Posted by eby on March 14, 1999 at 12:39:30 {MW4xw6IETBhR.}:
Could someone explain this seeming contradiction? Paragraph 13 indicates a governing body was overseeing the work, but paragraph 20 seems to say the work was overseen by one man, the president.
Watchtower, page 17, par. 13:
"To give
the Bible Students legal status, Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society was incorporated in 1884 in the United States with headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Its directors served as a central Governing Body, overseeing the global
preaching of God's Kingdom."
Page 19, par. 20:
"During 1971-75 further organizational changes were needed. No longer could one man serving as president give thorough oversight to the Kingdom work earth wide. The Governing Body, with
a rotating chairman, was enlarged to 18 anointed members, almost half of whom have by now finished their course on earth."
eby