Theocratic News

◆ Chad reported a new peak of 204 publishers for August. The congregation publishers there averaged 18.4 hours in the field service.

◆ A new peak of 12,161 publishers was reported by Ecuador for the first month of the new service year, a 9-percent increase over last year’s average. A new peak of 22,854 Bible studies was also reported.

◆ France began the new service year with peaks of 97,032 publishers and 3,938 regular pioneers.

◆ Italy passed the 150,000 mark in publishers, with a new all-time peak of 150,364 reporting for September. Congregation publishers averaged 13.4 hours in the field service.

◆ The Netherlands Antilles branch reported new peaks of 1,425 publishers in Curaçao and 404 in Aruba in September.

◆ Réunion had a new peak of 1,352 publishers for a 9-percent increase in September. Their district convention was attended by 2,935, and 48 were baptized.