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The midweek meeting, typically held in the evening, includes a question-and-answer session based on Watch Tower Society publications, [9] Bible reading, sample presentations about how to use Watch Tower Society literature for Bible studies and public preaching, [20] and a "Congregation Bible Study" in the format of a question-and-answer session ...
An application, JW Language, has been designed to facilitate preaching with people who speak different languages. [229] A specialized device for use in areas with limited internet access offers downloaded materials relevant to Jehovah's Witnesses.
However, recent JW publications state that a number of "blood products can be used by a Jehovah's Witness as a matter of personal choice and without any sanction from the local congregation. The June 15, 2000 Watchtower made subtle but important changes to official policy.
Former headquarters of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society in Brooklyn, New York. Jehovah's Witnesses operate 87 branch offices worldwide, [24] under the oversight of headquarters representatives who visit each of their assigned branches every few years, auditing operations, counseling branch committee members, department heads, and missionaries, and reporting back to the Governing Body.
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.
Funeral services may be held in a Kingdom Hall if the body of elders considers that "the deceased had a clean reputation and was a member of the congregation or the minor child of a member". [21] The family of the deceased may ask any respected male member of the congregation to conduct the service, which involves a simple Bible-based discourse ...
Their best known publications are the magazines, The Watchtower and Awake! [1] Zion's Watch Tower was first published by Charles Taze Russell, founder of the Bible Student movement, in 1879, [2] followed by the inception of the Watch Tower Society in 1881. [3] Supporters adopted the name Jehovah's witnesses in 1931. [4]
Jehovah's Witnesses believe that the entire Bible, including both the Old Testament and the New Testament, is inspired of God and important for the Christian faith.(2 Timothy 3:16,17) Witnesses generally use a translation of the Bible that they developed in the mid-twentieth century, known as the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (NWT).