I'm not sure if this thread is saying that the JWs allow fellas who are single to be Ministerial Servants or not, but I can relate something tha I know of - from years ago.
Back in the 60's - there was a fella who had been married once before - and divorced. I don't know many details of that, but he was a nice fella. He had a 'friend' who was a gal - who also was a pioneer.
Now... these two were not youngsters. He was in his mid 40's, and she was probably mid to late 20's. (As a kiddo, I was not too good at estimating ages.)
Anyway... the local gestapo pretty much told this fella that if he wanted to move up to the next rung in the organization - he would have to get married to this gal. Otherwise, he couldn't be a 'servant' - or whatever they were called back then. So he got married to her.
They were not married for very long when he was told that in order to be a servant - he needed to have children (scriptural - ya know). So... reluctantly, they had kids. I think that he was way up in years when his oldest was a teenager.
Anyway... they promoted him - and he was able to be one of the 'three' that ran the congregation.
I just can't figure out why they go this route - and then also preach from the platform that fellas should strive to be like the fella (Timothy?) in the New Testament who remained single. It gets kinda confusing to a youngster. Unless Timothy had no responsibilities in the 'congregation' of old.
Regards,
Jim TX