Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania

a sceptic, he, himself, passed over into a frigid unbelief. It was then that he met the Seventh-day Adventists, and his faith in Christianity, and especially in the Second Advent, was restored.”1      Russell had no formal Bible training, but borrowed and built upon various teachings that were popular at the time. In 1879 Russell started his own magazine (now known as the Watchtower) to promote his doctrines. Russell’s sensational end of time predictions drew many people and

is very active amongst the globe. Sacred Writing The sacred text of Jehovah 's Witnesses is the Christian bible, the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (NWT) is a revised version created by the Watchtower Bible used by only the Jehovah’s Witnesses. (Religion Facts, 2015, para.3) The purpose of The Watchtower is to exalt Jehovah God as Sovereign Lord of the universe. It keeps watch on current world events to rectify it into the Bible’s interpretation. It gives followers a sense of purpose

Whether your parents are Jehovah 's Witnesses or they started having a bible study, there are plenty of up sides and down sides. Religion is a strange thing to deal with; it is also a choice for each and every individual on this planet. As a Jehovah 's Witness, you must put gods will first, before anything. In the publications “Questions Young People Ask: Answers That Work” Volumes from The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, are actual young people who are Witnesses; they express the

Jehovah's Witnesses Their numbers are relatively small. They constitute less than 1% of those who indicate some religious preference. They rank 24th on the list of the 25 largest denominations in the United States. Despite these low numbers, there is no denomination in this country or in the world, which spends more time proselytizing. They are the Jehovah’s Witnesses. According to the Public Affairs Office of Jehovah’s Witnesses, last year their members spent over one billion

differences, and founding fathers of the religion will be touched on and gone over. Jehovah Witnesses sprouted out of the west in eighteen seventy nine with a teacher doing bible studies. The teachers name was Charles Taze Russel, he suffered a hard life losing his mother at the age of nine. He was the second son born in Pennsylvania, growing up as Presbyterian. When Russel was sixteen he was disturbed by the concept of hell and how one is trapped there forever, along with the end of the world. The reason

began to wonder. Charles became more interested in the Bible and ended up directing a Bible class in Pittsburg. “He co-published The Herald of the Morning magazine with its founder, N. H. Barbour, and by 1884, Russell controlled the publication and renamed it The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah 's Kingdom and founded Zion 's Watch Tower Tract Society.” (Matt) The Watch Tower, which later became known as the Watertower Bible and Tract Society was the teaching organ of the Jehovah’s Witnesses. In 1908

Some of the beliefs of the church are most like that of most Christian religions with the exceptions that they do not regard the cross as highly as most Christians do. The Jehovah's Witness religion believes more in the guidelines of the Bible.      One of the elder members of the Church was happy to answer some questions that I had. He was an elderly man with a full head of white hair, and a wide unreal smile. The members of the church were extremely friendly. However

1. Question: Share some of the background of your interviewee (or couple). What was this person’s/couple’s story? I interviewed a woman name Jodi. This was an amazing interview that I made with a couple. This interview was quite educational, challenging and rewarding. Through this interview I expanded my knowledge regarding cultural factors that can helpful for the couple in order to form their identity in a unique way. The couple traced their historical background back to North Canton Ohio. Jodi

their interpretations of the Bible. They prefer to use their own translation, which is the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures. This “bible” is distributed in 42 languages and Braille for the blind. Jehovah’s witnesses don 't know who originally translated their Bible and they believe they they themselves don 't have the wisdom to translate the bible.In addition to that, none of the first leaders were formally educated.  Jehovah’s Witness emerged from the Bible Student movement, founded in

                    There are many beliefs about how we came to be. There is the religious belief, there is the “Big Bang” theory, and there is the belief that we evolved from lower life forms. Its hard to say exactly how life came to be and who have the right answer. A person can take one of the two views on the origin of life. Either they believe there is a creator (creationist) or they believe (evolutionist)