can a unmarried man be made an elder ?

looloo

my brother inlaw has been made a min servant age 21 and as yet has shown no interest in women !

pirata

Yes. And they can give talks and advice about marriage and child-rearing too

speaking strictly from the experiences i can
verify about the one KH where i was a member,
within the last year an unmarried, never-married
former bethelite died at 52, allegedly a virgin....
he was an elder for nearly a decade

OUTLAW

Young..Unmarried..No children..No life experience..

The WBT$ will take anyone Loyal to the WBT$,still breathing..

.................... ...OUTLAW

doublelife

Yes. There was a single brother in my old hall that got df'd for homosexuality. Got reinstated and a few years back became an elder. He had to step down as an elder because he started nursing school and couldn't handle all of it. But he's still in good standing.

sir82

There's been a few never-married COs as well.

Not to mention GB members.

asilentone

yes, Fred Franz and John Booth of the GB(both now deceased) has never been married. One of my ex POs has never been married and he is still the COBOE, he is a very tall brother, he has authority figure. He was raised "in the truth", he was a valendictorian in high school, he did get a college degree after 4 years. He is now in his 50's. He was PO for two decades.

nugget

Yes, in fact for certain special privileges the WTBTS demands men be single. The ministerial training school started off as only for single brothers. At the end of the school brothers were given assignments and usually appointed to positions of oversight shortly thereafter. I did hear rumours that these brothers had to promise not to marry for several years following their graduation I appreciate this may have been a rumour so will fully understand if anyone corrects me on this point.

blondie

Jesus wasn't married nor was Paul.

When I was a teenager, Bethelite men were required to sign on for 4 years and stay single.

cyberjesus

oh bother!