Jehovah's Witnesses are organized in a hierarchical arrangement they call a "theocracy", which they believe is an earthly expression of God's heavenly organization. Based in the Watch Tower Society's Brooklyn, New York headquarters, the organization is headed by the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses, with members of the Body and "helpers" organized into six committees responsible for various administrative functions within the global Witness community, including publication, assembly programs and evangelizing activity.

The Governing Body and its committees supervise operations of thirty zones, comprising over one hundred branch offices worldwide. Each branch office oversees activities of Jehovah's Witnesses in a particular country or region, and may include facilities for the publication and distribution of Watch Tower Society literature. Directly appointed by the Governing Body, branch committees make local appointments and perform other administrative functions for congregations, which are organized within circuits and districts. The Governing Body directly appoints traveling overseers as its representatives to supervise activities at various levels—circuit overseers visit circuits of about twenty congregations; district overseers work with the circuit overseers of a number of adjoining circuits; zone overseers visit groups of branch offices in a particular zone and report back to the Governing Body.

Robert Andrew "Bob" Long (born June 16, 1942 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League who played in the 1960s and 1970s and earned two Super Bowl rings. He attended suburban Pittsburgh's Washington Township High School (near Apollo), and Wichita State University. His seven year pro-career was spent with both the Green Bay Packers and the Washington Redskins. He was an instrumental part of Vince Lombardi's wins at Super Bowl I and Super Bowl II. Bob Long was inducted into the State of Kansas Hall of Fame in 1965 and the Wichita State Hall of Fame in 1972. Recently, in 2008 he was added to the Western Chapter of Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame.

After being a Third Team All American at Wichita University, Bob was drafted fourth by the Green Bay Packers in 1964. Timing it right, Bob played on the great Green Bay Packers' teams that won the NFL Championship in 1965, and won the first two Super Bowls in 1966 and 1967. That Packers team is the only team in NFL history to win three championships in a row.