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THE CONGREGATION SECRETARY
My dad was an elder & the congregation secretary.He had many letters to write & many things to record. Our old mud house was full of files & exercise books & all the little slips the JW used to record their field service report. Back in those days internet was unknwn to us & nobody around our community owned a cell phone.These inventions has reduced the secretary's work. But in those days my dad will use our old kerosine lamp,put on his lenses & set to work,copying tiny numbers frm S4 into an exercise book.Sometimes he'd complain of how some publishers don't knw how to fill out their S4 even tho he'd shown them many times.
"look at this one,how can one report 10 bible studies but 3 return visits?", he'd tiredly complain. Sometimes he'd scold us to keep quiet & stop distracting him with noises so that he won't make mistakes. He often continued his work late into the night when we'd all gone to bed. He often complained of how pen & books weren't given to him by the cong...

ELDERS AND MINISTERIAL SERVANT
Some JW men are appointed as elders & others as MS. This appointment are said to be done by the holy spirit,how? Formerly the branch office was responsible for the appointment but now its the Circuit Overseer. Among the body of elders,there's one knwn as presiding overseer (now knwn as cordinator). He's just like the head of the cong. Then there are the service overseer & the secretary. These three are important personalities in the cong. But any sensible person knws that these people aren't appointed by any holy spirit.This same JW who said holy spirit is a force not a person now still go ahead to say that men are appointed by holy spirit. Is the CO a holy spirit? One vital point abt elders is that their family is often in trouble while they try to lead the cong. They ignore where the bible says an overseer must 1st put his own home in order b4 he can lead the congregation...

Blue86:
Only Jesus can save.

Follow Him

i hope i told u b4 that here isn't a christian chatbox. Do u eat through ur nostrils?

Courz:
Oh, you were very young. My younger brother was interviewed and he was told exactly what to say. They rehearsed everything. word for word. Many ExJWs had similar experience. Since then, I never believed those interviews were real. Very unnatural. A JW man once lied on stage about his wife leaving him because she wanted to take him away from Jehovah whereas the real reason the wife left was because he almost killed her with beatings! And the people who knew the real story were in the audience shocked! Many of these interviews look and sound embellished with lies. Public relations stunts to make the Cult look good. This comment from an EXJW below made me laugh!

Were you told what to say?

all interviews are rehearsed & some spices (sweet mouth/lies) are added to it. U aren't allowed to say anything that's not in line with the Jw belief even if it's true.Recently,make up & face polishing b4 appearing in the platform is mandatory.

#Udeme-Gift
#Uwem-Life
#Usen-Day
#Uduak-Will (God's)
#Ukeme-Ability

Corridon:
Mine is agbado. It means corn.

thank u sir. U can still post more names & their meanings

TheMensch:
Ilung eköm de oo Ami nto Oruk Anam
Nke: Isideghe unyie ufök idiagha afere akwenge
Interpretation: Soup no fit finish when the owner of the house never eat am.
Sesongo

ade nam- o

NKE ANNANG (4):
Owo udongo isimeke nka.
IKOMBAKARA:
Sick person no dey grow fast like him mate them.
EXPLANATION:
Some challenges in life can hinder the progress of a man while those who never face such challenges will make rapid progress.

MEETINGS
Instead of saying "church service", JW use the term "meeting" so as not to sound like christendom churches. Unlike now where there are tv sets in the kingdom hall,back in those days meetings were boring for children.We were expected to sit for abt two hours & listen to different talks,demonstrations & discusions. It didn't make sense for us kids so we'll use the excuse of going to urinate to go & play,chasing grasshopers around the field outside. Sometimes we'll just display our fighting skill until an adult will come to chase us all in again.The songs were boring too. The songbook was english whereas our cong was Efik speaking. U can imagine old men & women battling with big grammars in the songbook. Then there's occasional hand clapping when a brother finished his talk. Sometimes if you'd put on something uncomfortable, you'd just be waiting 4 the meeting to end so that u could go & pull off ur wears...

Courz:
Templee333, were you ever used for those their fake rehearsed interviews during conventions and meetings?

oh yes, right from age six or seven,i started appearing at assemblies for interview in the platform. The last time i appeared was 2017 circuit assembly at Amasoma,Bayelsa State.

ARGUMENTS AT FIELD SERVICE
I can remember many occasions where i got into argument with householders on some controversial topics like hell fire,condition of the dead,144000 going to heaven,voting & national anthem & many more. When we caught up with householders who were determined to show us the errors in our teachings while we're determined to let them see our "truth",the argument will be endless. We'l went on and on untill one party got annoyed & started insulting the other or we tactfully tell them that others are waiting for us,so "we will come back later". There were those who insisted that we pray b4 preaching & that's where the battle began. There were those who'll say they're busy & had no time to listen.There were those who'll run to hide once we approached their house. There, also, were the ones who angrily turned us away & threatened to do harm if we didn't quikly leave their compound. It wasn't easy but the idea of doing the best thing ever made me to ignored all the stress...

benodic:
"Divine Spirit has Its own hand in our affairs to save us from trouble of a more serious kind."
--Harold Klemp

if i got the concept of karma correctly,troubles are the result of a person's past actions. Except the "trouble" u mentioned above is in another context, does the divine spirit save a person frm what he may encounter as the result of his past actions?

...a publisher could be baptized or unbaptized.I enjoyed the attention i got as a young brilliant publisher who could use the bible to answer tough questions without the help of an adult.A book named "Reasoning frm the scriptures" was a good tool to help a publisher give answrs effectively. But mine was a vernacular cong & the book wasnt available in my native lang. We were given a small booklet to help us start conversation with a householder. B4 going out for preaching,there has to be a brief field service meeting in the morning to remind u some vital points. Then a brother will pray & pair everybody in twos. Once u start preaching u have to check time so that u'll start counting ur hours. If u're unfortunately paired with an old woman who can't read or understand everything that the organization teaches,u are in trouble. Then there're sleeping partners who'd just sleep in anyhouse u enter & have a seat. Some partners could spoil ur discusion with a householder by throwing in confusing comments...

A YOUNG PUBLISHER
A publisher is a Jw who reports his monthly field service activity to the cong secretary.I became a publisher at age 6/7 & the congregation was stired.That was the 1st time in my village congregation history for a child of that age to be a publisher.It's mandatory 4 every publisher to report their hours of field service monthly using the S4 slip. Every publisher has a record card kept & guarded by the congregation secretary. Ur card contains ur date of birth & baptism date,ur status as annointed or other sheep,ur priviledge as an elder,ministerial servant (MS) or a regular pioneer. If a JW moves to another cong, his new elders will request his card so as to knw his standing in cong. If the elders have ill will against u they attach a letter that tells ur bad behaviours in ur previous cong so that ur new cong will see u frm that light. I dnt knw what happens to card when a JW dies.I forgot to ask them abt that b4 i walked away...

INSIDE A KINGDOM HALL
Standard Kingdom Halls in Nigeria often have the same features (there may be some exceptions). The sign post- "KINGDOM HALL OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES". They don't likely include the location in the signboard. Some have the JW.ORG logo pasted outside.They often have two doors outside. Inside,there's a platform where talks & demonstrations are done.There are often 2 microphone stands. Above the platform is pasted the year text in bold letters. There's a corner at the back where sound instruments are kept & controlled by a qualified brother (I was once a sound conductor/servant). There are other small rooms inside (library/store/2nd hall). U have a notice board at the back & then the contribution box. They make sure that everything inside their Kh has a different name frm how the same are called in other churches so that they'll not be considered part of false religion...

I sugest u go for women above 60yrs,they are well matured & aren't interested in fashion & make up.

Proudlyomonna:
Chai Wickedness everywhere,may Jehovah keep Us safe.

AMEN....O

HOLIDAYS AND CELEBRATIONS
We were left out on many celebrations that's normal for children. We're brainwashed to believe that any celebration that the Governing Body (GB) didn't approve were satanic.Thus,christmas,new year,easter,birthday,child dedication were all worldly celebrations that we weren't allowed to partake. Not even to mention traditional festivals,that was a no no no. We couldn't play around with the kids masqurades like other children. However,the four annual occasions of JW were Special (1day) & circuit(2days) assemblies & District conventions (3days),plus "The Lord's Evening Meal" or Memorial. These were festive seasons 4 us were we displayed our new outfits as children to compensate 4 all other celebrations we missed.My uncles & aunts & grandparents & cousins weren't JWs so we were warned to stay away frm them (some of them lived in the same compound with us) during christmas season so that they won't give us "christmas rice"...

Afudimkpa1:
How do I build my own spaceship can you help me out on that?

ok. Will u follow the procedures? there are some factories that build spaceship outside the earth. One of these is in a planet called Damogran.It is very very far frm our Milky way Galaxy.

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...another thing with a Jw student is that u'll be mocked & scorned at by ur classmates & teachers. We were told to take this as being persecuted for righteousness sake. Since the Jw version of christianity doesn't rhyme with general christian teachings & believe,C R K was a subject that caused debate btween us & the teacher. If u're the type that took everything abt the Jw very serious,topics that dealt with trinity,christmas,heaven & hell were problems 4 me. I'd prefer to tell the "truth" & fail exams than to accept in my exam paper that the holy spirit is the 3rd person in the holy trinity. Some of my fellow Jw children would say that i was a fool for taking what i wrote in my exam paper as serious as that,but i didn't mind. Responding to "happy new year" wishes in school was a big problem too. But no matter the challenges,I felt so lucky being a member of JW, the only people that worship the true God...

A JW STUDENT PALAVA
If u're raised by a Jw parent,u're likely to face the wrath of ur school teachers when u refuse to sing the national anthem & say the pledge. To make matters worst,Nigerian schls make morning devotions mandatory. We Jw children were taught that church hymns & choruses were satanic because they'l make u part of Babylon the great,the world empire of false religion. For that reason,we refused to participate in the morning devotion & constant punishment was our norm every morning. Except u were brilliant in the classroom & won the favour of some prominent teachers who might (being moved by emotion) decide to make ur punishment mild (which was my luck),ur day could be miserable as a JW child in school. We refused to get christian hymn book & that meant some strokes of cane at ur back everyday. Those who become JW at adulthood didnt past thru this phase & will not understand this. Theirs is to urge the young ones to stand firm when beaten for the sake of the truth...

TenQ:
My legs crossed.

Waiting for MaxIntheHouse , Janosky

probably they're on their way,they'll soon arrive. But if they dare to comment here, i shall... let me just not say it.

Hello earthians! come in let's discus

Mrklemo:
Udo Abianga's story was fairytale. He is from my LGA - Ibesikpo-Asutan.

RIP

Ohooo! I said it. These ghosts stories are always fictions created by someone to amuse people.

3 DAYS A WEEK MEETING
U should understand that Jw call their place of worship Kingdom Halls (KH) & their gatherings are called Meetings. There were 5 meetings a week:
(1)Public meeting & (2)Watchtower study(SUNDAY)
(3)Theocracy ministry sch & (4)service meeting(MIDWEEK)
(5)congregation book study or group study (MIDWEEK)
The meetings format have now been changed due to new light & how the celestial chariot is moving.Jw meet 2 days a week in their KH & the names of the meetings have been changed except Watchtower study. A faithful JW is expected to attain all the meetings so that they can encourage one another as the day of Jehovah draws ever nearer. Also, meeting attendance is important so that Satan may not tamper with ur relationship with Jehovah. Family worship & personal bible study has been emphasized more & more in this last days of Satan's system. Also, field service is mandatory for publishers & you must report ur hours to ur congregation secretary every month.

...my grandpa was a catholic till death.My father was raised a catholic until he grew up.Why & how he became a Jehovah's witness is what i dnt knw because he'd never tell us such stories.But i do have a clue that he started going to their study when he was a driver in Cross River State back in the '80s.Whatever way,i was born when my both parent were strong in the truth. Dad was an elder in the congregation & he delivered public talks in the congregation. He had many neck ties & cover shoes,he had shirts too. The JW custom is to dress as a whiteman & put on tie & my dad's tie often reached down his testicles region. I grew up in a rural village where bicycles were the major means of transportation. My dad could carry my mother & we 3 children in a bicycle. That was back in those days b4 i could understand the meaning of the 3 days a week meetings of the JW...

TenQ:
What happened to you is NOT demonic oppression.

In your going about you did so many things and participated in so many things that has the potential to get you INFECTED with demons.

It's just like a man who frequently have sex with multiple prostitutes unprotected. The probability of him coming out with at least one STD is very high. So it is with interactions with rituals, incantations, use of occult emblems etc.

In the old testament, the only solution to this was either death or burning to ashes with fire. The new testament will speak about casting out the demons.

wow! what if it's ok with the person to whom the demon chooses to infect & he doesn't complain abt it,must it still be cast out?

PREFACE TO THIS STORY
I thank everyone who followed my previous stories thoroughly. I hope u learned a thing or two by reading them. Here I want u all to know BCS wasn't the begining of everything. It was after my effort to find the biblical God in other christian denominations had yielded no result that i started to look elswhere.I want to narate a story that i believe will be an eye opener to a lot of people.I left the JW society at the age of 22. After releasing all my effort into the only organization i believed was the "truth",i came to realize that i've been lied to. If u are a faithful Jw reading this,please kindly get out because it is an apostate thread & it's not good for ur blind faith. But if u are a JW who is trying hard to believe the bulshits u r being fed in the organization,stay here & see how ur already weary faith extinguishes in a short time. Unlike the other stories,i am 100% sure of anything i'l tell u here abt the JWs. This is templee333 apostate network FM, DONT TOUCH THE DIAL...

ThothHermes:
See how you're trying to scatter this thread with your bad behavior.
Psycho

(S)he is a trouble maker,so so toxic.

oteneaaron:
You have been on quite a journey bro.

Please share your other experiences.

Cheers

oh yes! It was a tough journey. A man needs to learn as many thing as he is able to comprehend

sorextee:
But the last time I heard about obu, heard he died since 2003. And there was rifts amongst his children who to take over. I know Rowland is being addressed as the new OOO. na which one dey torment you for dream? The real OOO or Rowland his son?

The old man in my dreams was The father of Rowland (or i think so because i never knew him in real life). However,the oldman didn't "torment" me as u put. He was rather friendly & harmless. As for Rowland,i've seen him in real life & know what he looks like.