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Jehovah’s Witnesses: A New Introduction
What would happen if I accepted an invitation to Bible Study from Jehovah's Witnesses? What would attending a Kingdom Hall meeting involve? And if I invited door-knocking Witnesses into my home?
This book introduces Jehovah's Witnesses without assuming prior knowledge of the Watch Tower organization. After outlining the Society's origins and history, the book explains their key beliefs and practices by taking the reader through the process of the seeker who makes initial contact with Witnesses, and progresses to take instruction and become a baptized member.
The book then explores what is involved in being a Witness – congregational life, lifestyle, rites of passage, their understanding of the Bible and prophetic expectations. It examines the various processes and consequences of leaving the organization, controversies that have arisen in the course of its history, and popular criticisms. Discussion is given to the likelihood of reforms within the organization, such as its stance on blood transfusions, the role of women and new methods of meeting and evangelizing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This book introduces Jehovah's Witnesses without assuming prior knowledge of the Watch Tower organization. After outlining the Society's origins and history, the book explains their key beliefs and practices by taking the reader through the process of the seeker who makes initial contact with Witnesses, and progresses to take instruction and become a baptized member.
The book then explores what is involved in being a Witness – congregational life, lifestyle, rites of passage, their understanding of the Bible and prophetic expectations. It examines the various processes and consequences of leaving the organization, controversies that have arisen in the course of its history, and popular criticisms. Discussion is given to the likelihood of reforms within the organization, such as its stance on blood transfusions, the role of women and new methods of meeting and evangelizing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
208 pages, Paperback
Published April 7, 2022
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December 6, 2025
I was hoping for a little more in depth exploration into the past and changes but was given a fairly surface level description of the JWs and their beliefs.
I was also hoping to read about some more recent changes to the organization but sadly this was written before those changes were put in place.
It would be a decent read for ones unfamiliar with the group it discusses, I'd recommend it over devoting your entire life to the cause, but you do you.
I was also hoping to read about some more recent changes to the organization but sadly this was written before those changes were put in place.
It would be a decent read for ones unfamiliar with the group it discusses, I'd recommend it over devoting your entire life to the cause, but you do you.
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