WERE THERE ANY ELDER'S QUARRELS IN YOUR CONGREGATION?
by badboy 25 Replies latest jw friends
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Narkissos
I remember the congregation where I was serving as a special pioneer before I went to Bethel. There were three elders, and one moved away. The two others were brothers-in-law, caricaturally opposite: one fat, jovial and pretty laxist, the other skinny, stern and strict. They disagreed and quarrelled constantly over everything.
To make it work nonetheless, the CO had no better idea than appointing me (a 21 y.o. MS) as a "deputy elder" and have them co-operate... that was tough but fun sometimes -- I remember several "elder" meetings when both threatened to resign. Don't know how it worked when I left...
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Wolfgirl
There was a missionary who returned to our area after spending some time in South America. He felt he was qualified to be appointed as an elder, but the elder body said he had to wait until the CO visit. Apparently, he argued with them about it for a while, and then they decided to switch congregations. Funnily enough, he got appointed right away in the other congregation. There was "bad blood" between him and the original BOE ever after.
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jschwehm
We had a major disagreement between our CO and our BOE. It resulted in our entire BOE being deleted and then the CO sent in some other elders from a neighboring hall to run our congregation for a while.
Jeff Schwehm
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