Some months back I posted a topic asking if JWs were now encouraged to volunteer their time for charitable organizations, as one of the volunteers who I work with was promoting JW.org to one of the Spanish speaking workers. Because of that, I guessed that he was a JW.
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5708790489939968/jws-now-encouraged-volunteer
Well the other day as he and I were folding and stacking tables after distributing food to the needy, I mentioned that after I retired I got bored and decided to do volunteer work. Since this guy looked to be over 60 and so retired, I asked what had been his profession before he signed on to help with the food distribution. His reply was rather interesting: "I worked for the kingdom."
So I said: "So you are a retired minister?" He nodded in the affirmative. So I asked him which denomination. He said that he was a JW. I told him that I was Anglican, hoping to pave the way for a discussion. He asked if I was interested in the Bible. When I said that I was, he told me that the JWs have a new movie about Hezekiah and how God's angel slew 185,000 Assyrian soldiers in one night. I was about to reply that it probably had more to do with contaminated water than angelic interference. But our supervisor called for me to assist him in taking a count of the undistributed items.
Unfortunately when I finished with that project, the JW was involved in a discussion with another volunteer. I didn't hear much of what they were talking about, but the non-JW volunteer was saying something about his church and that collections were voluntary.
The JW doesn't know anything about my JW history, so I hope to talk more with him at the next food distribution and possibly do some un-witnessing.
I also suspect that he and his wife are not your ordinary congregational JWs. In fact I suspect that they may have been missionaries or possibly sacked Bethelites. Perhaps they will have an interesting story to tell.