How many classes of sheep?

Goldminer

So according to the teachings of the WTS there are 2 distinct classes of sheep.Really?

Here is a list of different classes I counted in the organization

1.disfelloshipped

2.disassociated

3.inactive

4.unbaptized publisher

5.baptized publisher

6.exemplary brother(more than 10 hours/month)

7.unexemplary brother(less than 10 hours/month)

8.auxiliary pioneer

9.regular pioneer

10.special pioneer

11.missionary

12.ministerial servant

13.elder

14.presiding overseer

15.circuit overseer

16.district overseer

17.branch overseer

18.oh yeah,and the anointed

Did I miss any?I don't suppose this is a new truth,or should it be a three-part watchtower study?

GermanXJW

What's missing are: DF'ed for Apostasy and those DFed for other reasons.

AK - Jeff

Labels, labels, and more labels -

I called it - self-righteous judgementalism. Perhaps pharaseeism.

Just my opinion -

Jeff

Wild_Thing

You missed bethelites.

Oh ... and elder's wives!!

cyberguy

You missed "irregular" (not out in FS for < 6 months).

undercover

One of the other terms might have covered the condition but nothing says it with as much love as "weak".

cyber-sista

You missed sister with the "unbelieving mate"

Most definitely a much lower class which I am most familiar with (put you down a notch in JW land)

And we must remember those "spiritually weak ones"

I have also heard an elder use the term "submarine witnesses" in regard to those who don't attend meetings except when some disaster in the world or their lives occur and then they resurface for a bit and perhaps attend a meeting or two. He used this term after 9/11 when a few of those types were in the audience--tactful huh?

Neo

"Interested ones"

"the friends"

Evil Slave class

"new boy" (Bethel)

Nethinim

Neo

(of the unplugged-from-the-Matrix class)

cyber-sista

Reinstated

Reinstated but without privleges

Reproved

Reproved but without privleges

Marked as bad association

Neo

Marked as bad association

Yeah!, I completely forgot that! Marked!

How many classes of sheep?

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