In Rutherford's day, it was absolute. Knorr and Franz had strong influence, even though the GB had voted themselves into a role of significance. Being a corporation, the WT will still have a president. But with GB 3.0 hogging the limelight and seemingly making all the decisions, what exactly does the president now do?
Does The WT President Still Have Any Power?
by NotFormer 9 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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slimboyfat
About as much power as the real, senile president these days, I’d say.
Joking aside, who is the Watchtower president now?
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markweatherill
...but which president? Which corporation?
Corporations of Jehovah's Witnesses - Wikipedia
When Jesus said be as innocent as a dove, but also as wise as a serpent, 'evidently' he also meant be as slippery as an eel.
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St George of England
In the case of WB&TS of Penn it is Harold Corkern. Not sure when he took over but his predecessor was Robert Ciranko who was rumoured to have died of Covid. This proved to be untrue and in fact he is on a very recent video.
Even the "real" presidents have been demoted in WT history. Knorr was recently referred to in a video as "one of those taking the lead at that time".
The GB are the rulers even though in 1971 when the GB was founded they were supposed to be in charge of the spiritual things and the directors etc would run the companies. See 15 December 1971 WT.
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slimboyfat
According to Wikipedia Ciranko is still president.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watch_Tower_Bible_and_Tract_Society_of_Pennsylvania
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slimboyfat
The latest WT says that Harold Corkern is president of the New York corporation, not Pennsylvania. It’s the president of the Pennsylvania corporation that was traditionally more significant, no?
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hoser
He may have been led to think he has a lot of power but he has no authority to make autonomous decisions.
That being said as the president of a corporation he holds personal responsibility and liability and will suffer monetary and criminal repercussions for illegal activities or lawsuits against the corporation.
He’s being used as a patsy for the governing body.
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St George of England
The latest WT says that Harold Corkern is president of the New York corporation
Interesting SBF. Leon Weaver Jnr used to have that position for many years. I saw him in a video fairly recently and wondered if he still was as he has aged so much.
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enoughisenough
they are puppets of deep state
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NotFormer
Some names I remember from back in the day: Milton Henschel (was he president or GB?). Also Don Adams (everyone was amused by this; Get Smart references abounded).