Ray Franz’s Interview in Poland (2007)
During much of his later life, former Governing Body member Raymond Franz was invited to speak before various groups and […]
History & Leaders, Video
History & Leaders
This category focuses primarily on the history of the Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society, its founders, leaders and major personalities.
The following articles document events, books, teachings and decisions the organization’s founders and their successors made, implemented and enforced. They guided the Watchtower and Jehovah’s Witnesses through the end of the 19th and all of the 20th centuries. While there is very little left of their original teachings and practices, those influences are still felt and frequently referenced. Most modern Jehovah’s Witnesses have little real knowledge of the origins of their religion but still hold many of the founders up as examples of “great and righteous men” who promoted “the truth” and acted “under the influence of Jehovah’s holy spirit.”
Doctrines & Policies, History & Leaders, Research
God’s Divine Plan of Evil for 6,000 years
In November of the year 1886, Charles Taze Russell wrote in the Preface of his new book, MILLENNIAL DAWN, of
Child Sex Abuse, History & Leaders, Research, Shunning
Examining Apocalypticism
Are you studying the Bible with Jehovah’s Witnesses? Or are you no longer one of Jehovah’s Witnesses? Or perhaps you
History & Leaders, Research
A Letter From Sweden
The Finished Mystery, considered as Volume 7 of Studies in the Scriptures, was first published in 1917 by the Watchtower
Child Sex Abuse, History & Leaders, Shunning
History of the Bible Students in Britain
Long out of print, A.O. Hudson’s book Bible Students in Britain (1989) documents in detail the first 100 years of IBSA
History & Leaders
Website Celebrates 1914 to 2014: The End of an Error
Announcing a Website to Celebrate 1914 to 2014: The End of an Error for Jehovah’s Witnesses. On October 2, 1914,
History & Leaders, Research
Rutherford is Dead – So is the Door-to-Door Ministry
Let’s face it: “Judge” Joseph F. Rutherford is dead – along with his doctrines and influence. And so are the
History & Leaders, Research
Who are the “False Prophets” today?
In 1991 Colin Quackenbush, one of the Watch Tower Society’s senior writers, told me in the privacy of his office
Child Sex Abuse, History & Leaders, Secrets & Scandals
The Theocratic Life and Times of Theodore Jaracz
For nearly 36 years, Theodore (Ted) Jaracz was one of the most powerful members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses Governing Body
Governing Body, Research, Spanish, Watchtower
La Vida Teocrática y Los Tiempos de Theodore Jaracz
Durante casi 36 años, Theodore (Ted) Jaracz fue uno de los miembros más poderosos del Cuerpo Gobernante de los Testigos