Tag: elders
Sudbury Elders: Reconsider Your Actions
April 6th, 2012, 2 Comments
By Rory Sullivan Editor’s Introduction: Even though this letter has appeared on other websites by now, Mr. Sullivan was kind enough to let me to publish and share his excellent thought-provoking “open letter” with our readers. He brings up issues that should concern all Jehovah’s Witnesses, but especially those honest-hearted Jehovah’s Witnesses who must carry [...]
“Seeds of dissent” against the Governing Body?
June 28th, 2011, 8 Comments
Editor’s Note: I just received the following news release announcing an attempt to organize an underground movement of Jehovah’s Witnesses who want a voice in how they are treated by their own religion. Ever since “Brother Siam” wrote and submitted his “Open Letter to the Governing Body” back in January, the level of dissent has [...]
Takeover: What really happened at Menlo Park?
May 30th, 2011, 8 Comments
On May 23, 2011 former elders of a California congregation filed two documents in Federal Court in San Francisco as part of their lawsuit against certain representatives of the Watchtower Society. The plaintiffs were elders of the Menlo Park Kingdom Hall prior to July 2010. Because their court documents have been released and are in the [...]
Watchtower’s Pecking Order
February 22nd, 2011, 2 Comments
Over the history of the Watchtower, the leaders have defined so many levels and rankings that now they’ve given up trying to use the word “classes” to describe them anymore. Let me help you understand how the organization is supposed to work.
Takeover in Menlo Park – Part One
November 7th, 2010, 5 Comments
A small group of Jehovah’s Witnesses, former elders at the Menlo Park (CA) Kingdom Hall, have filed a lawsuit in federal district court charging several ranking representatives of the Watchtower Society with “Conspiracy, Conspiracy to Commit Fraud, Collusion, Fraud, Extortion, Defamation, Mail and Wire Fraud, and Religious Fraud.” [United States District Court For the Northern [...]
Sick of it!
September 4th, 2009, 9 Comments
By “A Survivor” Editor’s Note: This article was submitted by a former Jehovah’s Witness who is now a married mother in her late thirties. Many of the stories she has shared with me about her years growing up in a Jehovah’s Witness family are quite graphic and very upsetting. They are stories of verbal, physical [...]
An Elder shares his honest opinions
August 2nd, 2009, 87 Comments
This article should be considered a “come to Jesus moment” for Jehovah’s Witnesses. Hopefully, we’ll all see the light, recognize the errors of our ways, and take a new approach.
