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]
- Dec. 15, 1884 Handwritten Charter – Zion’s Watch Tower Tract Society
- Dec. 15, 1884 Typed Charter – Zion’s Watch Tower Tract Society
- Sept. 19, 1896 Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society Articles of Amendment
- Feb. 12, 1909 Peoples Pulpit Association, NY Charter
- June 30, 1914 International Bible Students Association (IBSA) Charter, UK
PART TWO PDF [Download version: Full-Charter-Files-46-112]
- Feb. 15, 1945 Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of PA Articles of Amendment
- Oct. 7, 1955 Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of PA Articles of Amendment
- Dec. 2, 1987 Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of PA Articles of Amendment
- May 9, 1988 Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of PA Articles of Amendment
- Nov. 22, 1994 Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of PA Articles of Amendment
- Aug. 25, 1994 Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of NY Articles of Amendment
- Nov. 4, 1999 Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of PA Articles of Amendment
- Dec. 4, 2000 Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of PA Articles of Amendment
- Apr. 8, 2003 Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, PA Amended & Restated Charter