Theocratic News

◼ Armenia: The December report showed 4,741 publishers averaging 16 hours each in the ministry. This new peak in publishers is a 17-percent increase over last year’s average.

◼ Chile: The new hour requirement for pioneers was welcomed with enthusiasm, as evidenced by an all-time peak of 4,351 regular pioneers reporting in January. Also, 5,175 reported as auxiliary pioneers, by far the best figure for this service year.

◼ Ukraine: Of the 100,129 publishers reporting in January, 12 percent were in some form of full-time service. Ukraine reached 5,516 regular pioneers​—the 27th consecutive peak—​and an additional 6,468 publishers reported as auxiliary pioneers.