Corporate Charter & Amendments

Corporate Charter & Amendments


The Charter Includes:

  • Zion’s Watch Tower Tract Society
  • Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society
  • Peoples Pulpit Association of New York
  • International Bible Students Association of the United Kingdom
  • Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
  • Watchtower Bible and Tract Society Inc., of New York

[Documents in order as they appear on the file: 1884 – 2003]

PART ONE PDF [Download version: Full-Charter-Files-1-45]

  1. Dec. 15, 1884 Handwritten Charter – Zion’s Watch Tower Tract Society
  2. Dec. 15, 1884 Typed Charter – Zion’s Watch Tower Tract Society
  3. Sept. 19, 1896 Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society Articles of Amendment
  4. Feb. 12, 1909 Peoples Pulpit Association, NY Charter
  5. June 30, 1914 International Bible Students Association (IBSA) Charter, UK

PART TWO PDF [Download version: Full-Charter-Files-46-112]

  1. Feb. 15, 1945 Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of PA Articles of Amendment
  2. Oct. 7, 1955 Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of PA Articles of Amendment
  3. Dec. 2, 1987 Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of PA Articles of Amendment
  4. May 9, 1988 Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of PA Articles of Amendment
  5. Nov. 22, 1994 Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of PA Articles of Amendment
  6. Aug. 25, 1994 Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of NY Articles of Amendment
  7. Nov. 4, 1999 Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of PA Articles of Amendment
  8. Dec. 4, 2000 Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of PA Articles of Amendment
  9. Apr. 8, 2003 Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, PA Amended & Restated Charter

Complete Set Charter Files [all 112 pages in one file]