Tag: Kingdom Hall
Real Estate Magnates
October 10th, 2011, 5 Comments
Properties become part of the Watchtower Society’s real estate portfolio. They are tax-free when they are acquired, tax-free while owned, and tax-free when sold.
Another View of a Kingdom Hall Takeover
June 22nd, 2011, 1 Comment
By “MadSweeney” [Edited transcript of a podcast first aired on June 11, 2011.] Some time from late 2008 and throughout 2009, the circuit overseer that manages the Menlo Park and Redwood South congregations in California, named Koehler, began pushing the Menlo Park body of elders in several ways. One thing he wanted was for them [...]
Takeover: What really happened at Menlo Park?
May 30th, 2011, 5 Comments
On May 23, 2011 former elders of a California congregation filed two documents in Federal Court in San Francisco as part of their lawsuit against certain representatives of the Watchtower Society. The plaintiffs were elders of the Menlo Park Kingdom Hall prior to July 2010. Because their court documents have been released and are in the [...]
Menlo Park Kingdom Hall – Updates
March 29th, 2011, 2 Comments
Since the previous article about the Menlo Park Kingdom Hall court case, published two weeks ago, I’ve received some updates and a few corrections.
Fear and Loathing in Menlo Park
March 16th, 2011, 2 Comments
Editor’s Note: Although I have been able to accumulate a great deal of information from various sources, and have managed to make contact with several individuals familiar with the details and status of this case, I want to make it absolutely clear that I have had no personal contact with the plaintiffs or their legal [...]
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.
Are changes coming to the Watchtower?
January 9th, 2011, 5 Comments
Read our new permanent page, Changes and Challenges Facing the Watchtower. Written by a young former Jehovah’s Witness familiar with the processes and resources of the Watchtower Society, the article explores not only “what” the Watchtower must do to survive, but also the “why.”
The [Two] Three Funerals of Michael Jackson
July 12th, 2009, 39 Comments
In a a private ceremony held at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in a mortuary chapel a Jehovah’s Witness funeral service was conducted by Michael Jackson’s cousin.
