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Worldwide Report2000 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses
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MOZAMBIQUE: “Jehovah is great and much to be praised.” (Ps. 48:1) That is a favorite expression among Jehovah’s Witnesses in Mozambique, and it was heard often on December 19, 1998, when new branch facilities were dedicated in Maputo, close to the Indian Ocean. A few years ago, this might have seemed impossible. Jehovah’s Witnesses had been under government bans for more than two decades, down till 1991. In that year they numbered just over 6,000. By the end of 1998, a peak of 29,514 publishers reported. New branch facilities were needed.
How was the branch built, since the majority of Mozambican brothers had no experience in this sort of construction work? Help came from many international servants and volunteers, and they trained the local Witnesses while the job was being done. Guests from 15 countries were present for the dedication, and that same weekend, at Matola, 16 miles [26 km] away, the first Assembly Hall in Mozambique was also dedicated. Indeed, Jehovah is great! Without his loving care, his servants in Mozambique would never have witnessed these historic events.
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Worldwide Report2000 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses
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