by zack 43 Replies latest jw friends
When you step down as an elder many people automatically assume that you have been screwing around, or were addicted to porn, or other rubbish like that. I know this because when I told my wife I was planning on stepping down, she said that was one of the things I should prepare for.
SIAM
SIAM, I pm'd you bro..
Hey big E, still no pm??? must take a while to work its way through the inter-tubes-work
I voluntarily "stepped aside" as an elder within the last 12-18 months.
"Brothers, I really need to spend this critical time in my children's lives focusing on my family."
Of course they tried talking me out of it and had, at my request, removed almost all of my Elder load about a year prior to my final resignation.
Several individual elders were very supportive and complimentary to me one on one.
As for the announcement read to the Congregation?
"Brother OM has been DELETED as an Elder."
Very "form letterish" as Undercover's comment indicated.
Same language is used for MS or RP: DELETED.
No indication is given as to whether it was voluntary or whether the person announced is a repentant drug-taking, adulterating, child molestor.
The JW gossip mill often takes over from there. Sometimes accurate, most times not.
Your mileage may vary.
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