The Jehovah's Witnesses - Way of Life Literature
The Jehovah's Witnesses - Way of Life Literature
The Jehovah's Witnesses - Way of Life Literature
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History<strong>The</strong> Jehovah’s <strong>Witnesses</strong> arose within the end-timefervor <strong>of</strong> the latter half <strong>of</strong> the 19th century that producedthe Mormons (Church <strong>of</strong> Jesus Christ <strong>of</strong> Latter-daySaints) and the Seventh-day Adventists as well as thePentecostal Latter Rain theology.Charles Taze Russell<strong>The</strong> Jehovah’s <strong>Witnesses</strong> originated in America withCharles Taze Russell (1852-1916).Russell had been a Presbyterian, a Congregationalist, andan Adventist before he formed the Jehovah’s <strong>Witnesses</strong>.In the 1870s he organized a Bible study and by 1880there were 30 congregations following his teaching.In 1879, he began publishing a magazine called <strong>The</strong>Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom.In 1884, he incorporated the Zion’s Watch Tower TractSociety.He published his doctrine in six books called Studies inthe Scriptures.14