Posts by bats in the belfry

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stupid statement in watchtower about appointments of elders

by hoser in

after going through all the processes of how they appointed elders in the past they say this:.

"the elders in turn would inform the newly appointed men of their appointment, asking them if they were willing and actually qualified to accept the assignment.

so after qualifying the man you ask him if he is qualified.. .

bats in the belfry

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Who knows of the shortest time between appointment and deletion of an elder?

In my memory of ample happenings I recall in one case a 16 day period in between those two events.

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stupid statement in watchtower about appointments of elders

by hoser in

after going through all the processes of how they appointed elders in the past they say this:.

"the elders in turn would inform the newly appointed men of their appointment, asking them if they were willing and actually qualified to accept the assignment.

so after qualifying the man you ask him if he is qualified.. .

bats in the belfry

As was always suspected, Holy Spirit got nothing to do with appointments.

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9. Deletions during a regular visit to a congregation:

Recommendations for deletion because of poor judgment not of a judicial nature are usually best considered with the elders during the visit of the circuit overseer.

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BOE 2014-07-13 - Appointment and deletion of elders and ministerial servants

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I can not find the recording of Fred Franz talk at Bethel about Governing Body being unscritual

by Greybeard in

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i thought it was on youtube.

did them big cowboys at the top remove it?.

bats in the belfry

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Alluding to Franz's eisegesis the Watchtower publication put this in print:

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Addressing the graduates, F. W. Franz showed why they were not being sent by any ecclesiastical body such as exists in the churches of Christendom. According to the Scriptures, neither Philip nor the apostle Paul, two outstanding evangelizers or missionaries in the first century C.E., received missionary assignments from the apostolic body at Jerusalem. Both men did their work under the direction of the real head of the Christian congregation, Jesus Christ. Paul had, in fact, been directly chosen by Jesus as an apostle to the nations. Later, at the direction of God’s spirit, Paul and his companion Barnabas were sent out from the Antioch congregation. Both men recognized their assignment as having come, not from men, but from Jesus Christ. The missionaries trained at Gilead School can also be confident of Christ’s backing and direction.

w75 11/1 p. 672 - Graduates of Gilead’s 59th Class Urged to Stick to the Work

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JWs getting "Footloose" at the Kingdom Hall

by AndDontCallMeShirley in

i hope no one here get's injured when they see this and their jaw hits the floor:.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=689701664435095&set=vb.100001858044479&type=2&theater.

bats in the belfry

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"Yee...Ha... - It's Party Time" - - - beats any Yeartext in the KH.

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October 1914

by Quendi in

we have had a great discussion about world war i and its impact on the twentieth century.

i hope we can have an equally interesting exchange about october 1914. we all know how important that date was in the history of jehovah's witnesses but what may be murkier is the wts's later thinking on what happened that month and when.

charles taze russell and his followers expected the gentile times to conclude in that month with the battle of armageddon.

bats in the belfry

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"About 1914 C.E. " . . . it's Bible-based.

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Appendix B1, page 1765 - 2013 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

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BOE 2014-07-13 Appointment and deletion of elders and ministerial servants

by WatchTower87 in

2014-07-13 appointment and deletion of elders and ministerial servantsto all bodies of elders.

the link removed by request is also available at the forms link.

the congregation secretary should arrange for this letter to be retained in the congregation permanent file of policy letters.

bats in the belfry

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As was always suspected, Holy Spirt has got nothing to do with appointments.

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9. Deletions during a regular visit to a congregation:

Recommendations for deletion because of poor judgment not of a judicial nature are usually best considered with the elders during the visit of the circuit overseer.

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