APPOINTMENTS (Responsibilities)
(See also Assignments; Privileges of Service)
attitude if overlooked for: w92 9/15 31
avoiding haughtiness after receiving: it-1 1045; w07 7/15 8-9
Bible times: it-1 218
anointing: it-1 113-114, 218
elders: bt 99; od 26-27; it-2 550-551; w14 11/15 28-29; om 23-24
laying on of hands: it-1 218, 1029; w15 11/1 14; om 38
“seven reputable men” (Ac 6:3): bt 41-43; it-2 628, 1034; w14 11/15 28; km 7/13 3
Branch Committees: od 28, 51; w14 11/15 29; om 52-53
discussion: w20.08 21; w01 1/15 12-16
elders: bt 42-43, 99; od 26-27, 37-38; mwb19.08 4; om 23-24, 37-38, 41, 78
Bible Students: jv 207-209
role of holy spirit: scl 86; od 31, 38-39; lvs 53-54; w14 11/15 28-29; lv 43; w13 11/15 22; w02 3/15 14-15; w02 8/1 13; w01 1/15 13-16; om 30, 38-39
“they appointed elders” (Ac 14:23): w14 11/15 28-29; jv 207-208, 218
understanding clarified (1932): kr 123; w06 5/15 24; jv 213-214, 638
understanding clarified (1938): w23.05 18; kr 123; w06 5/15 24; jv 217-221, 639
understanding clarified (1972): w23.05 18; w06 5/15 24
understanding clarified (2014): w16.11 11; w14 11/15 28-29
headquarters representatives (formerly zone overseers): od 51; om 53
ministerial servants: bt 42-43; od 54, 58; mwb19.08 4; om 57, 59
role of holy spirit: w14 11/15 28-29
understanding clarified (1938): kr 123; w06 5/15 24; w95 5/15 22; jv 639
understanding clarified (1972): w06 5/15 24
understanding clarified (2014): w16.11 11; w14 11/15 28-29
missionaries: od 110
not appointing hastily (1Ti 5:22): it-1 1029
pioneers: om 113
auxiliary pioneers: od 109
regular pioneers: od 109
special pioneers: od 109
purpose in Christian congregation: si 223
recommendations by elders: bt 42-43; cl 165; od 37-38; w14 11/15 29; om 37-38, 41
respect for: it-2 681; w12 10/15 13-15; w06 11/1 23; w95 3/1 17-18
traveling overseers: bt 119; om 51
circuit overseers: od 46, 110-111; w14 11/15 29; om 47
waiting on Jehovah for: it-1 1160; w14 9/15 5-6; w12 11/15 18-19; w07 3/1 19; w98 1/1 24
Witness position if secular authorities seek to interfere: w01 1/15 13