What Is Branch Organization?
Branch Organization is designed to provide unified theocratic direction to Branch and Country committee members worldwide. The manual also serves as a helpful reference for Governing Body members, helpers to Governing Body committees, and headquarters representatives. Each high-ranking elder who is provided with a copy of the manual are required to read it thoroughly from […]
What are Correspondence Guidelines?
Correspondence Guidelines is a publication provided to assist elders in the Service Department of Branch Offices to answer correspondence from elders of Jehovah’s Witnesses. The Service Department staff are not required to keep these guidelines confidential and are not permitted to duplicate or photocopy them. In their use of these guidelines, they are to keep […]
Philip Brumley’s “sustained effort to deceive”
Philip Brumley Fined over $150k for deceiving a Montana Court in a child sex abuse case MONTANA, USA: Philip Brumley, legal counsel for Jehovah’s Witnesses, and head of the legal department at their headquarters in Patterson, New York, has been fined $154,448.11. On June 22, 2020 he submitted an affidavit to the United States District […]
Michael Tsifidaris: “An Elder from Hamburg”
Michael Tsifidaris, Spokesperson for Jehovah’s Witnesses in Hamburg, Germany In a news article entitled “Thousands Attend Memorial Service for Victims of the Hamburg Shooting”, published April 10, 2023, Jehovah’s Witnesses fail to name the man they have used as spokesperson for the Hamburg Shooting. However, they are quick to name both Mark Sanderson (member of […]
Telephone Contact System (TCS)
Telephone Contact System (TCS) is a program designed to facilitate preaching to those who speak a foreign language The Telephone Contact System (TCS) is a pilot program being coordinated by the Service Department at the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Branch Office. The objective of the program is to facilitate preaching to those who may show a slight […]
Nilsen’s Testimony in Full
Jan Frode Nilsen and the Oslo Courthouse in Norway Jan Frode Nilsen was questioned about the Jehovah’s Witnesses practice of shunning in an Oslo courthouse in Norway on Thursday morning, March 30, 2023. This is his full testimony. Transcript provided by Jan F. Nilsen in Norwegian. Translated by Jason Wynne. First published April 1, 2023 […]
Norway: Jan Frode Nilsen’s Testimony
Jan Frode Nilsen gives testimony before an Oslo Court regarding Jehovah’s Witnesses’ shunning of former members Anders Ryssdal, lawyer for Jehovah’s Witnesses in Norway, asks Jan Frode Nilsen some questions before an Oslo court on Thursday. The following is a paraphrasing of what was discussed based on notes written in Norwegian and provided to Mr. […]
The dark side of Jehovah’s Witnesses: A young woman recounts a harsh confession
A young woman decided to break the silence, after the congregation publicly said that leaving was a “voluntary” action that carried no consequences. Originally published on March 23, 2023 in Spanish on La Tercera and written by Nicole Iporre. Commentary by Lester Somrah. “I am going to talk seriously about what happens within the Jehovah’s […]
ICELAND: Responding to Pedersen’s Propaganda
Eydís Jónsdóttir (left) challenges Norwegian Jehovah’s Witnesses spokesperson, Jorgen Pedersen (right) ICELAND: A former believer of Jehovah’s Witnesses responds to the reader’s letter “The wrong picture drawn” by Jørgen Pedersen, chairman of the board of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Norway. Written by Eydís Mary Jonsdottir, first published March 23, 2023 12:00pm. Translated by Jason Wynne. On […]