The Watchtower organization has taught its local appointed representatives to keep a close eye on individuals of the membership.
For example, of Jehovah’s Witnesses known to have accepted transfusion of blood Watchtower’s local representatives have been taught this[1]:
There is much, much more to Watchtower historical policy of keeping Jehovah’s Witnesses under surveillance. In 1961 the organization published a policy manual titled Kingdom Service Questions.[2]
The title page of this policy instructional manual reads:
The following statement is found on page 2:
“One copy of this booklet is provided to each congregation, and it must be preserved as a part of the congregation permanent files. Each time the circuit servant visits a congregation he will check to see that the copy of this booklet is on file and in good condition. Every overseer and other members of the committee should read it and be thoroughly familiar with its contents so as to be of good service to the congregation.”
This document is 64 pages in length. It contains at least 25 directives addressing surveillance of individual members of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
To this day the Watchtower organization has never published this policy manual for general distribution among those subject to its surveillance.
As directed on the title page,
"...it is not to be studied at any meeting, nor placed in general circulation among the publishers."
Marvin Shilmer
References:
1. The Watchtower, January 15, 1961, p. 64.
2. Kingdom Service Questions, published by Watchtower, 1961.
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