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The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah's Kingdom is an illustrated religious magazine, published by the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania. Jehovah's Witnesses distribute The Watchtower—Public Edition , along with its companion magazine, Awake! .
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah's Kingdom (public edition) (reduced from 32 pages to 16 pages as of 2013) The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah's Kingdom (public edition) (monthly as of 2008) The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah's Kingdom (four-color edition as of 1986) The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah's Kingdom (title change, March 1, 1939)
This is the Bible translation primarily used by Jehovah's Witnesses. Awake!, published in over 100 languages once per year, a general-interest annual magazine covering many topics from a religious perspective. The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah's Kingdom, published in 413 languages annually, focuses mainly on doctrine. [8]
Russell broke with Barbour in July 1879 over the doctrine of substitutionary atonement and began publishing his own monthly magazine, Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence (now known as The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah's Kingdom), and the pair competed through their rival publications for the minds of their readers.
The Watchtower article announcing the view is interpreted by commentators as a prohibition. [238] [239] In a 1972 article, Jehovah's Witnesses are described as having taken a "stand" against organ transplants, saving them from the consequences of such operations, on the basis of the description of the procedure as "a form of cannibalism". [240]
The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania is a non-stock, not-for-profit organization [4] headquartered in Warwick, New York.It is the main legal entity used worldwide by Jehovah's Witnesses to direct, administer, and disseminate doctrines for the group and is often referred to by members of the denomination simply as "the Society".
Since its incorporation in 1884, the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania has been directed by a president and board of directors. Until January 1976, the president exercised complete control of doctrines, publications and activities of the Watch Tower Society and the religious denominations with which it was connected—the Bible Students and Jehovah's Witnesses.
Awake! is an illustrated religious magazine published by the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania. It is considered to be a companion magazine of The Watchtower, [2] and is distributed by Jehovah's Witnesses. The Watch Tower Society reports a worldwide circulation of about 12.8 million copies per issue in 252 languages. [1]