this is going to break the hearts of a lot of uber-jw's!
reddit has now removed the video link of samuel herd telling jw's they will no longer have to report time or placements - just tick a box which says "active.".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akdshyx79rm&t=13s.
For some time now I have heard that the GB have been using the term personal ministry when speaking about field serve-us.
If is your personal ministry then you are accountable only to god, not some organization. i said as much to a PIMI woman I know who was asking if I had heard the news. I got the "squint eye" and she asked who I've been talking to. HA!
2023-s-147-october-announcements and reminders.. page 1. https://imgbox.com/vjct8rt3 .
page 2. https://imgbox.com/c0tbzgxy .
grandpa!.
Thanks for the files.
Big belly laugh for this one:
Involving Younger Ones in Maintaining and Cleaning the Kingdom Hall. Even if you do not feel qualified, the brothers may be able to train you and your children together.
Good lord, how does someone reach adulthood and NOT know how to clean a toilet or dust a countertop? I know JW's are pretty ignorant, but that tops all!
i would love to hear from anyone who may have encountered the following the traveling overseers:.
david wesley - an incredibly kind and humble man.
just the most down-to-earth co you'll ever find.
He was a nice guy but they ground him down and he left the CO work
That sounds like the M.O. employed against every single one of the very few decent men I knew who were C.O.'s. Either grind them down and push them out or they cave in order to stay in.
A few that I remember as being decent were W. Bjornson (last thing in and first thing out of the trunk of his car was a saddle.) Gary Breaux back in the 70"s. Enjoyed Budweiser beer, pizza, and Cajun music. Don't know what happened to change him. The guy on the videos now ain't the guy I knew then!
Prouton, Misterfeld, Smelzer, Harfman, Greene, and so many more were total assholes! they didn't give two s--ts for anyone that didn't have a title.
we had an elder that was hung up on mens haircuts he had a real thing about how short mens hair should be and even told one bro off for parting his hair down the middle.. even told one bro to shave off his sideburns.. a c.o who was paronoid about sound always telling the bro in charge off.. .
a d.o who orded the attendants to remove crying babys from assemblys on more than a few occations...hans hubler for those that know him..
Supposedly it was corrected (I doubt permanently) when a CO with a little sense left showed up. He wore non-white shirts for his talks.
Not really an urban legend. I personally know of this happening. I was just a boy in the early 60's, my father was the congregation servant at that time (he was always more balanced than others) in the congregation. One of the other "servants" brought it up during the Friday meeting with the Circuit Servant and said he felt no man should be allowed on the stage unless wearing a white shirt. The Circuit Servant at that time asked him if he truly believed it was wrong to wear a colored shirt on the stage? The complainer said "Yes". So the Circuit overseer told him, "In that case I NEVER want to see YOU wear a colored shirt on stage!"
That Sunday the C.S. showed up wearing a pink dress shirt. My father was not a liar, and I heard verification of the truth of this story from the C.S. decades later shortly before he died.
we had an elder that was hung up on mens haircuts he had a real thing about how short mens hair should be and even told one bro off for parting his hair down the middle.. even told one bro to shave off his sideburns.. a c.o who was paronoid about sound always telling the bro in charge off.. .
a d.o who orded the attendants to remove crying babys from assemblys on more than a few occations...hans hubler for those that know him..
One I remember specifically by the last name of Prouton who went on a rant about women's jewelry in his "Needs of the Circuit" part. Said very pointedly that ankle bracelets were verboten. Even went to far as to mention a certain sister in the circuit who wore one and all he could think of was, "I see it and think tinkle, tinkle here comes Jezebel!"
That sister was a quite attractive women, married and had eyes only for her husband. Maybe brother CO made an inappropriate pass at her and didn't like being turned down? That woman and her husband to the best of my knowledge walked away from the JW's about that time.
i hear of a plenty of personal testimonies of abuse but it is harder to prove organizational complicity.
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Have you as an adult ever been involved at any time in the past with child sexual abuse?"
And there you have the "get out of jail free" card. All they have to do is say "NO" while thinking, "I was only one day shy of 18, so NOT yet legally an ADULT."
a few old timers on here often refer to the dumbing down of the jw organisation.
what examples can you think of from over the years?
(i ask as an interested outsider who was never in).
What little printed material there may be is written at a third grade level. The videos are in the manner of cartoons that would also appeal more to an eight year old mind.
Years ago WT prided themselves on raising people up to at least moderately reasonable level of literacy, now they have joined the race to the bottom of the barrel in a desperate bid to attract more useful slaves.
Of course that is true with most business, political, and religious entities IMO.
december 2023 p. 6 par.
15 - "an especially fine work that gives evidence of our faith is our zealously sharing the good news with others.
why was nothing said to the 3000 about "preaching?
@Punk
The only thing I can fault about your comment above is that I couldn't hit the like button until my thumb wore out.
yes, i too have wondered how an assembly that is held in a fully paid for assembly hall, with no food service, could possibly have $10,000 in expenses.
i suppose the bethel speakers have transportation expenses - maybe $1000 or so.
as for rent on the assembly hall, well you have already paid for it once, why pay again?
From the storm warning it looks much like the typical mid-winter snow storm in the upper U.S. or typical severe thunderstorm in summer. Of course now anything weather related has become a weather "event".
december 2023 p. 6 par.
15 - "an especially fine work that gives evidence of our faith is our zealously sharing the good news with others.
why was nothing said to the 3000 about "preaching?
December 2023 p. 6 par. 15 - "An especially fine work that gives evidence of our faith is our zealously sharing the good news with others."
I can't believe they didn't toss in a comment about how "our faith" is also made evident by making monetary donations at every opportunity. I'm shocked. . .shocked I say that they didn't pop that into the article somehow.
Of course I have not read it, nor will I read it.
