View or download branch and circuit overseer handbooks, guidelines and procedures used by the headquarters of Jehovah’s Witnesses and their travelling representatives, Circuit Overseers (Bishops). These documents are intended to be kept secret. Only very trusted, high-ranking elders are privy to these documents.

All documents are in PDF and/or JWPUB formats.

Bethel Home Rules & Regulations

Branch Organization

Circuit Overseer Guidelines

JWPUB

PDF

Circuit Organization Guidelines

Correspondence Guidelines

Dwelling Together in Unity

Guidelines for Organizing Regional Assemblies