The Watchtower, “Do You Appreciate the “Faithful and Discreet Slave”?”
“Indeed, this “slave,” or spirit-anointed congregation, is the one approved channel representing God’s kingdom on earth in the “time of the end.” … Witnesses of Jehovah understand that the “slave” is comprised of all anointed Christians as a group on earth at any given time”
The pre-2013 teaching: the slave = all anointed Christians. Useful side by side with the 2013 change.
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Provenance and verification note for The Watchtower, Do You Appreciate the “Faithful and Discreet Slave”?
Confidence note. Opened the WOL document; page marker confirms p. 24.
Corroborated by. src-w-2013-0715-who-really-is-fds
Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-w-1981-0301-appreciate-fds