Topics Started by Simon Templar

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Can an inactive family member hold back a MS appointment?
by Simon Templar in
1. jw
2. friends
a friend asked me if a man can be appointed a ms if he has an inactive (inactive for 15-20 years) baptized adult child living in his home.

the child lives by the rules and doesn't do anything wrong (jw-wise), as i am told.

i know the child (adult) and is a good kid as far as i know.
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Too Much Discontent in the Congregation Part 3
by Simon Templar in
1. jw
2. experiences
now, 80-85 years later, we are still here.

if i was to do the counsel with a brother who had this much experience, i would have just thanked him for doing the talk, and marked him good on the point.

this is a good way to get money though.
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Too Much Discontent in the Congregation Part 2
by Simon Templar in
1. jw
2. experiences
here is part 2..

so you will have some understanding of the boe i will reference in future posts, the following is who they are:.

the coordinator.
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Too Much Discontent in Congregation Part 1
by Simon Templar in
1. jw
2. experiences
i am seeing and hearing many, many long-time jws openly expressing problems with either the watchtower society itself, the publications, changing doctrine, incorrectly living their lives as a result of bad doctrine, the behavior of the boe and other related things.

i will share some of these things in several posts, because there are just too many of them.

the complaints that i hear from publishers and pioneers are many.
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Is there a Ministerial Servant Qualification Change?
by Simon Templar in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it used to be that if an adult child (either a non-believer or disfellowshiped/disassociated) lived "under your roof" and lived by the "bible standards of the home", the father could be appointed either a ms or elder as the case may be.

of course, if the adult child was a believer and a member of the congregation, they had to be exemplary.

i overheard at the meeting yesterday, taking place in a side conversation held in the corner, that if this living condition exists, the father cannot be appointed because of the presence of the non-participating adult child in the home.
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What I said to an Elder and the matter was dropped.
by Simon Templar in
1. jw
2. experiences
i decided to tell this small story.. about 25 years ago, we lived in a certain area in the usa and associated with the local congregation there.

coincidently, one of the elders was the assistant congregation servant in a different kh and congregation which i grew up in.

therefore, we knew one another well.
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Has appointment of MS and Elder been changed?
by Simon Templar in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
are there any changes to the new procedure?

it seems to me that the co doesn't ask the candidate questions any longer.

they just decide who they will appoint and announce it at the next weekly meeting.
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Port Washington/Floral Park/New Hyde Park, NY Congregations
by Simon Templar in
1. jw
2. friends
does anyone have any experience with any of these congregations?.

i am moving to a location where i could go to any of these three congregations..
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March 2014 KM
by Simon Templar in
1. watchtower
2. bible
does anyone have the march 2014 km yet?.
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Expedite Elder Appointments?
by Simon Templar in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i am out of touch with any new or modified procedures for elder appointments.

does anyone know, if an elder had deleted himself, and several years later wants to resume involvement, is there now an accelerated method for re-appointment?

does only the boe appoint or is the co concurrance and service dep't appointment still needed?