2023 Governing Body Update #8 / BEARDS!!!

[Dark King]

25 minutes ago, Dark King said:

Sometimes we have a cultural in our organization to be a Jehovah's witnesses, but not an ordained minister.

For an example, sometime the brothers and sisters. Have a beach day right and the brothers and the sisters are wearing bikinis 👙 and swim wear that don't leave nothing for the imagination.

 

Just ask yourself, will Mary and Joseph the parents of Jesus Chris wear this? Not that it would be wrong to have a beach day. It's okay having a beach day but well. There are bikinis and a swim wear not leaving anything for imagination. 🥺

 

As one circuit overseer said sometimes you look and you said Bow Wow! 😮 

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Jwhess may not harp on the it any longer, but I'll take up where he left off.

[Andrey]

I appreciate the changes that are happening in our Organization, I like it when there is progress and changes. But, I like a clean-shaven face (there will come a time when I won't have a razor handy), a stylish classic suit, elegance in clothing. I feel solemn when I come to the Kingdom Hall.

 

I also like it when men have a beard, neatly trimmed.

 

This is the choice of each of us, which we must respect, with dignity. This is what Jehovah wants.

 

Good reminder, the book, STUDY 15 Good Personal Appearance, pages 131-134. (I think there will be changes in this lesson soon)

https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1102001084

[Andrey]

On 4/19/2025 at 4:32 AM, ➕👇 ꓤꓱꓷꓠꓵ🎵Tone said:

Work on the Sabbath? NEVER!

 

Brother Tony, with your permission, may I add: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday?  

 

I like this. 

Edited 5 hours ago by Andrey

[Mike047]

1 hour ago, Dark King said:

Do you understand that your baptism identifies you as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses in association with Jehovah’s organization?

 

And, from the brother's big frock coats, of the late 19th century, to the sisters trousers suits of the 21st century, what we are is based on who we are inside. Hopefully, there is enough about our Christian personality that identifies us to others. As Peter, under inspiration, said "Since all these things are to be dissolved in this way, consider what sort of people you ought to be in holy acts of conduct and deeds of godly devotion", with the conduct of our personality from within and the deeds of our ministry from without, we should still be visible to those who can tell the difference.

[Dark King]

47 minutes ago, Mike047 said:

And, from the brother's big frock coats, of the late 19th century, to the sisters trousers suits of the 21st century, what we are is based on who we are inside. Hopefully, there is enough about our Christian personality that identifies us to others. As Peter, under inspiration, said "Since all these things are to be dissolved in this way, consider what sort of people you ought to be in holy acts of conduct and deeds of godly devotion", with the conduct of our personality from within and the deeds of our ministry from without, we should still be visible to those who can tell the difference.

Thanks brother, I like what you said here. 

 

To illustrated from my way, have you ever been to a Publix grocery store or Chick-fil-A? And on the other hand, have you been to a Piggly Willy and a Burger King where either way you ain't going to have it your way. I prefer when people see Jehovah's organization. They see us as uniform in a way that you will look at Publix or Chick-fil-A. Not the way people review. Piggly wiggly and Burger King. 

 

Back in the early century men and women dress like gentlemen's and Chase women. It still should be that way today. And everybody knew the ordained minister in the community. They was a very prestigious and pillar of the entire community. We as Jehovah's witnesses as ordained Ministers should still be pillars in the ministry in the community.

 

There's is an old saying what's in the heart and what's in the mind eventually filtrates onto the clothes.

Edited 4 hours ago by Dark King

[Dark King]

Sometimes the friends get up and go early morning witnessing on a Saturday morning or a Sunday morning, you know 6:00 7:00 in the morning when the person see you in the way you dress is they thinking to himself? Was they in the club with me till 4:00 AM this morning or is you not distracting from the message? By the way, you dress and people automatically know you are one of those Jehovah's witnesses. And yes you are here to minister them. You're here to help them get forgiveness for their sins. For what they was doing in the club Friday and Saturday last night.

 

I'm just saying 😂😂🤔🤫

Edited 4 hours ago by Dark King

[Tortuga]

On 4/19/2025 at 12:54 AM, jwhess said:

How does it look now?  A bearded guy wearing a polo shirt and chinos walking next to a woman with her blouse tucked into a pair of slacks.  Do you stop your car and say, by the way they dress, "They must be witnesses?. They could be anybody on the street.  How does that add to our identity and how does it indicate unity?

It doesn't add to our identity and unity except through our modesty. As long as we are modest in our dress and grooming, at least we won't detract from our identity and unity.

[computerwiz]

Maybe we needed to change our "uniform" so they'd open the door for us these days!  

 

"Who are y'all??  Oh man....guess I have to listen now, the door's already open".  

[Tortuga]

6 minutes ago, computerwiz said:

Maybe we needed to change our "uniform" so they'd open the door for us these days!  

 

"Who are y'all??  Oh man....guess I have to listen now, the door's already open".  

Unless we look like solar panel salesmen..