Who are the Zone and Branch Overseers?

by Reborn2002 4 Replies latest social humour

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  Reborn2002

  Every congregation is visited twice a year by the Circuit Overseer and reamed a new asshole for not placing enough magazines.

  Every year all Jehovah's Witnesses in good standing attend the District Convention, where they hear at least one talk from the Circuit Overseer's boss, the much heralded District Overseer.

  If you are a fortunate (in their eyes) Jehovah's Witness (or a Bethelite), you are privy to the opportunity to hear a "Special" talk at a convention from a member of the Governing Body.

  What about the upper management in between the CEO's and the middle management?

  How come one never hears of a talk given by a Zone Overseer or a Branch Overseer?

  I was always curious about that, but never bothered to learn enough about JW hierarchy that late in my term with the cult to find out.

  Any one have an answer?
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  Satanus

  Here in canada, the branch servant was ken little. He often gave talks at the assemblies. The home overseer was don mills. He also gave talks at assemblies. i don't remember about zone servants.

  SS
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  Mackin

  The Zone Overseer is not a permanent position. Every year or two someone is appointed to visit the branches in a specific region and check up on them. Down here in the Asia Pacific region it was sometimes a Branch Committee member from one of the big branches (Japan, Aussie), sometimes one of the non-GB high flyers from Brooklyn, sometimes a GB member. There is usually a special talk arranged when the Zone Overseer visits. While I was in NZ Bethel Lloyd Barry came to visit twice as Zone Overseer, he used it as a free trip to visit his relatives who live here (Barry was himself a New Zealander).

  The branches are run by a Branch Committee and there is no Branch Overseer pre se, he's called the Branch Coordinator (a technicality I know). All the Branch Committee members give convention talks unless they're too senile to do so.

  I've been out of Bethel for about 6 years and out of the Borg for about 4, so things may have changed slightly since then.

  Mackin.
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  Reborn2002

  I thank you for the information Mackin.

  Very interesting indeed.
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  rosalyn

  REBORN this was a good place to put the subject of the the hierarchy.

  Saint Satan I remember Ken Little....a little guy but I have to admit he was a powerful speaker for the size of him. Don Mills remember that name too don't recall any of his talks.

  Mackin you said things have changed slightly at the top since you came out. They don't have to make so many changes "in the throne room" because the little folk are kept in the dark. But I think the reason why the "Society" keeps finding new light and keeps adjusting data for the masses is so we apostates look like we don't know what we are talking about. Sounds like a conspiracy theory eh? When someone asks me about this or that I usually say "in my day it was like this" . ( sound like a real old timer eh?) I really didn't know that is was okay for organ transplants until my Dad had his heart attack in 1997.

  I also didn't know about the changes to the blood issues made in 1978. Wasn't reading my Watchtower very carefully. I could have taken the "rhogam" injection for my rh negative blood when my babies started arriving in 1979 and finished in 1984. All three kids had very few problems relating to the to the rh factor.Feel so fortunate that way And of course whole blood is still out right?. No blood during c sections. Was a good girl.

  During those years Canada's Red Cross wasn't screening properly while taking blood donations and many people were contaminated with tainted blood and blood derivatives. JWS could use the argument that they were right about the blood issues but they had already changed their minds on certain by-products. If I had been reading my Watchtower in 1978 I could have take the rhogam shots and I still could have been "contaminated".

  So while my blood still boils(forgive the pun) over the risks I took to my children's lives the end result is my blood is really clean. Been told I have a somwhat rare blood type. Don't ask me if its A B or Z or O or t y z because I can't remember but my blood is clean. They like me at Canadian Blood Services and they give you juice and biscuits after. So consequently I give blood as often as I can because I am clean.....those needles still hurt though. The juice and cookies make up for it.

  ROSALYN