15 24-25

choose pioneering over advanced education: w18.01 5; w14 1/15 20; lv 180; w13 10/15 16; w10 4/15 5-6; jr 108-109; yb10 183; w09 9/15 21, 24

confined to wheelchairs: w14 3/1 8-9; yb01 16

couple in their 80’s: w18.05 12-13, 16

crippled: w90 7/1 30-31

deaf: w86 11/15 24

declines career offer: yb00 18

declines million-dollar offer: w93 9/15 30-31

declines vice presidency of company: w01 1/1 12

elderly: km 2/03 8; yb01 220-221; w96 7/15 24-25; w95 1/1 19; w95 3/1 25-28; yb95 196; w92 2/1 29-30; km 2/91 1; w87 5/15 27; yb87 24; w86 1/15 20; w86 7/15 30-31

employment: km 2/97 5

epileptic: g90 6/22 12-15

families pioneer: yb87 41-42

family perseveres despite Great Depression: w93 9/15 29

fathers: yb98 105-106; yb96 243, 245; w92 2/1 25; w88 12/1 27; w88 12/15 27; w87 4/15 24; w86 7/15 29

friendship: jr 65-66

gets out of spiritual rut: w98 5/15 26-27

giving up worldly careers: w12 11/1 10-11; w08 1/15 17-19; yb98 105-106; w97 10/1 27; yb91 80-82; g87 8/22 12; w86 5/1 22-24; w86 6/15 12; w86 8/1 22

heart patient: yb98 107

husband joins wife: w18.01 25; w93 6/1 12-13

husband paralyzed and comatose: g99 12/22 13-16

isolated tropical area: yb03 138

learns Chinese: w05 11/15 8

many years in service: w86 7/15 30-31

married couples pioneer: w08 1/15 7-8; km 2/03 1

mother having ill daughter: yb95 60

mothers: w24.12 27; yb10 218; km 4/99 3; w96 5/15 30-31; w88 12/15 27; w87 4/15 24

mother whose daughter lost enthusiasm for the truth: w96 5/15 30-31

mother who works full-time: yb94 45

muscular dystrophy: w86 11/15 24-25

near to giving birth: yb07 43-44

on crutches or in wheelchair: w90 12/1 26-29; yb89 13

osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease): w13 11/15 15

paralyzed: w06 6/1 20; w89 6/15 23

paraplegic: w86 11/15 22-23

parents: km 6/02 4; w01 7/1 25-30; yb98 105; g88 9/22 20; w87 2/1 16-17; w86 1/15 13

parents teach caring for oneself: w12 7/15 17-18

physician: w18.01 24

polio: lfs article 12; yb14 128-129; g 12/10 12-13

poor: w97 9/15 5-7

quadriplegics: g 5/10 24-25; g95 10/22 12-16; g90 8/22 21-22, 24; g88 1/22 17-18

refuses pay for teaching literacy: yb94 44

retired general: w93 10/1 31

rheumatoid arthritis: g95 6/22 22-25

single sisters: w20.08 29; w11 10/15 14-15

spina bifida and other illness: w13 8/15 9

students: w92 10/1 24-25; w86 7/15 30

supplementary education: w96 12/1 18-19

unbelieving mate: w89 12/1 20; w88 12/15 27

unsure of ability with language: w93 10/15 26

widowed survivor of air crash: g90 12/22 27

widow rearing three children: w10 7/15 18

women: w91 7/1 17

young graduate: w94 9/15 8

youth having strokes and brain tumor: w11 1/15 24-25

youths: w17.09 30; yp2 315-316; w02 9/15 8-9; yb01 221; yb98 15-16; w95 1/1 18-19; yb91 103; w90 7/1 29-30; w88 12/15 26; w86 4/15 28-30; w86 7/15 30; w86 8/1 20

experiences:

alone: yb98 94-95; jv 289-290, 441

Amazon River, Peru: w88 11/15 26-29

becomes teacher with help from Awake!: g 9/08 11

Bible student gives pioneers part-time work: yb91 204-205

Bolivian tropics: w91 2/15 25-28

Calcutta, India: w87 2/15 26-30

Chile: w91 5/15 24-28

comfort for one who had to stop pioneering: w99 5/15 27

conduct opens up part-time work for others: yb87 46

cover country on bicycles: w86 2/15 28

discouraged in new assignment: w17.07 19

drives in rain to meet cruise ship (Japan): yb12 73-75

elderly pioneer on park bench: yb11 61-62

employment: w14 7/15 19-20; w12 7/15 26

family’s needs provided: w93 6/1 17-18

financial self-support: yb17 160-161

happiness: km 2/87 6

isolated areas (Georgia): yb17 116-118

isolated areas (Mexico): w03 4/15 8-11

isolated youth asks to be pioneer: yb97 198-199

lady in bank takes Awake!: w97 10/15 19

lessons learned: w22.11 26-27

lodging: w12 7/15 18; jv 286

loneliness: yb13 111-112; yb98 94-95

medical care provided when ill: w01 6/1 9; jv 291

mountainous area (Georgia): yb10 59

Muslim judge releases: g 9/09 13-14

needs provided: w23.11 16-17; w18.08 14; w11 9/15 4; yb10 59; yb08 249; w97 10/15 20; w96 2/15 21; jv 285-286; yb91 142-144; yb89 81-83; w88 10/1 22; w86 8/1 25-26

no money for gasoline: w13 9/15 30

no money for rent: w13 6/15 13

part-time employment obtained: w12 7/15 32; w06 6/15 14; yb00 91; w93 6/1 12; yb93 235, 237-238; w88 12/15 26-27

police guarding railroad: yb05 59

prayer to be able to pioneer: w06 9/1 30

press terms two sisters “an army”: yb88 107-108

rain forest: w22.11 26-27

receives medal for ministry: yb98 61-62

recovers from double life: w13 4/15 31

return visits on everyone: yb95 45

Rotterdam seaport: w92 4/15 18-22

run-down trailer, no money: w09 10/15 24

rurals of Suriname: yb90 224-227

sells salt to start conversations: yb96 154

serving where the need is greater: w86 6/15 12

shoes provided: yb01 50

stranded, hosted by interested couple: yb94 54

struggles after quitting job to pioneer: w16.07 20

studies with security guards: yb14 63

stumps preacher on bus: yb13 49

success with not-at-homes: yb89 49-50

Sweden: yb91 141-148

Thailand: yb91 192

thief steals service clothes: yb93 188

under ban: w19.07 9; yb96 80-81

university student: w91 8/15 11

youth encouraged by example of elderly pioneers: w94 1/1 18

youth helps juju worshipper: w94 9/15 8

financial support: km 7/98 3-4; km 9/90 4; yb89 81-82; je 22

balance: w96 5/15 31

contributing to parents if living at home: w18.01 18

not expected from those served: w89 12/1 27

part-time work: w93 9/15 29-30

Paul’s example: w91 7/1 28; w89 12/1 25

personal obligation: w92 11/1 17-18

goal in number of: km 8/99 3

hour requirement: jl lesson 13; km 8/05 3; km 7/98 5; km 2/91 7

adjusted (1999): yb00 18-19; km 1/99 7

meeting the schedule: km 6/88 1, 4

when hours are low: km 8/86 4-5

when starting during service year: km 7/87 3-4

identification cards: km 4/96 7

increase: w18.04 12; jv 112-113, 302-303, 516-517; br78 6; km 2/87 6

1920-1992: jv 717

1954-2013: yb14 177

1963-1985: w86 1/1 19

1975-1992: jv 517

1976-1992: jv 112

1980-1990: w91 7/1 29

1982-1992: jv 302-303

life stories:

A Choice I’ve Never Regretted: g89 8/22 11-15

A Lesson From a Pot of Fat: g97 10/22 20-24

Alone but Never Abandoned: w95 7/1 26-29

A Pioneer Partnership for Life: w88 9/1 19-23

Blessings Come From Doing What Jehovah Asks: w17.10 3-5

Bringing Up Eight Children in Jehovah’s Ways Was a Challenge and a Joy: w06 1/1 8-12

Determination Helped Me Succeed: w87 2/1 22-26

Determined Despite Disabilities: g05 12/8 11-13

Faithful to God for Over 70 Years: g 9/09 12-15

Finding Comfort in “the Valley of Deep Shadow”: g98 4/8 21-24

Finding Joy Despite My Disabilities: w09 5/1 29-31

Finding Strength in My Weakness: w14 3/1 7-9

Following in My Parents’ Footsteps: w95 10/1 19-24

From Hopelessness to Happiness: g 7/06 11-13

From the Lowest Level to Great Heights: lfs article 12

Glorifying Peace Instead of War: g01 4/8 22-24

God Has Comforted Me in All My Trials: g 12/10 12-13

God Helped Me to Overcome Trials: g 9/08 12-15

God’s Word Works “Miracles”: w96 7/1 25-27

Grateful for My Precious Memories!: w01 8/1 23-27

Happy Despite Severe Disabilities: g 5/10 24-25

How My Spiritual Thirst Was Satisfied: g03 6/22 18-22

I Found Meaning in Life: w09 9/15 30-32

I Found ‘One in a Million’: g89 2/22 12-16

If We Do God’s Will, He Will Never Abandon Us: w89 2/1 22-27

I Learned to Trust Fully in Jehovah: w07 11/1 8-12

I Swallowed My Pride and Found Happiness: w92 8/1 26-27

I Will ‘Climb Up Just as a Stag Does’: g 8/06 20-22

“I Would Not Change a Thing!”: w02 9/1 25-29

Jehovah Blessed My Determination: w90 10/1 26-29

Jehovah Has Been My Crag: w99 9/1 25-29

Jehovah Has Been My Refuge: w96 12/1 24-28

Jehovah Has Given Me Strength: w90 12/1 26-29

“Jehovah Is My Strength”: w08 10/15 17-20

Keeping Life Simple to Serve Jehovah: w00 3/1 20-24

Keeping Myself Busy in Jehovah’s Organization: w10 10/15 29-31

My Long, Hard Fight to Find True Faith: g95 9/22 19-23

Now I’m Happy to Be Alive!: g97 4/22 20-23

Pioneer Service Inspired My Life: w86 12/1 25-27

Remembering Our Creator From Youth On: w00 1/1 24-29

Serving Jehovah—An Honor and a Privilege Beyond Compare: w07 8/1 12-15

Serving the Greatest Artist of All: w90 4/1 21-22

Small Sacrifices Brought Us Great Blessings: w04 4/1 24-28

Something More Lasting Than Art: g 3/08 30; g 4/07 19-22

Spiritual Light Shines in the Middle East: w01 9/1 22-26

The Best Help for Knowing the Future: w89 12/1 20

The Best Thing to Do With My Life: w95 3/1 25-28

The War Did Not Stop Our Preaching: g01 2/22 20-24

We Put Jehovah to the Test: w01 7/1 24-30

We Used Our Changing Circumstances to Witness Far and Wide: w05 3/1 21-25

What Many Reasons I Have to Be Thankful!: w91 3/1 10-13

Why He Changed His Priorities: g97 4/22 30; g96 7/22 15-18

Why I Gave Up a Lucrative Career: g 1/12 27; g 6/10 24-26

love for people: w89 5/15 21-22

meaning of term: ijwfq article 65; syr24 2; syr23 2; syr22 2; syr21 2

name changes: km 4/96 7

number in all ranks: syr24 2; syr23 2; syr22 2; syr21 2; syr20 2; syr19 2; syr18 2; syr17 2; yb17 177; yb16 176; yb15 176; yb14 176-177; yb13 178; yb12 55; yb11 51; yb10 31; yb09 31; yb08 31; yb07 31; yb06 31; yb05 31; w04 1/1 15; yb04 31; yb03 31; yb02 31; yb01 31; yb00 4, 31; yb99 31; yb98 31; yb97 33; yb96 8; yb95 5; w94 1/1 18; w93 1/1 16-17; w92 1/1 14; w91 1/1 22-23; w89 1/1 3; w88 1/1 17; w87 5/1 19; w87 8/1 28; yb87 22; w86 1/1 16

number under 20 years of age: w90 7/1 29

parents: w96 5/15 30-31

persevering as: w13 9/15 30-31; w94 1/15 22-23; w93 9/15 28-31

pioneer spirit: km 8/04 8; w03 12/1 19; w89 1/1 14-15; km 7/88 1-2; w87 2/1 20; w87 8/1 27-28

when circumstances prevent pioneering: w97 10/15 22-23; w86 1/15 14

problems:

discouragement: w93 9/15 30

finances: w93 9/15 28-30

health: w93 9/15 30

progressing as a teacher: w89 5/15 22-23

progressive achievement: km 10/89 2

qualifications: od 108-110; om 113-114

auxiliary pioneering not necessary: km 3/93 5

cleanliness: km 4/94 2

period of time following judicial action: km 2/91 7

regaining power: w86 1/15 20

relationship with Jehovah: w97 10/15 20-21; w89 5/15 21

reports: km 8/86 3-4

responsibilities: om 114

schedule: mwb16.07 8; w13 9/15 30-31; km 8/99 4; km 7/98 6

schools: jl lesson 14

serving where need is greater: km 3/93 5-6

spirituality: w13 9/15 30-31; w96 5/15 30

starting in September: km 7/97 3

succeeding as: w89 5/15 21-23

termination of appointment: km 4/96 7; km 11/92 7

announcement: km 2/91 7

youths: km 7/98 4; w90 7/1 29-30

number: w90 7/1 29; w86 8/1 20

Quotations

excellent way to draw closer to Jehovah: w97 10/15 20

I can’t imagine doing anything else: km 7/98 3; w97 10/15 18

I have never experienced a period in my life so richly filled with blessings: km 6/03 5; w96 7/15 25

keeps us fit mentally and physically. We are always together. We laugh a lot and enjoy life: km 6/03 5; w96 7/15 25

my sleep is sweet, and my heart is full of joy: km 8/03 8; w97 10/15 19

no other work could have brought me the satisfaction: km 8/03 8; w97 10/15 19

our real golden years began when we started pioneering: km 6/03 5; w96 7/15 25

priceless privilege to be treasured: w97 10/15 19-20