2024 Governing Body Update #2

[Landon1285]

1 hour ago, Dages said:

It makes sense, we are about to enter the Great Tribulation, we have to prepare our heart to see many exJW and non-JW people wanting to come back/join.

Study 18 paragraph 11 last sentence in the May 2024 article confirms this by mentioning: "And the apostle Paul warned that unrepentant apostates would not be resurrected.—Heb. 6:4-8; 10:29."

 

https://www.jw.org/finder?wtlocale=E&docid=2024404&srctype=wol&srcid=share&par=19

Edited March 15 by Landon1285

[Dustparticle]

3 hours ago, Bosko said:

Who said that we would not talk about beard anymore.

🤣

 

 

For a second, I thought Pastor Russell was speaking. Today, I was the first in the congregation did not wear a tie in filed service.

[Dages]

20 minutes ago, MelW said:

Maybe 2 day convention next, who knows.

1 week assembly  

[Tortuga]

 

My new service outfit...

[Dhanyel]

I can only see ahead how close we are to the end, these adjustments are loving, the sisters will be able to preach wearing pants, it will even be safer to not attract too much attention, the brothers will be more comfortable without suits and ties, but of course, nothing changes in participation, but it's wonderful. Also, Jehovah's care for disassociated ones and those who are estranged is like a special call: 'Come, I don't want you to be left behind, I don't want you to be destroyed.' Although we won't maintain a bond with the disassociated, just a brief welcome greeting is already a very loving act. Those who want to return, those who have this desire will already be able to study the Bible before readmission, this shows urgency. I was very happy with the adjustments, only gratitude to Jehovah.

[CouveBro]

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[Dages]

4 minutes ago, CouveBro said:

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Staying aliiiiiiiiiiiive

[Roberto]

I really love that the brothers, in the context of Jehovah's merciful, also looked deeper into Jesus' approach.

 

In Revelation 2:21 Jesus said:

"I gave her time to repent".

 

Elders at a judicial meeting have to recognize/assess whether someone is repentant. Repentance determines whether someone can remain in the congregation. But is a 2-3 hour meeting enough time for straying sheep to repent, "produce fruits that befit repentance"?  Now the elders may recognize that someone needs time to repent and help the person in the meantime with shepherd-like care. Very reasonable approach reflect the merciful and love of Jehovah and Jesus.

 

And br. Sanderson used the term "Committee of elders".. that sounds better than "judicial committee" 🙂

[bobby]

i dont know i my self like tie's and suit jacket 

[Friends just call me Ross]

10 minutes ago, Dages said:

Staying aliiiiiiiiiiiive

 

Too funny!  That's the first thing I thought of, too, when I saw that retro 70's suit. 

[Dhanyel]

Just now, bobby said:

i dont know i my self like tie's and suit jacket 

Me too and they will not be extinct, we will still be able to use them, now it is a matter of personal decision, it is only necessary when you have some participation 

[Dolce vita]

18 minutes ago, CouveBro said:

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Travolta is a Jehovah's witness ?

[carlos]

2 hours ago, johnnyjw01 said:

i know that most people will talk about the pants thing but the most beautiful parts for me were the adjustements regarding disfellowshipping and disfellowshipped ones. Our God is more merciful that we can imagine 🥹

 

Absolutely agreed. As happy as I am regarding ties, that is just a small detail in comparison with the more merciful approach to those who have sinned or are disfellowshipped.

 

It takes a lot of courage to attend a meeting when you are disfellowshipped. To be received with a kind greeting must make things a lot easier.

 

There is a disfellowshipped woman who has been attending our meetings for some time. I am awaiting with anticipation the next meeting to tell her I am glad to see her.

[CHecker]

One place I will wear my skirt, the memorial.

[Krusso]

I am so ecstatic with the new treatment of disfellowshiped people. I am almost sure I wrote something before about this. I talked to my husband a couple of times . When you read the two instances in the Bible about treating the wrongdoer, you can clearly see that Paul did not treat both situations the same way. One was harsher than the other one. Now are following the scriptures more accurately. They got it. It is always a matter of being patient with our organization. 

[Michał]

Why can’t I see zillion posts on JW memes thread?


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[Dages]

16 minutes ago, Dolce vita said:

Travolta is a Jehovah's witness ?

Unfortunaly, he is in Scientology 💩

[carlos]

10 minutes ago, Krusso said:

Now are following the scriptures more accurately.

 

Also the way to help wrongdoers. Of course elders in general have always tried to help them to repent, but now a lot more stress is put on that. The committee is not just to decide whether there is repentance or not, but rather to help the person to repent. And if more time and more meetings are needed for that, that is not a problem.

 

Jehovah is telling us clearly he wants everybody to repent and come back.

[Leonard Match Valid]

a question:

What do you think of jeans for sisters?
 

 

[shelton1]

3 hours ago, jwhess said:

Does anyone remember the adjustment about studying with disfellowshipped people in the late 1970s?  Elders went to a special school at the Assembly Hall to get the correct procedure.  It was done away with in the early 1980s.

how diffrent would that study be as disfelowshipped ones might already know the material well..

Edited March 15 by shelton1

[Friends just call me Ross]

4 minutes ago, Leonard Match Valid said:

a question:

What do you think of jeans for sisters?
 

 

 

Appropriate dress for casual occasions, but I would never wear jeans to an assembly, convention, KH or out in service.

 

I saw enough people wearing jeans to Catholic Church services.  I wore jeans there because I had no respect for that church or its services.

 

I have too much respect for true worship to dress casually for it.  

 

 

[Krusso]

9 minutes ago, carlos said:

 

Also the way to help wrongdoers. Of course elders in general have always tried to help them to repent, but now a lot more stress is put on that. The committee is not just to decide whether there is repentance or not, but rather to help the person to repent. And if more time and more meetings are needed for that, that is not a problem.

 

Jehovah is telling us clearly he wants everybody to repent and come back.

Something very interesting is the change in how to treat minors. Secular law is more merciful with minors. They are treated with more leniency for obvious reasons. Also the government cannot have any type of procedure with minors without the presence of the parents or adult responsible. We are now following the secular laws more accurately 😊

[jwnate]

4 minutes ago, Leonard Match Valid said:

a question:

What do you think of jeans for sisters?
 

 

Cotton slacks- okay. Cotton processed into denim- not okay. 😄 But in all seriousness, it is hard to make jeans look dressy. Or as the update said, the pants "should not be casual but dignified, modest, and appropriate."

[Hope]

1 hour ago, Tortuga said:

 

My new service outfit...

I would answer the door to anyone looking like that... hubba! 😍

[Bluebell]

12 minutes ago, Leonard Match Valid said:

a question:

What do you think of jeans for sisters?
 

 

 

The direction for delegates invited to intl or specicial conventions are:

We request that no blue jeans, spandex outerwear, or other tight-fitting clothing be worn during the duration of your trip. 

 

Simalar to the dresscode for bethel tours..

 

This should answer your question 😉