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Gerrit Lösch
1992-Present
When he is not twisting the truth & deceiving
Jehovah's Witnesses, he is fixing his hair.
He claims that Jesus and God trust him,
and therefore requests his followers do the same.
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Samuel F. Herd
1999 to present
Token black dude on the governing body and
also the oldest member of the boy's cult club.
He has the cranial capacity of a lobotomised flea
which he thinks is 10% larger than a female's.
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M. Stephen Lett
1999 to present
He is now a caricature of his former self,
but don't be deceived by this man's rubbery smile.
He only has to say, "More money is going out than is
coming in" and millions now living will mindlessly give.
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David H. Splane
1999 to present
Has gone to war with critics of the cult he leads
but all his rhetoric is just hot air. And is it any wonder?
After all, this is the guy who tries to convince us that
the overlapping generation is a biblical teaching.
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Geoffrey W. Jackson
2005 to present
A thoughtful leader who permits his followers
to donate their hard-earned money so he and his
fellow leaders can lead a comfortable life in a
compound in upstate New York. Don't mention the ARC.
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D. Mark Sanderson
2012 to present
Jehovah's Witnesses most eligible cult-leading bachelor,
only because there is only one of his kind.
He might not be the prettiest man in the cult,
but many wonder if he is straight or gay.
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Kenneth Cook, Jr.
2018 to present
Probably earth's most boring public speaker.
He has tried to improve his public speaking in
recent times but it comes across as forced.
He's probably best left in a closet to hold coats.
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Gage Fleegle
2023 to present
Joined the Governing Body in 2023, shortly
after Anthony Morris was kicked to the curb.
His mother is very proud, and as a mommy's boy,
that means he's reached the pinnacle of his life goals .
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Jeffrey Winder
2023 to present
He doesn't apologise for mistakes made. Ever.
Was once a cleaner so cleaning up past mistakes
is easy for him. He'd make the perfect evil cartoon
character except he is missing a cat and a claw.
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Jody Jedele
2024
"He wept. He mourned. He fasted." Jedele said,
not about Fleegle's crocodile tears at the 2024
Annual Meeting, but about King Nehemiah.
No JW leader has ever imitated Nehemiah in this way.
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Jacob Rumph
2024
Was a member of the 132nd Gilead Glass
that is featured in the August 1, 2012 edition
of The Watchtower. He is married to Inga.
He served as a Helper for just 8 months.
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Anthony Morris III
2005 to 2023
Was obsessed with dress and grooming, and enemies
going up in smoke. But when he was kicked off the
governing body, the cult became more relaxed with
dress and grooming ... but they still want critics dead.
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