Recently a Gilead graduate from a Latin American country told me that the Gilead school now trains branch committee members rather than missionaries because there are centrifugal forces there... this made me remember a paragraph from a watchtower from years ago which I hang below. In confirmation of this, I have learned, in the few contacts that I have, that in Athens there is a problem in the committee and they sent the coordinator of another branch. Very recently, 2 members of the Ecuador branch committee left and one left the organization and is an "apostate"..even though he graduated from Gilead 8 months ago.
Something is happening...
Here's the paragraph that turned a red light on when I read it...
Watchtower 11/2016 page 11
DO WE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS?11. What should appointed men do when they receive instructions from God's organization? 11 What should Branch or Country Committee members, circuit overseers, and congregation elders do when they receive instructions from God's organization? Jehovah tells us in his book, the Bible, that we must be obedient and submissive (Deut. 30:16; Heb. 13:7, 17). A critical or rebellious attitude does not fit into God's organization, as it could disturb the congregations, where there must be love, peace and unity. Of course, no faithful Christian would want to have a spirit like that of Diotrephes, a disrespectful and disloyal man (read 3 John 9:10). We could ask ourselves: “Do I contribute to the spirituality of those around me? Do I immediately obey and support the decisions of the men who direct the work?”