| Photos of the Governing Body |
| Written by Freeminds Contributor |
| Sunday, 12 April 2009 21:32 |
The Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnessesprivate photo taken of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses in 1975:
upper row, left to right: Daniel Sydlik (deceased April 19, 2006), Theodore Jaracz (deceased 6/9/2010), Raymond Franz (resigned in 1980), Lyman Swingle (deceased), Lloyd Barry (died in 1999), Milton Henschel (deceased 5th president, top), William Jackson (deceased, bottom) Karl Klein (died Jan 2001), Grant Suiter (deceased), Albert Schroeder (deceased March 9, 2006), Leo Greenlees (forced resignation) bottom row: Ewart Chitty (forced resignation), Frederick Franz (deceased, 4th president), Nathan Knorr (deceased, 3rd president), George Gangas (deceased), John Booth (deceased), Charles Fekel (deceased) not shown: John Barr, Carey Barber (deceased), Martin Poetzinger (deceased), Gerrit Losch, Samuel Herd, Geoffrey Jackson, Steven Lett, Anthony Morris, Guy Pierce, David Splane
Gerrit Lösch
Four new members were added on 10/3/1999 to the Watchtower's Governing Body. All claim to be of the anointed. In contrast to the other eight, they are presumably fairly young. They are:
Samuel Herd - former district overseer, living at Bethel this past year, also the first African/American on the GB.
Guy Pierce - former circuit overseer, living at Bethel this past year,
Steve Lett - (our) former circuit overseer, living at Bethel this past year,
David Splane - was missionary in Canada, Bethel for some years, graduated from the 42nd class of Gilead September 1966.
Two new Governing Body members added in 2005
Anthony Morris raised a family and then went into the traveling work. Later they were called to Patterson.
Geoffrey Jackson is an Australian who was a special pioneer (Geoff never went to Gilead so was not considered a missionary) and a branch committee member in Fiji before being going to Patterson.
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  written by Gil , October 07, 2009 Stay away from the JW cult or they will own you for life. report abuse
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 written by H.P. Picasso , October 31, 2009 The JW's are so eager to push their literature on other people. But when you try and get them to read something else (like Charles Darwin for example) they will not go near it! They are a mind-controling sect. They are dangerous. report abuse
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 written by justin , November 11, 2009 you guys are silly! report abuse
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 written by Jerie Elliott , January 27, 2010 Wow! It is amazing to see how the Governing Body has evolved. It looks like now they have decided that the older brothers are dying, so it is time for the younger brothers to get in on the act!Beware, or soon, there will be 20-year old brothers who are on the GB! report abuse
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