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The convention is expected to draw about 5,000 persons to Athens. The event, “Declare the Good News,” will feature baptisms and video features, according to Michael Becerra, a local spokesman ...
The Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses is the ruling council of Jehovah's Witnesses, [1] based in the denomination's Warwick, New York, headquarters. The body formulates doctrines, oversees the production of written material for publications and conventions, and administers the denomination's worldwide operations.
Michael V. Turner, a spokesman for the local Jehovah's Witnesses, said more than 4,800 people are expected to attend the event. 2024 Convention of Jehovah's Witnesses is coming to OKC, here's what ...
Jehovah's Witnesses. Jehovah's Witnesses originated as a branch of the Bible Student movement, which developed in the United States in the 1870s among followers of Christian restorationist minister Charles Taze Russell. Bible Student missionaries were sent to England in 1881 and the first overseas branch was opened in London in 1900.
Jehovah's Witnesses ' practices are based on the biblical interpretations of Charles Taze Russell (1852–1916), founder (c. 1881) of the Bible Student movement, and of successive presidents of the Watch Tower Society, Joseph Franklin Rutherford (from 1917 to 1942) and Nathan Homer Knorr (from 1942 to 1977). Since 1976, practices have also been ...
The facility was sold in the late 1990s to the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Inc., the main legal entity used by the Jehovah's Witnesses. The building and grounds were renovated and the name was changed to West Palm Beach Christian Convention Center and is now used only for their assemblies and conventions. [1]
Convention at the Toyota Center in Kennewick, according to a news release from the organization. Prior to 2019, summers in the Tri-Cities were marked by Jehovah’s Witnesses filling hotels and ...
t. e. Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society publications have made a series of predictions about Christ's Second Coming and the advent of God's kingdom, each of which has gone unfulfilled. Almost all the predictions for 1878, 1881, 1914, 1918, and 1925 were later reinterpreted as a confirmation of the eschatological framework of the Bible Student ...