The Reluctant Apostate: Leaving Jehovah's Witnesses Comes at a Price

by Lloyd Evans

For example, consider the following from page 66 of the Proclaimers book concerning a few at headquarters who are said to have “resented” Rutherford: The fact that the work was moving ahead and that he was making every effort to follow the arrangements that had been put in place by Russell did not seem to impress them. As we have already seen, the “arrangements that had been put in place by Russell” involved stewardship of the Watch Tower magazine being shared by the members of an editorial committee, effectively reducing the role of the Society’s president to little more than an administrative figurehead (similar to the role formerly occupied by Conley). But Rutherford’s actions following Russell’s death showed a clear disregard for his much-loved predecessor’s instructions.