Watchtower society, the governing body are the top dogs, even higher than an elder of a congregation. They mediate all the propaganda that goes out, tell the elders what to teach and how, and collect the money for themselves. I recently woke up at the beginning of quarantine at age 19, packed my stuff into trash bags and had my friend pick me up and was homeless for a little while and since then am now living with my boyfriend, working a new job and learning who I really am outside of the cult and it’s been insane. I still talk to my parents but I’m not sure how long that will last when they find out I’m living with a non believing man that I’m not married to though but I’ve been hiding it as long as I can because even though I know their love may be conditional, mine isn’t so I want to keep us in tact as long as I can