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  Does the President of the WT have any power?

  by BU2B in

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  i thought about this after reading incognito's thread.

  i was wondering if anyone here has any idea what the president of the wt actually does or if he truly has any real power, or if he is merely the gb puppet..

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  Richard_I

  Don Adams is approaching 90, but yes I assume he has some power, at least administratively. He signed & stamped some government-related forms for me that I had to show to government agencies, was kind of surprising to see his signature along with the title "President of the Watchtower and Bible Tract Society of Pennsylvania" on a piece of paper.
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  1995 Outbreak of Ebola Virus in Zaire Traced to Jehovah's Witness Family

  by Kenneson in

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  2. friends

  the first case of ebola raised its ugly head in 1976 in zaire, africa.

  it remained dormant until 1995 when it struck again.

  this time the virus was traced to one family.

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  Richard_I

  Bumping this due to the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Here's an archive of Kenneson's first link: http://web.archive.org/web/20070814001700/http://www.pulitzer.org/year/1996/explanatory-journalism/works/ebola12.html

  I haven't heard anything about how the JWs are doing in Liberia, Seirra Leone, Nigeria, and Guinea over this outbreak. Do they go door-to-door with gloves & face masks? Are they even going door-to-door in these towns/villages?
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  Ken Little

  by expatbrit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello.. ken little is the canadian branch overseer.

  i have met him once (across the lunch table at a circuit assembly).

  my immediate reaction was that he is a complete company man, and fulfills his name perfectly.. i should like to know a little (har har) more about him, his background, business dealings, watchtower career, personality.

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  Richard_I

  I'm gonna bump this 11 year old thread because Ken Little's life story is in this month's study edition of the WT. You can read it all on JW.org here. In short:

  • Seems to be born in 1932 (so he's ~82 right now)
  • Arrived in Canada Bethel in 1952 (when he was ~20)
  • Became a "company servant" (coordinator of the body of elders) in 1955 (when he was ~23)
  • Married 1957 and became a CO in that same year (when he was ~25)
  • Doing "district work" in 1960 (when he was ~28)
  • Went to Gilead in 1961 (at ~29), where Knorr said he could go back to Canada Bethel to be a Kingdom Ministry School instructor, which he did a few months later
  • Went back to Gilead in 1965 (~33)
  • After graduating from Gilead, assigned by Knorr to Canada Bethel to be the branch overseer (Branch Commitee coordinator) at 34 years of age, which he still is

  AFAIK he does not consider himself "annointed". He's the "top guy" in JWs in Canada, he would know everything that goes on related to JWs in Canada. I spoke to him a few times, he seemed fairly normal but with that tract record he has to be a huge "company man" to move up the ladder that fast. He's probably the best known Canadian JW after Glen Howe (a JW lawyer, died in 2008 at 89 years of age). Ken was also the one who signed the "settlement agreement" to take watchtower.ca from Peter Mosier.
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  KIngdom Melodies 7 & 8

  by SuperBoy in

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  2. friends

  would love to know why they aren't on the jw.org.. any ideas?.

  it's a bit sad but i still listening to them.

  i feel quite industrious when they are on so get the housework done..

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  Richard_I

  I asked the same question to my CO in 2008, SuperBoy. He wasn't even sure why it wasn't on JW.org, but you could still order them from the literature counter. I do not know if that is the case today, but if you are still in try asking them if they can order it.

  The only reason I could see them not being on the website is due to a copyright claim that a song was plagiarized or that a song sounded too similar to a non-JW song.
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  BOE - PDF - CONFIDENTIAL 2014-04-22 Adjustment in process for appointing elders and ministerial servants

  by WatchTower87 in

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  2. bible

  boe - confidential.

  instruction: press the 'skip ad' button top right, you should then see the download screen more easily.

  no virus ;-).

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  Richard_I

  This is too much power for a CO, now if the CO holds a grudge against a brother, nothing can be done. There's no DO to complain to, and I bet if the branch was contacted they wouldn't get involved. Power tripping CO's will be drooling when they read this letter.

  Let the ass-kissing begin!

  Thanks WatchTower87 for sharing this with us!
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  Does anyone know what is happening with Italy's (Rome) Bethel???

  by LoisLane looking for Superman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there are rumors out, that the italy (rome) bethel is being shut down and putting out to pasture a large portion of the bethel staff.. has anyone heard anything... ?.

  the word is that everyone but the most senior members will be let go.

  the senior bethel family members will be reassigned.

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  Selling it after Morris' visit reminds me of how Ted Jaracz visted a branch, everyone was so excited, he asked everyone what their responsibilities were, and then after he left many people were dismissed (I believe I read this on a thread on this site). Branch visits are just to trim the fat in disguise and making sure the branch commitee are in agreement with the GB.
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  Audio of Detroit Propaganda Video

  by kneehighmiah in

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  2. friends

  i couldn't take video to avoid blowing my cover.

  the audio quality could be better.

  can anyone enhance it?.

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  Richard_I

  is this your recording, kneehighmiah? if thats the case, nice job, thank you very much for uploading it! guess they really are having trouble getting people to come to detroit
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  The GB's weekly meetings

  by Richard_I in

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  every wednesday the gb meet and discuss who the hell knows what.

  but i was wondering, is it just them or are the committee helpers and the laywers invited as well?

  that's gotta be around 20-25 people altogether.

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  Every Wednesday the GB meet and discuss who the hell knows what. But I was wondering, is it just them or are the committee helpers and the laywers invited as well? That's gotta be around 20-25 people altogether. Surely it's a business meeting consisting of the "elite" at Brooklyn? I refuse to believe that 8 guys make all the decisions, they have to consult the lawyers and Don Adams (president) and the other old guys at the top.

  It's amazing we really know nothing about what goes on at the top.
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  I think lawyers are being used to write all the literature

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  if you think about how they word and spin doctor everything, such as on jw org, the faq about shunning members who leave the religion....if a jw says, "look, it says you don't shun ex members and family ties remain no matter what!

  ", they will say, "na ah ah!!

  if you look closely it talks about inactive ones who are not shunned, and as for family, the example is of a husband in the same household as his wife and children.

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  there was a WT study article within the last 5 years that was all legalese, it HAD to be have been written by a lawyer. nobody understand the damn article.

  also i believe the GB consult with the lawyers in everything they do. legal implications = huge money loss otherwise.
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  Get ready for phone calls from Elders either this week or when the next CO visit happens.

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i got a call the other day, it looks like the gb is telling everyone to contact all inactive ones, let them know they are missed, etc, and to do it within a week.

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  Richard_I

  This is supposed to be a normal routine. The CO puts pressure on the elders to "bring the flock back" to the cong, so they are forced to phone inactive/irregular publishers and say how much they miss them despite never trying to contact them previously.