Overseers do their best to live up to Jehovah’s description of shepherds appointed over his flock in the last days, as found at Jeremiah 3: 15: “I will give you shepherds in agreement with my heart, and they will certainly feed you with knowledge and insight. ”
سعی سرپرستان این است که تا جای ممکن به شیوه‌ای خدمت کنند که یَهُوَه در توصیف شبانان ایّام آخر در اِرْمیا ۳ :‏ ۱۵ گفته است .‏