apparently anyone can, yet no one can. lol.
years ago my husband [not a jw anymore] was given ms title,
believe me, they had no clue what he was doing at home and on the weekends, but I did. and so did my kids.
how about working overtime , and on weekends, drinking and taking off on his motorcycle till dark.
leaving me and the kids to entertain ourselves.
they did not kow us from adam. they did not care to. we were 'trailer trash' anyway,
my husband was in no way qualified, they just felt they had to 'reward' him for getting baptised so they gave him that title
and let him hand out territories. whoop de do. my husband never once offered help for anything. he waited to be asked.
they never asked him to do anything accept cut grass and maybe read at the book study or wt lesson.
not even a number 4 talk was he asked to do.
as soon as our teen daughter got in to trouble, which was only about 6 months later, despite many cries for help prior to the problem,
they told him he cant be ms and that was that.
a year later he never went back.
so the claim that the holy spirit helps elders is a crock of crap. maybe it depends on who wants it bad enough and who gives the most effort.
OR if they need people desperately.
as it turned out, years later, after we have moved on, i find out that three of the elders that appointed my husband ms. were told to step down, why? drinking.
