Tag: Governing Body
Global Survey of Jehovah’s Witnesses – 2011
October 31st, 2011, No Comments
We’re pleased to announce that a new tool for communicating with both Jehovah’s Witnesses, former Witnesses, and non-JWs is now available – an online, world-wide, opinion survey website: JWsurvey.org The original survey was conceived and initially executed by a gentleman from the UK known as “Cedars.” He suggested setting up a survey in late September [...]
“Seeds of dissent” against the Governing Body?
June 28th, 2011, 7 Comments
Editor’s Note: I just received the following news release announcing an attempt to organize an underground movement of Jehovah’s Witnesses who want a voice in how they are treated by their own religion. Ever since “Brother Siam” wrote and submitted his “Open Letter to the Governing Body” back in January, the level of dissent has [...]
Watchtower forgets that “Content is King”
February 25th, 2011, 1 Comment
Adapted from a post by “LostGeneration” “Content is King” is a popular guideline to follow for those who run websites and mass communication outlets. It makes perfect sense, as demonstrated by sites like Jehovahs-Witness.net (and this one) that provide entertaining content for their targeted audiences. Even better, when content is added daily, users return repeatedly. [...]
Watchtower’s Pecking Order
February 22nd, 2011, 2 Comments
Over the history of the Watchtower, the leaders have defined so many levels and rankings that now they’ve given up trying to use the word “classes” to describe them anymore. Let me help you understand how the organization is supposed to work.
Elder reveals his secret
January 28th, 2011, 1 Comment
By “Shadow Elder, Jr.” A few weeks ago, my father and I were out working together in the door-to-door preaching work. That morning only four of us showed up at the Kingdom Hall –my dad and I, and a married brother and sister. The other couple announced that they only had a little over an [...]
An open letter to the Governing Body
January 10th, 2011, 8 Comments
By “Brother Siam” Editor’s Note: This article was originally published as a post on the JWN forum. With the kind permission of its author, we are republishing it here in a slightly edited format. [Here is a link to the original version.] “Brother Siam” is an active Jehovah’s Witness living on the West Coast of [...]
A personal view of Raymond Franz
June 14th, 2010, 4 Comments
By Terry Walstrom The death of Ray Franz hit me harder than I would have thought. I had to reflect for awhile…alone…and quietly. After all, fine people die every day and some of them are indispensable, and yet we go on…don’t we? But, Ray Franz was someone who can only be described by the phrase [...]
A Sad Day
June 3rd, 2010, 1 Comment
By Marco Garcia It’s a sad day – sad because we have lost a great man. He was a man who was a defender of common sense and justice, someone who stood up for the truth and fought against imposing lies on naive people. He was someone courageous enough to go up against a powerful [...]
Raymond Franz, RIP
June 2nd, 2010, 6 Comments
It was announced this morning (June 2nd) that Raymond Franz passed away due to a stroke injuries he suffered on May 30, 2010. Mr. Franz was a much-loved and respected Christian all of his life. As active and dedicated Jehovah’s Witnesses, he and his wife served for over 40 years in various assignments, primarily in [...]
Jehovah’s Witnesses and Bible Study
November 3rd, 2009, 14 Comments
Many former JWs will admit that one reason they left the Organization was because they actually did finally read the Bible.
