Iâm still an elder and I consider myself JW light. As my fellow elders are. We donât throw our weight around like elders used to in the past, itâs all very easy going these days. We know a lot of stuff goes on in the congregation that in the past would have been a talk in the back room. But these days we ask do you want the elders to have a chat about this? If they say no then thatâs the end of it. If they say yes then we just want to be good friends and see if we can help at all.
if it I a judicial matter then the elders have to do everything possible to get them to stay in the cong. The worst that could happen is a 90 day rest and then the elders do everything to get them to return.
Itâs actually very easy being an elder these days. You could turn upto any meeting with zero preparation and give any item. Itâs all done for you there is no thinking required anymore.
so much has changed over the last few years. Even the most devoted are now what JW light was years ago, and the real new JW light brigade are now properly JW light. They do shadow birthday celebrations and ignore most of the directions from the fat old men in upstate NY.
Ministry groups are just social get togethers, an excuse to meet up and âgo on the territoryâ park witnessing or street witnessing for ten mins then back for coffee break.