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  CAUTION, FOR ELDERS ONLY: Test your knowledge of the 'Shepherd the Flock of God' book.

  by Esse quam videri in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jehovah's organization has lovingly provided all elders with guidance to help them 'shepherd the flock'.

  to help you [elders only] get more familiar with your 'shepherd' book we are asking you to 'test your knowledge' with this first 'mini quiz' of a series entitled: where in the book?.

  question 1: where in the book would you find this fine and timely advice for congregation elders?.

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  Richard_I

  fraud, slander. "The congregation would not consider forming a judicial committee unless the offended Christian had taken steps one and two of Matthew 18: 15, 16 and had initiated step three of Matthew 18:17.-od pp. 147-149." p. 67
  
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  2015 Convention Reminders Video!

  by Atlantis in

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  2. bible

  credit goes to mike & kim.. .. https://youtu.be/yj3x6wjrsaq .

  .. .. atlantis!.

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  Richard_I

  Remember guys, no tight pants! (2m10s)
  

  
  
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  Whatever happened to the rumor of Circuit Overseers being dissolved?

  by Black Man in

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  2. friends

  i remember that was a rumor going around shortly before i left the jws.

  whatever happened with it?

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  Richard_I

  I believe they are no longer doing this. I was also told while I was at Bethel in the late 2000's that the CO arrangement would be no more and that the GB wanted local elders to serve as mini-COs within cities where they would visit nearby congregations and help them for a week, which was why there were so many elder schools being held at that time so that they could receive the training for this in the United States. However, I never thought they would get rid of DOs, and with the removal of the DO arrangement I am pretty sure you'll never see the COs go away now as they are now the only HQ representative the congregations will see (other than Bethel speakers at one assembly a year or at a regional convention). It seems like once Jaracz & Barr died everything went 180 degrees in the opposite direction.
  
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  JW.org does partial U-turn over Awake! magazine Rama Singh misquote

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  posted on april 19, 2015http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/jw-org-does-partial-u-turn-over-awake-magazine-rama-singh-misquote

  jw.org has removed their misquote of rama singh from digital versions of awake!

  magazine.

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  Richard_I

  I can't see the images so I made this myself

  
  
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  Commenting feature on jw.org

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it seems that select videos on jw.org now offer a comment section for any registered user, (previously, logins were only used by elders, servants and those who wanted to donate by credit card).

  however, your login info now has to contain your real full name and be approved by your congregations service committee..

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  Richard_I

  What videos allow comments? I couldn't find any. Also are they public comments, meaning anyone can see them if they visit the site? It makes no sense for them to allow comments, they'll just be "wow" or "good video praise jah", which doesn't really apply to non-JWs.
  
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  Take subway to work? Count your time!

  by ShirleyW in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was sitting next to a sister this evening who during the whole ride she had one of those plastic folders that holds the mags and pamphlets, she had both spanish and english and was holding the folder out in front of her until she got off the train.

  i asked her if she was counting her time, she said yes (of course she asked how do i know about that).

  she said it's not easy talking to the people in the station (seemed like she meant standing with the trolley or just the mags) because sometimes people say things that aren't nice, so she counts her time on her daily commute.

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  i tell my parents to start their time early by putting a watchtower or awake mag in front of the window. do it as soon as you wake up, and by the time you're ready to go to the group you've already got at least 1 or 1.5 hours. truly jehovah's chariot is on the move!!
  
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  Yet Another JW Child Molester in the news and again its South Wales

  by jimtheman699 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3007905/south-wales-jehovah-s-witness-36-sex-15-year-old-schoolboy-avoids-jail-sentence.html.

  married jehovah's witness, 36, who had sex with boy, 15, after inviting him to sleepovers with her children avoids jail sentence .

  she was spared jail by a judge at merthyr tydfil crown court today.

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  "Richards was sentenced to a two-year suspended jail term and a sexual offences prevention order. She will also have to sign on to the sex offenders’ register for ten years."

  What a joke. If the roles were reversed, she would be imprisoned for minimum 5 years.
  
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  Canadians have no problems with bright colored socks according to Branch Rep (Zone) visit

  by Quarterback in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  we just had the visit of the br, winston payne from down under australia.

  he was a good old mate, and he commended the brits accent over the australian.

  no mention of the metero sexual suits, bright colored socks, spandex, no association with df relatives.

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  Richard_I

  I forgot to mention, Rod Jung said all conventions this year will have "lots" of actual videos shown, and that all conventions will have large TV displays set up for these videos to be seen by all in attendance. This has never happened before, I have never seen any TV displays at any normal convention I have ever attended, nor has there ever been videos shown during the program.
  
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  Canadians have no problems with bright colored socks according to Branch Rep (Zone) visit

  by Quarterback in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  we just had the visit of the br, winston payne from down under australia.

  he was a good old mate, and he commended the brits accent over the australian.

  no mention of the metero sexual suits, bright colored socks, spandex, no association with df relatives.

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  @Quarterback: I agree with you on it being one of the better zone talks. The other ones were always rants, this old guy was pretty funny with his rambling stories and yes the talk was actually more upbuilding than most.

  John MacEwan of the branch committee was the chairman. Warren Shewfelt (I think also of the branch commitee) did the Watchtower summary, Rod Jung gave an update on Canada's work (12,000+ reg pioneers, 50,000+ bible studies, 180,000+ attended last year's memorial, they are focusing a lot on translating to First Nations languages). Rod Jung is now on the branch committee and seems like he is the branch coordinator now, since Ken Little is 80 and had to step down.

  Winston Payne was the speaker from Australia Bethel. His theme was "Find Happiness in the Peace of God" and was basically just "remember Jehovah knows your limitations so don't feel bad about shortcomings". He had funny, long, dry rambling stories and kept saying there's a point to the story. Payne looked pretty old, I thought late 70's, but he was still kind of on the ball because he had to admit a number of times there was a point to his long stories so he realized he was rambling, but his points were short compared to how long he had to what he talked about (he'd talk for like a solid 10 minutes and his point would be a sentence or two long).
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  WTBS Canada received almost $9 million from cong. donations in 2013

  by Richard_I in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just saw this on the ex-jw subreddit.

  on opencharity.ca, you can view wtbs canada's financial info and in 2013 they received almost $9 million in donations.

  you can even see how much some congregations gave.

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  Richard_I

  @wannaexit: no, sorry. it's been 5 years since i was at bethel, i've forgotten lots of the names, but i don't remember that name at all.