Gilead School Changes to be read to all Congregations

As of this week, and to be read from a letter to all congregations to coincide with the part on WT Education at the Service Meeting, the announcement will be made that the Gilead School will no longer be open to pioneer couples, rather it will become a specialized training school for special pioneers, traveling overseers and their wives, and those the Governing Body deems worthy of attending. The Gilead School has, since it's beginning, always been held in high esteem by the R&F, and seen as a summit to reach for service minded young JW couples.

Could the recent dissentions by 2 Gilead graduates who are actively promoting apostate ideas be influencing changes at how the GB sees the role of the Gilead School and felt the need to shine this noo-light on its "educational" program?

Seems like another cemented pillar of the WT religion is crumbling as the new GB 2.0 tries to keep the ceiling from coming down.

How do you see these changes affecting the school and the overall perception of it by the publishers?

I wanted to go to Gilead...  So glad I didn't though!!!  Well I think this has already been discussed but I think you're right too many Gilead students wake up!!  They spend a lot of money and time brainwashing them and if it doesn't work they get an educated apostate out of it!!

I too wanted to go to bethel and giliad and all that stuff. I too am so glad I didn't, know that I know what really goes on in there. 

I totally agree Found Sheep, well educated apostates, oh the horror. However, I find most apostates are well educated, especially in regards to the Watchtower. We know more than most active witnesses about all kinds of stuff, including their own history. 

I personally, because I wanted to go, find those experiences from "inside" extremely fascinating. 

Awakened @ Gilead was awakened at Gilead...due to their storng emphasis on the year 1919...and came out an educated 'apostate'....

Could the recent dissentions by 2 Gilead graduates who are actively promoting apostate ideas be influencing changes at how the GB sees the role of the Gilead School and felt the need to shine this noo-light on its "educational" program?

No.

The problem is that a huge percentage of Gilead graduates don't even last 3 years in their missionary assignments. Shoot, I've heard of some who, upon disembarking the airplane in their new territory, turned right around and took the next flight out! Lots of others played the pregnancy card to avoid a "dishonorable discharge".

It was becoming quite apparent that the school was failing in its intended purpose, to make life-long missionaries. That, combined with malaise and discontent in former JW strongholds led to the re-purposing of the school.

"Could the recent dissentions by 2 Gilead graduates who are actively promoting apostate ideas be influencing changes at how the GB sees the role of the Gilead School and felt the need to shine this noo-light on its "educational" program?"

 

I hadn't heard about this...details?

sir82,

:It was becoming quite apparent that the school was failing in its intended purpose, to make life-long missionaries.

As an uninformed outsider these days, I would still agree with your assertion.  Dubs are basically people who have these Salvation(tm) cards which get "punched."  Pioneers get more punches than publishers.  Elders get even more little holes punched in their cards, and missionaries must get a whole bunch of punches in theirs. GB members have so many punches that their little cards are in tatters.

Sooner or later, people wise up and realize that those who punch their cards are just men, and that God doesn't have a thingy that punches cards.  God just has a thingy that can tell the difference between the good guys, the bad guys and the posers.

Once they wise up to this, they leave the WTS and take the plane home.

Farkel, ex-Poser CLASS

I hadn't heard about this...details?

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I think, if I'm not mistaken, both of the ex-Gileadites are members of JWN. 

I just heard that the "need is greater" for "Trouble-shooter Overseers" to go to 'problemed congregations' already established.  

Anybody who has a copy of the letter?

They don't need Gilead for pioneer couples anymore because they have set up another "special" "school" for couples.  I am thinking "graduates" of that school, unlike Gilead missionaries, will not be a financial burden on the Borg because they won't be missionaries.  They'll just be told where to go live and left pretty much on their own to earn their own living.  (I'm speculating and would like to see some evidence - BorgLit about both the Gilead changes and the couples school.)