Does anyone know what the Watchtower's corporate ladder would be like?

by dgp 19 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  dgp

  I was wondering if anyone knows how a brother would make his way up to the Governing Body. In my (worldly) opinion, there has to be something like a corporate ladder to climb. Does anyone know what the "procedure" would be?

  Also, would it be technically possible for "anyone" to climb to the top. I don't think they could claim that only the anointed could make it, since we know that some of them are already not of the anointed. Would, say, Brother Faisal, who endures every possible kind of persecution in Indonesia, really be able to lead the Watchtower someday?
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  OUTLAW

  The WBT$ GB is Up Here..

  Everyone else is Down Here..

  .....................;-)...OUTLAW
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  Iamallcool

  you have to kiss alot of asses to climb on the watchtower ladder.
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  Anony Mous

  It's fairly easy but you have to be able to put up with the boredom of their existence and you would also have to cut out your conscience and sear it very well to be able to ignore abuse, disfellowship victims, exhonerate perpetrators, let your children die and treat women like shit.
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  Iamallcool

  Most of the governing body members were Circuit Overseers. Only very few C.O.s got selected as GB members.
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  The Quiet One

  Hope this answers your question.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/215401/1/School-for-Congregation-Elders -This shows a hierarchy that is taught. And this might help too.. 'Its membership is unelected; existing members invite new members to join the body. [ 14 ] Franz, Raymond (2007). In Search of Christian Freedom . Commentary Press. pp. 123. ISBN 0-914675-17-6 .' http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governing_Body_of_Jehovah%27s_Witnesses
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  journey-on

  Would, say, Brother Faisal, who endures every possible kind of persecution in Indonesia, really be able to lead the Watchtower someday?

  Of course not.....LOL! It seems that it is basically an American religion that spread. Only English speaking witnesses are allowed, it seems, to climb the corporate ladder.
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  FatFreek 2005

  Sometimes, corporate ladders get a bit messy. Kinda like this:

  
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  darth frosty

  2 things rise you up the ranks in WT world.

  1st as already stated kiss a lot of ass.

  2nd and my fellow former bethelites can attest its about waiting and bidding your time.

  at bethel you come in bide your time and in 5 yrs you may be appointede elder. In 10 yrs you may get bethel elder status. 15 years and you could be department or floor overseer (and a table foot at morning worship.) 20 yrs you could be sent out as a bethel speaker. 25+ is when the real perks start kicking in.

  Can you see how such a caste type system can stifle all creativity, ass you are molded into a society minion bereft of all persona?
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  dgp

  Well, I like the illustration .

  So the pecking order is as follows:

  GOVERNING BODY!!!

  F & DS (my emphasis: false and deceitful simpletons)

  LEGAL ENTITIES

  BRANCH

  DISTRICT

  CIRCUIT

  SENIOR BETHELITES

  COBE

  ELDERS ON SERVICE COMMITTEE

  ELDERS

  JUNIOR BETHELITES

  SPECIAL PIONEERS

  MINI SERVS

  REGULAR PIONEERS

  AUXILARY PIONEERS

  PUBLISHERS

  DEAD DOGS

  PUBLISHERS WHO NEED HELP

  SINGLE SISTERS

  NEW ANNOINTED NOT ON GB

  The link to the Wikipedia says that

  The Governing Body continues to directly appoint branch office committee members and traveling overseers, [62] and only such direct appointees are described as "representatives of the Governing Body." [63] [64]

  I kind of suspect that these are the guys who really matter from an organizational point of view. These are the belts that transmit orders and make sure they are enforced.

  In my experience, in all organizations there is a formal organization chart, and a real one. In the real one, for example, I assume that a circuit overseer in, say, Brazil, is actually more important than the Branch Officer in, say, Iceland. Whatever their anointed status.

  And I see there's a lot of patience involved as well.

  As to our imaginary Brother Faisal, this is kind of a tricky thing for the Watchtower. If my understanding is right, most witnesses around the world basically live in three countries: the United States, Mexico and Brazil. I would expect the Brazilian and Mexican brothers to have a say in how affairs are conducted. They would sort of claim that, for example, whoever manages the Watchtower in either Mexico City or Sao Paulo (second and third largest cities in the world) has much more real weight than the branch overseers in several European countries. And most of those guys don't speak English either.