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Raymond Victor Franz (May 8, 1922 – June 2, 2010) was a member of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses from October 20, 1971, until his removal on May 22, 1980, [1] [2] and served at the organization's world headquarters for fifteen years, from 1965 until 1980.
This category is for people who self-identify as former members of Jehovah's Witnesses for whom such status is indicated in reliable sources and is related to their notability. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
Franz spent 43 years as a Jehovah's Witness, serving as a full-time preacher in the United States and a missionary in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. In 1965 he became a member of the religion's headquarters staff in Brooklyn, New York , where he was assigned to help research and write the Bible encyclopedia Aid to Bible Understanding ...
Katherine Jackson, a devout Jehovah’s Witness, raised all 10 of her children in the Jehovah’s Witness faith, and while some of them strayed as they reached adulthood, Michael remained committed.
Truth Be Told focuses on seven individuals raised in the Jehovah's Witnesses denomination. In a series of informal interviews, they reveal experiences including the effects of proselytizing door-to-door, shunning non-observant family and friends, suffering the discouragement of pursuing goals such as higher education and missing other societal holidays and customs.
Rutherford's faction of the movement retained control of the Watch Tower Society [6] and adopted the name "Jehovah's witnesses" in July 1931. [b] By the end of the 20th century, Jehovah's Witnesses claimed a membership of 6 million, [7] while other independent Bible Student groups had an estimated total of less than 75,000. [8] [9]
Wolfgang Kusserow (1 March 1922 – 28 March 1942) was executed by guillotine at Brandenburg-Görden Prison for conscientiously objecting induction into the German Army because of his religious beliefs as a Jehovah's Witness.
The ruling leaves in place terminating sanctions issued after the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York.refused to hand over a trove of documents concerning known molesters in the church.