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Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, Inc. was established to organize and administer the congregational affairs of Jehovah's Witnesses in the United States. [14] [15] It filed for incorporation on August 21, 2000, in New York State as a “domestic non-profit corporation” in Putnam County, New York. [16]
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".
Jehovah's Witnesses believe death is a state of nonexistence with no consciousness. There is no Hell of fiery torment; Hades and Sheol are understood to refer to the condition of death, termed the common grave. [170] They consider the soul a life or a living body that can die. [171]
Days before COVID-19 causes businesses to shutter or stop certain services in March 2020, Stephanie Harkins started a new job in health care after moving to the Tampa area from Pennsylvania only ...
In 1984, authors Merlin Brinkerhoff and Marlene Mackie concluded that after the so-called new cults, Jehovah's Witnesses were among the least accepted religious groups in the United States. [14] Legal challenges by Jehovah's Witnesses prompted a series of state and federal court rulings that reinforced judicial protections for civil liberties.
Nathan Knorr was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.At age 16, he began to show interest in the International Bible Students at age 16. He left the Reformed Church in 1922. He was baptized on July 4, 1923, as a Bible Student following a baptism talk by Frederick W. Franz, with whom Knorr became close friends.
In all, Jehovah's Witnesses brought 23 separate First Amendment actions before the U.S. Supreme Court between 1938 and 1946. [36] [37] Supreme Court Justice Harlan Fiske Stone once quipped, "I think the Jehovah's Witnesses ought to have an endowment in view of the aid which they give in solving the legal problems of civil liberties." [38]
After a three-year pandemic pause, Tri-Cities Jehovah’s Witnesses will be able to participate in their annual convention in person. The event is one of the largest convention organizations in ...