GOVERNING BODY
(See also Apostles; Faithful and Discreet Slave [Faithful Steward]; Remnant)
meaning of term: w72 703-704
First Century
appointment of elders: or 59
appointment of seven assistants: w85 8/1 12; w71 748
attitude toward: ad 371; ns 290; w60 470-471; w59 442; w58 44, 435-436; w44 324
decisions: w85 1/1 10-11; w77 335-336; or 10; ad 371; li 178-179; w65 427; g65 2/8 27-28; w64 308, 364; w62 270, 759; w61 63-64, 555; ns 289-290; bd 7; w60 470; w59 442; w58 44, 435-436; yw 160-161; w55 230; qm55 351-352; w54 535; w47 166; w44 315, 328
how made by holy spirit: w85 8/1 31; w72 731
location: w71 759; ad 371; w61 139, 343; w60 470; w59 441-442; w58 667; yw 159-161; qm55 351; w53 557-558; nh 271-273; w52 521-522; w47 359-360
members: w85 12/1 31; w71 81; w71 686-687; w71 727; w71 748, 756, 759, 761; ad 371, 1249-1250; qm 381; yl 42; li 179-180; w65 267; w59 444, 659; w58 45, 667; yw 159-161, 165; qm55 351; w54 532-533; w53 42; nh 271; w50 447-448; w44 315, 328
Paul: w85 12/1 31
role in organization: w85 8/1 12; w77 598-599; w72 703-704; w71 81; ad 371-372; yl 43; w65 672; g65 2/8 27-28; w64 300-301; w62 759; w60 439; w59 441-442; w58 43-45, 485-486; qm55 351-352; w52 521-522; w47 166
theocratic procedure: w85 1/1 10-11
Modern-Day
activities: w85 1/1 11; uw 121; yb78 259; yb77 258-259; w74 206; yb74 62, 64, 257
appointment of elders: w85 8/1 31; w75 86; yb75 248-249; or 61-63, 69; qm 382; w65 351-352, 672; w64 613; w58 46, 436; w55 666-668; qm55 354; w54 533; w50 446; w44 328-329
attitude toward: w75 508-509; w72 272; w60 438, 442-444; w58 436, 441-442; qm55 355-356; w54 533-534; w50 448
beginning: w71 760-761
chairmanship: yb75 250; yb73 257
committees of: w77 15-16; w76 96
Chairman’s Committee: w77 15; yb77 258
Personnel Committee: w77 16; yb77 259
Publishing Committee: w77 16; yb77 259
Service Committee: w77 16; yb77 258-259
Teaching Committee: w77 16; yb77 258
Writing Committee: w77 15-16; yb77 258
elders representatives of: w76 401
governments cannot dissolve: sl 261
identified: w71 81; yb70 65; qm 381; yl 43; w66 558; w63 575; w60 438; w58 45-46; qm55 353-354; w54 532-533; w50 232; w47 359-363; w44 315
life stories:
Barber, C. W.: w82 8/15 10-14
Barry, W. L.: w60 552-556
Booth, J. C.: w83 9/15 21-27
Fekel, C. J.: w69 153-156
Gangas, G. D.: w66 636-639
Klein, K. F.: w84 10/1 21-28
Poetzinger, M.: w69 729-732
Riemer, H. H.: w64 571-574
Suiter, G.: w83 9/1 8-15
Sullivan, T. J.: w65 500-504
Sydlik, D.: w85 6/1 22-27
location: w67 561-562; w61 147; w47 360-363
meetings with branch coordinators (1976): yb78 19
meetings with traveling overseers: yb77 21-22
members: w85 6/1 27; w72 458
appointment of: w71 727
membership enlarged: yb78 259; w77 15; w77 680; w75 60
names of: yb86 255; w75 60; yb73 257
number of: yb86 255; yb81 6, 259; yb80 258; yb78 259; w77 680
unjustly imprisoned: pm 370-371
message to Jehovah’s Witnesses: yb86 253-255; yb85 62-64; yb84 257-259; yb83 257-259; yb82 257-259
methods of communicating: w85 1/1 12; w72 272
pictured by Elihu: w66 536-537, 558; w60 438; w57 603; w43 320; wl 270-274; w36 31; w35 140; w34 44; g30 2/5 313-315
purpose: w72 703-704; w71 727
recommendations sent to: w75 373; km 9/74 7
relation to Watch Tower Society: yb78 258; w77 15; yb74 257; or 10-11; w71 81; w71 755-762; qm 381; yl 42-43; w61 147; w60 438; qm55 354; w54 533; w50 448; w47 363
role in organization: w85 1/1 11; w85 8/1 15; w77 598-599; w72 590, 704, 755; w61 343; w58 436
rotation: yb75 249-250; yb73 257; w71 669-670; w71 759, 761-762
symbolic representation: w66 558; w61 491
theocratic procedure: w85 1/1 11-12
weekly meetings of: yb78 259
zone visits: yb78 20