Positions

Phil

Does anyone know all the positions that are identified in the Watchtower organization? I hear people talking about elders, overseers etc. What are all the positions from the to to the bottom?

unclebruce

Here ya go Phil - Focus to the rescue: UPDATED LIST OF WATCHTOWER "RANKS" (not CLASSES!)

1 Less Senile Man Who 'Specially Advises' The President of the WTBTS
2 The President of the Watchtower Society of Jehovah's Witnesses
3 Jehovah God [As WTBTS President interprets/'explains' all... ]
4 Charles Taze Russell, occasionally The Faithful & Discreet Slave
5 Michael=Jesus, Satan [Jesus/Satan oddly confusable in WTBTS literature]
6 Other Governing Body Member (White)
7 Other more submissive Archangel
8 Writing Staff Member
9 Common or Garden Angel/Spirit
10 Other Committee head
11 Higher-Up Biblical Prophet (e.g. "Moses" Class)
12 Other Governing Body Member (Black or servile)
13 Prominent Bethelite
14 Biblical Prophet (e.g. "Ezekiel" Class)
15 Other Committee Member
16 Male Biblical "Honorable Mention" (e.g. "David" Class)
17 Branch Overseer
18 District Overseer
19 Circuit Overseer
20 City Overseer
21 Presiding Overseer
22 Elder with influence
23 Common or Garden Bethelite
24 Male Anointed One (active) ("Anointed Remnant" Class)
25 Common or garden Elder
26 Ministerial Servant
27 Male Special Pioneer
28 Male Pioneer
29 Male Auxiliary Pioneer
30 Male Anointed One (less active)
31 Male Alleged Anointed One
32 Male Dead Anointed One
33 Male Regular Publisher (but if non-JW spouse, lower)
34 Male Irregular Publisher (but if non-JW spouse, lower)
35 Male Inactive Publisher (but if non-JW spouse, lower)
36 Male Dead Publisher
37 Female Biblical "Honorable Mention" (Ruth Class, HIGHEST for a Female)
38 Female Anointed One (active)
39 Female Anointed One (less active)
40 Female Alleged Anointed One
41 Female Dead Anointed One
42 Female Special Pioneer
43 Female Pioneer
44 Female Auxiliary Pioneer
45 Female Regular Publisher (but if non-JW spouse, lower)
46 Female Irregular Publisher (but if non-JW spouse, lower)
47 Female Inactive Publisher (but if non-JW spouse, lower)
48 Female Dead Publisher
49 jW with suspected "worldly leanings" (or who forgets to dress per code)
50 jW with at least one DF/DA relative (if they misbehave, becomes a C-59)
51 Marked jW
52 Reproved jW
53 Male unbaptized Associate
54 Female unbaptized Associate
55 Male child of jW (sub-Class rank depends on Congregational Rank of Pop)
56 Female child of jW (sub-Class rank depends on Rank of Pater)
57 Male child of unbaptized Associate
58 Female child of unbaptized Associate; Dead unbaptized associate/family
59 "Spiritually Weak" jW; Dead non-jW who never heard the message; Hitler
60 jW known to have "Apostate Leanings", Other Dead;Mother Teresa (dogmeat)
61 Male householder starting a Bible Study
62 Female householder starting a Bible Study; any who paid for literature
63 Other Male adult (Catholics, Beardeds and Smokers at the bottom)
64 Other Submissive Female adult (ditto); Rapist [subject to Flicker Light]
65 Other Male Child
66 Idiot, Infidel or Lunatic
67 Other Female Child
68 Co-operative & submissive & clean non-jW Spouse of jW (Male higher)
69 One suspected of "running ahead of Jehovah" (never forgivable)
70 Co-operative & submissive non-jW Close Family of jW (Male much higher)
71 Non-human animals (snakes and bottom-feeding pond scum excepted)
72 Householder (either sex) who has politely said "not interested"
73 Householder (either sex) who has said "get lost"
74 Householder (either sex) who has offended (marked for early destruction)
75 Householder (either sex) who set household pet on jW (likewise)
76 Internet User or Child-Molester (unless Elder, in which case can be OK)
77 Unsubmissive Female; Demon
78 Unco-operative or unsubmissive or unclean non-jW Spouse of jW
79 Unco-operative or unsubmissive non-jW Family of jW
80 Formally Disassociated One
81 Bottom-feeding Pond Scum
82 Informally Disassociated One
83 Serpent
84 Living Mass-Murderer; Trinitarian (if different)
85 Masturbator, Homosexual [taught as basically the same thing]
86 One said to be pending J.C. [to jW this means not Jesus!] proceedings
87 Opposer who was never associated
88 jW who accepts Blood Transfusion
89 Clergyman, other Harlot
90 Opposer who had been associated
91 Pope, other Great Whore; George Orwell
92 Disfellowshipped One (unless lower still)
93 Shunned One (unless lower still)
94 Member of "Swine" Class (unless of even lower rank)
95 Vomit-Eating Dog, Apostatized One (Watters-Penton-Reed Class)
96 Member of "Evil Slave" Class (e.g. Ray Franz Class)
97 Demonized One (e.g. Feuerbacher-Bergman-Raines-JanG-JH Class)
98 One who Attempts to Tape-Record Judicial Committee proceedings
99 Wicked Demonized One (e.g., W.F.Salter-Focus-Farkel-Steinhaug-Kotwal-Hovland Class)
100Viprous Concealed-Apostatical One (e.g. Prominent Bethelite AntiType)

"God is not the author of confusion " - 1 Cor. 14:33

See! It is simple, just like the "Good News" viz. that those with Rank numbered 60-100 get destroyed at HAR!-MaggieDonAndOnAndOn or never get brought back. Hitler comes back, Mother Teresa does not, typical Watchtower "justice". Do I get thanks for having made it all so simple (in the inimitable style of dear Chas Russell)?

--
Focus
(Rank #99 - but has contacts even further down! Class)

xjw_b12

teenyuck

I was gonna say Missionary.....

peacefulpete

you did miss the Zone Overseer, possibly the most powerful men in the org. He controls whole continents or in our case, most of the western hemisphere.

gitasatsangha

Bruce, LMAO

Billygoat

LOL@UncleBruce !!!!

Whew! Thanks for clearing up what I thought this thread was about!

worldlygirl

LOL! This made my day. I am a #78 at best. Hey, it sounds like you know a lot about this stuff and I can't get any good answer from my husband who has suddenly returned to the flock. (Non-active when we met - never mentioned going back until AFTER we were married.) I hate to sound bitter, but I really do hope that having an uncooperative, non-compliant spouse makes life more difficult in the organization. Is it true???!!!

Worldlygirl

pr_capone

Wow.... I went from 28 to 93 in no time flat!!!!!!!

Kansas District Overbeer

blacksheep

Thanks! Now I understand what my mom meant when she referenced the organizational "dignitaries."

It also helps to know where I stand; officially at 82, but I've been known to hover around 99 based on comments from my mother...

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