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How are new Servants and Elders appointed?

by no-zombie in

now that we have the tick-a-box field service reporting method, how are brothers measured fit for an appointment as a ms or elder?

has there been clarification in any of the recent elders schools or in meetings with the co?.

blondie

How are MS and Elders appointed:

Is the person obedient to the elder body and the GB/WTS?

Must use the elders manual as their guide, not the bible (but may use selected scriptures in the elders manual, remember the days of putting updates in the margins of the elders manual?)

Then, it the BOE decides a male jw qualifies in a elders meeting, they jump the male jw just before the old service meeting and ask if they accept the appointment. No time for the person to evaluate it, must just be grateful they were selected, not even discussing with their wife to see the husband can meet his family obligations)

Several I knew turned it down, even elders who moved in from other congregations, did not accept reappointment. Now that label that brother.

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How are new Servants and Elders appointed?

by no-zombie in

now that we have the tick-a-box field service reporting method, how are brothers measured fit for an appointment as a ms or elder?

has there been clarification in any of the recent elders schools or in meetings with the co?.

blondie

Another phrase is "shit for brains"

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Annual Report

by St George of England in

the latest report is now available for download on our favourite website!.

george.

blondie

Good number, but I remember how attendance was counted at meetings and how it changed.

First, people old enough to really understand what was going on, not small children or babies.

....as time went on it was finally changed to counting every person out of the womb, babies included, but not babies in the womb (haha). Also if someone came in the last minute of a meeting, they could be counted as if they had been there. So the numbers of attendees did go up.

With the WTS now using unbaptized boys to do duties that only baptized men could do and only those in good standing, things as to counting has really changed. And mention that hours are no longer, most jws seen only have to put in writing that they did preach that month, not how much.

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Hap[y New Year for 2025

by HappyDad in

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friends

as we live in the last hour of 2024, i want to wish all of you a happy new year.

all of us have come a long way.

we have faced the dragon and spit in his face.

blondie

Prophecy can not be understood until it has been fulfilled or is in the course of fulfillment. From 1874 to 1914 the prophecy concerning the Lord's coming was being fulfilled and could be understood, and was understood, by those who were faithful to the Lord and who were watching the development of events, but not by others."Creation 1927 2,175,000 ed. p.289 And who decides it is fulfilled, the WTS (GBS)...is there a term for that kind of thinking?

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Kingdom Ministry School 2022-2023

by Lowrence in

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friends

does anyone of you have the outlines of the latest kingdom ministry school 2022-2023 in pdf, if it possible with videos?

thanks in advance.

lowrence .

blondie

Most recently the Kingdom Ministry School is described this way:

Kingdom Ministry School

Purpose: To help elders and ministerial servantse care for their congregation responsibilities in the light of current situations, trends, and needs. (2 Timothy 3:1) The school is held every few years.
Duration: Varies, often one day.
Enrollment: Circuit overseers, elders, and ministerial servants.

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How are new Servants and Elders appointed?

by no-zombie in

now that we have the tick-a-box field service reporting method, how are brothers measured fit for an appointment as a ms or elder?

has there been clarification in any of the recent elders schools or in meetings with the co?.

blondie

Brown nosing "a person who tries to please (esp. one's boss) so much that their nose turns brown from kissing their ass." https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=brown-noser

shithead "A person that has no consideration for another persons feelings because he/she was born with shit in their head instead of brains.https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=shithead

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1925--2025... 100 years since Rutherford promised paradise earth.

by Witness 007 in

rutherford wrote in 1925 "millions now living will never die"...they died.

he also promised that moses and david and all the old bible heroes would live with him in his mansion.

only he lived there till he died in 1942...100 years and not much changed..

blondie

Actually, the talk was first titled "That same month, on February 24 (1918), Brother Rutherford, the newly elected president of the Watch Tower Society, spoke in the United States at Temple Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. His subject was a startling one: “The World Has Ended—Millions Now Living May Never Die.” (Why did it change to WILL?) https://jwfacts.com/watchtower/1925.php

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1925--2025... 100 years since Rutherford promised paradise earth.

by Witness 007 in

rutherford wrote in 1925 "millions now living will never die"...they died.

he also promised that moses and david and all the old bible heroes would live with him in his mansion.

only he lived there till he died in 1942...100 years and not much changed..

blondie

No more, in '34...my husband made that up. 1914 + 120 year warning to the people before the flood, 2034, 10 years...just a joke.

I brought this up in 2004, https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/65453/comments-you-will-hear-1-25-04-wt-study

Only 120 years

more and Jehovah would bring "the deluge of waters upon the earth to bring to ruin all flesh in which the force of life is active from under the heavens."?Genesis 6:17

2490 ? 120 years = 2370 BC (Date of flood per WTS)

1914 + 90 years = 2004 AD (today)

1914 + 120 years = 2034 AD

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