Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
t. e. Jehovah's Witnesses are organized hierarchically, [1] and are led by the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses from the Watch Tower Society 's headquarters in Warwick, New York. The Governing Body, along with other "helpers", is organized into six committees responsible for various administrative functions within the global Witness ...
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 ...
At a Washington, D.C. convention in 1935, Rutherford rejected Russell's teaching that the "great company" of Revelation 7:9 was a "secondary spiritual class" composed of millions of Christians who would be resurrected to heaven apart from the 144,000 "elect", and instead argued that the "great multitude", the "sheep" of Matthew 25 and the ...
Jehovah's Witnesses is a nontrinitarian, millenarian, restorationist Christian denomination. [8] In 2023, the group reported approximately 8.6 million members involved in evangelism, with around 20.5 million attending the annual Memorial of Christ's death. [6][en 1] Jehovah's Witnesses believe that the destruction of the present world system at ...
Jul. 14—The Santander Arena was a buzzing hive of activity Thursday morning as 600 volunteers prepared for the annual Jehovah's Witnesses convention. Some set up chairs, others erected a large ...
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Watch Tower publications began capitalizing Governing Body as a proper noun in 1971; The Watchtower announced that the "present Governing Body comprises eleven anointed witnesses of Jehovah" the same year. [ 88 ][ 89 ] All members served until their deaths unless specified. Name (Died) Tenure began. Tenure ended.
A chart of active Jehovah's Witnesses by year, 1931-2015. For 2023, approximately 1.8 billion hours of preaching were reported and around 270,000 new members were baptized. The Watch Tower Society reported that Jehovah's Witnesses conducted about 7.3 million home Bible studies with non-members, [1] including Bible studies conducted by Witness ...