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Charles Taze Russell, a prolific writer and founder of the Bible Student movement, viewed himself as a "mouthpiece" of God and later as the embodiment of the "faithful and wise servant" of the parable of Matthew 24:45-47. [3] The Watch Tower Society is now the legal and administrative arm of Jehovah's Witnesses.
JW.org Official website of Jehovah's Witnesses; Pastor-Russell.com Archived January 22, 2021, at the Wayback Machine Pastor Russell website; Faith on the March, A. H. Macmillan, (1957) Biography of Charles Taze Russell from Zion's Watch Tower obituary issue, December 1, 1916
Ex-cult watchdog John Bowen Brown II [68] and Knocking producer Joel P. Engardio also reject the assertion that Jehovah's Witnesses is a cult. [69] [70] The encyclopedia Contemporary American Religion stated, "Various critics and ex-members in recent years have wrongly labeled Jehovah's Witnesses a 'cult'." [71]
In 1931, the group under Rutherford's leadership became known as "Jehovah's witnesses". A later Watchtower described the outcome of the 1917 leadership dispute as the removal of "a class of insubordinate ones who rebelled against the ways of the Lord" before Christ's inspection and approval of the "faithful and discreet slave class" in 1918 ...
The eschatology of Jehovah's Witnesses is central to their religious beliefs. They believe that Jesus Christ has been ruling in heaven as king since 1914, a date they believe was prophesied in Scripture, and that after that time a period of cleansing occurred, resulting in God's selection of the Bible Students associated with Charles Taze Russell to be his people in 1919.
Apocalypse Delayed: The Story of Jehovah's Witnesses by M. James Penton. Penton, who is a professor emeritus of history at University of Lethbridge, examines the history of Jehovah's Witnesses, and their doctrines. Read selections from: Google Book Search Publisher: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-8020-7973-3 (Canada, 1998)
A California appellate court has upheld a $4-plus million judgment against Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York Inc., the top organizational body of Jehovah's Witnesses, in a case ...
The movement split into several rival organizations after Russell's death in 1916, with Joseph Franklin Rutherford retaining control of The Watch Tower and the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, [1] this group became known as Jehovah's Witnesses. Members of the denomination experienced religious persecution throughout the ...