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===Jehovah's Witnesses===
Among their corporations, the [[Corporations of Jehovah's Witnesses#Other US corporations|Religious Order of Jehovah's Witnesses]] cares for matters specific to [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] special full-time servants. In a particular branch, [[Organizational structure of Jehovah's Witnesses#Circuit|traveling overseers]], [[Organizational structure of Jehovah's Witnesses#Special pioneers|special pioneers]], and [[Organizational structure of Jehovah's Witnesses#Branches and zones|branch staff]] are considered members of the ''Order of Special Full-time Servants and the Bethel Family''.<ref>"Nigeria: Governor's Visit", ''EBS TV News'', August 3, 2001, transcript, "Broadcast lasted: 3 minutes Newscaster: "The State Governor, Chief Lucky Igbinedion, today undertook a facility tour of the religious center of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nigeria, otherwise known as Bethel, at Igieduma in Uhunmwode Local Government Area. He was accompanied in the tour by some commissioners and Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Mat. Akhionbare. For details, over to Government House correspondent, Benjamin Osagie: "Welcoming the Governor and his entourage, Mr. Albert Nwafor Olih disclosed that in harmony with its name, everything done in Bethel was guided by Bible principles and the fear of God. Mr. Olih explained that all residents are baptized Jehovah's Witnesses and members of a religious Order known as the Order of Special Full-time Servants and the Bethel Family. He said they have voluntarily taken a sacred vow to perform their duties geared towards promoting the preaching of the Gospel of the kingdom""</ref> Globally, their order is the ''Worldwide Order of Special Full-Time Servants of Jehovah's Witnesses''.<ref>"Preaching and Teaching Earth Wide—2008 Grand Totals", ''2009 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses'', page 31, "All are members of the Worldwide Order of Special Full-Time Servants of Jehovah's Witnesses."</ref> Male and female members of such religious orders typically make a formal [[vow of poverty]] and are granted certain status and exemptions by many governments. While Jehovah's Witnesses do not consider members of their religious orders to be a [[clergy]] separate from other Witnesses, who are also ordained ministers, they do recognize that a government may consider them such for administrative purposes.

Jehovah's Witnesses do not have a separate clergy class, but consider an adherent's qualified [[Baptism#Jehovah's Witnesses|baptism]] to constitute his [[ordination]] as a [[minister (Christianity)|minister]].<ref>"Beliefs—Membership and Organization", ''Authorized Site of the Office of Public Information of Jehovah's Witnesses'', [http://jw-media.org/beliefs/membership.htm As Retrieved 2009-09-01] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826010609/http://www.jw-media.org/beliefs/membership.htm |date=2012-08-26 }}, "Jehovah's Witnesses have no clergy-laity division. All baptized members are ordained ministers"</ref> Governments have generally recognized that Jehovah's Witnesses' full-time appointees qualify as ministers<ref>For example, the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] case [[Dickinson v. United States]] (1953) found that Dickinson should have been considered a minister by his draft board because of his ordination by baptism as a Jehovah's Witness and his continued service as a Jehovah's Witness "pioneer". [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=CASE&court=US&vol=346&page=389 Online]</ref> regardless of sex or appointment as an [[Organizational structure of Jehovah's Witnesses#Elders|elder]] or [[Organizational structure of Jehovah's Witnesses#Ministerial servants|deacon ("ministerial servant")]]; the religion itself asserts what is sometimes termed "[[ecclesiastical privilege]]" only for its appointed elders.