Is it true?!!!
How do you all know this?!!!
Extremely curious about it. Who'll be the watch person then?!
DY
CO Arrangement Ending?!
by Doubtfully Yours 29 Replies latest jw friends
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Mad Sweeney
This has been rumored for YEARS. No hard news about it yet that I know of.
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sir82
The rumor is several years old.
No hard evidence has ever been presented.
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Think About It
I've been out of this org. for 15 yrs, but as much as they love control........I can't see this happening. The CO is the company man that is making sure the elders and congs are toeing the company line.
Think About It
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Doubtfully Yours
Logistically speaking, it just cannot end! The COs make sure all is in agreement and perfect alignment with the greater Organization!
No way can it end!!! I believe that move could be disastrous for the unity of the Organization as a whole. Just can't believe that one!
DY
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darth frosty
They cant get rid of CO cause they know where the bodies are buried (so to speak.) As a vital instrument of control and enforcement of there non-biblical rules, can you imagine the stories a dis-gruntled CO can tell?
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Mad Sweeney
One reason why they might do such a thing is because the local congregations are in such dire need of elders with some organizational skills.
They could keep tabs on the congregations via circuit-sized elders meetings twice a year, then the elders could bring the directives back to the rank and file.
It wouldn't be too hard to pull off.
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cantleave
It aint going to happen for all the reasons stated above plus, it it is essential that the org has some sort of succession model and the CO arrangement is a key part that, along with MTS and Gilead.
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Mad Sweeney
You could still have a Circuit Overseer without making him a "traveling" overseer. Give him a "home" congregation and only let him interact via the bodies of elders at the regularly scheduled circuit-wide elders meetings.
Think of the money they'll save on cars and car insurance.
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cantleave
Think of the money they'll save on cars and car insurance
Good Point, made well. Lets see.