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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]
The Bible—A Book of Fact and Prophecy: Its Power in Your Life: 1997: Documentary Jehovah's Witnesses Stand Firm Against Nazi Assault: 1996: Documentary The New World Society in Action: 1995: Documentary To the Ends of the Earth: 1995: Documentary United by Divine Teaching: 1994: Documentary The Bible—A Book of Fact and Prophecy: Mankind's ...
The Watchtower is overseen by the Writing Committee of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The Watchtower is the official means of sharing Jehovah's Witness beliefs , [ 11 ] and includes articles relating to biblical prophecies, Christian conduct and morals, and the history of religion and the Bible.
Jehovah's Witnesses make extensive use of Watch Tower Society literature, including books, magazines, booklets and handbills, to spread their beliefs and to use as textbooks at their religious meetings. The publications are produced in many languages, with a small selection available in 500 languages.
Jehovah's Witnesses is a Christian denomination that is an outgrowth of the Bible Student movement founded by Charles Taze Russell in the ninteenth century. The denomination is nontrinitarian, millenarian, and restorationist. [8]
Letter writing leads to the mastery of the technique of good writing. Letter writing can provide an extension of the face-to-face therapeutic encounter. [clarification needed] [13] Since at least a small fee is required, sending a large number of irrelevant letters becomes more expensive (and therefore less likely) than e-mail (spam).
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.
Macmillan provides a first-person account of the early history of Jehovah's Witnesses from his meeting of Charles Taze Russell in 1900 to the time of the writing of the book (1957). He served with three of the Presidents of Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society: Russell, Rutherford, and Knorr (who wrote the book's introduction). Publisher ...