MINISTERS
(See also Clergy; Dedication; Elders [Older Men]; Full-Time Ministry; Jehovah’s Witnesses; Ordination; Pioneers; Priests; Schools; Seminaries)
aiding weaker ones: km 6/85 3; w83 8/15 22-23; w82 5/1 24-27; km 1/82 3; km 2/82 7; w69 393-396; w68 116-118; w65 273-274
all Christians: w85 9/1 16-26; w84 8/15 10-15; w82 11/15 19-20; w81 3/15 14-29; ad 1162; w70 250-251; w68 232; qm 382; w65 268-270; ms 347-348; w64 330; w63 23, 141-148, 334; yb63 25; w62 156, 626; g62 4/22 11-12; w61 83, 262, 760; w60 5-18, 646-647; jp 29-30; w58 710; w57 761-762; w56 21-23; w55 474-475; cy 15, 18-20; w54 412; w53 554; ms53 264; w52 15; lg 224; w50 278; w48 312-313; w47 314; w45 11; w35 252-253
angels: hs 159-160; w72 201; ad 78, 1161; w62 495; w56 148; w54 397; nh 31-32; w47 308
anointed Christians: w84 8/15 10-11
appearance: w82 1/1 18-19; w69 114-118; km 2/69 7; w68 288; qm 174, 185, 372; yl 75-76; w65 410; w64 174-175, 206; g62 12/8 4; w61 362; g61 8/22 4; w60 506; w57 605; g57 7/8 18-19; qm55 174, 185; ta 81; w37 156
children: yb68 107-108, 190, 244, 266, 277; w67 390; qm 256-259; ms 350; w64 451-452; w63 362, 365-367; w62 178-179, 460, 464, 467, 495; yb62 90, 108-109; g62 1/22 16; yb61 173-174; g61 8/22 23; w58 446; qm55 256-259; w53 291-292; ms53 266; w52 47, 83; el 254-255; w48 7-8; g43 3/31 18-21; ci 277-279; g41 2/19 3-7; g41 3/5 3-10
Christendom: w82 1/1 3-4; g67 8/8 30; g66 5/8 8-11; g66 8/22 5-7; g66 9/22 3-4; w62 153-156, 453-454; g62 4/22 22-23; g61 1/22 29; g61 4/22 30; g60 11/22 30; w59 137-138; w58 357-359, 648; w56 291-292; g56 6/22 30; w55 628; g55 12/22 3-4; w53 466, 469, 561-562; g52 4/22 16; g52 5/8 4; g52 5/22 16; g48 2/8 3-10; g45 1/3 17; g43 9/1 3-10; g39 10/4 29-30; g37 5/5 491; g35 8/14 724
congregation publishers: qm 248-251; w60 13; jp 229; w58 709-710; qm55 248-251; ms53 270; lg 224-225; g52 6/22 24; w51 112; el 141-142; w47 314-315; w45 11
court rulings:
female Witness can be “an ordained minister”: w81 3/15 19
ministers have right to do secular work: w81 3/15 17
Witnesses are ministers: w81 3/15 17
discussion: w84 8/15 10-25; w82 11/15 16-20; w81 3/15 14-29; w81 12/1 30-31; w75 728-734; ad 1161-1163; w60 4-18
effective: w84 8/15 15-25; w73 405-406
English word:
defined: w81 3/15 22
derivation: w81 3/15 22, 26
proper view of: w80 11/15 11
full-time ministers: w82 3/1 16-26; w82 11/15 22-25; w68 95; w67 79-80; qm 260; g67 12/8 13; w63 536; w62 436; w60 7-13; w59 275; qm55 260
Watch Tower Society’s financial support of: yb86 40
“great crowd” (Re 7:9): w84 8/15 12-15
Greek word: w82 11/15 16, 21; w81 3/15 14-15, 21, 26; w75 716, 719-721, 728-731; w71 456; ad 1161-1162, 1553; w65 278; w62 626; w55 86; ms53 263; w47 308; w44 325
Hebrew word: w78 7/1 26
Jesus Christ: w82 11/15 17-18
malpractice insurance: g85 4/8 29
meaning of term: ad 1307-1308; w62 626; w56 135; w55 86; ms53 263; w47 308
“ministers of our God” (Isa 61:6): w78 7/1 16-31
ministers of the good news: w82 1/1 16-21
ministers of the Kingdom:
authority challenged: w85 9/1 16-21
defending qualifications: w85 9/1 18-19
message: w85 9/1 17-18
needed: w85 9/1 17
proving qualifications: w85 9/1 21-26
“taught by Jehovah” (Isa 54:13): w85 9/1 20-21
needs provided by Jehovah: w63 337; w59 714-715; w54 8; w53 757-759; w50 3-10, 105-106
no retirement: w58 319; g54 9/8 21-22; ms53 267
ordination: w81 3/15 15-16; w75 732-734; yl 71-72; ms 349; w63 333; w62 626-627; w61 215; w60 4-6, 308; w58 477; w57 485-487; g57 2/8 5, 7-8; g57 4/22 10; g57 8/8 25-26; w55 661-665; g54 3/22 7-8; ms53 264-265; lg 226; w51 671-672; el 139-143; w47 310-312; w45 11; w44 28-30, 134-135; g44 8/30 20-26; g40 10/30 30
political use of term: w81 3/15 21-22, 25
requirements to become: qm 9-15; w64 333; w63 400-409; w62 626-627; w60 717; w59 432-436; g59 8/8 5-7; w57 144; g57 2/8 7; g57 8/8 25; w56 148; w55 657-660; qm55 9-15, 355; w54 397-412; lg 226-227; w50 71; el 133-143; w48 7-8; w47 309-310, 312-313
Satan’s: g82 10/22 22-23; w79 8/15 4; g59 1/8 6; g58 1/22 4; w56 112; g56 11/8 25-26; w54 529; w53 263; nh 288; rm 323; w48 308-309
secular work: w81 3/15 25-29; qm 249-251, 262; w66 83; g64 10/22 13-15; g60 11/8 8-11; w59 275; g59 4/8 7; w58 710; g57 2/8 6-8; qm55 249-251, 262; ms53 271; g52 4/22 17
Selective Service definition: g64 10/22 13; g60 8/8 15; jp 223; g57 2/8 6-7; g54 3/22 8; g52 6/22 24; w51 78, 112; w47 314; w44 29; g44 8/30 20; g43 2/17 13; g41 7/9 22-25
time at which one becomes a minister of God: w82 11/15 18-19
Timothy: w82 11/15 18-19
training: w85 8/1 10-11, 20; km 4/85 1-2; w70 251; km 5/68 7; qm 217-222, 241; w65 274-275; w64 272, 333; w59 298-299; jp 271; w58 566; w57 93, 121, 184-185, 215-216, 378-379; g57 4/22 10; w56 248-253, 731-732; w55 89-91; qm55 217-222, 241; w53 210-212; lg 225; w47 309-310
use of resources: w85 12/1 20-22; km 10/85 1; w81 3/15 26-29; km 9/81 1; ad 1408-1409; qm 250; w60 265-267; w58 264-266; qm55 250
use of term in Watch Tower of 1882: w81 3/15 22
Verbi Dei Minister (V.D.M. questions): yb75 86-87; jp 67-68; w55 204
women: w81 3/15 17-20; w73 51; ad 1307-1308, 1665; qm 252-255; li 257-259; ms 350; w64 172-177, 206-207; g62 7/8 11-12; g61 6/8 30; w57 605; g57 7/8 17-20; qm55 252-255; g55 12/22 24-25; ms53 265-266; w49 138-141; w48 278-279; w47 313; w30 84
worker-ministers: w84 8/15 14; w81 3/15 25-29
youths: w81 3/15 19; w70 152-153; qm 256-259