Bringing Reproach on Jehovah’s Name
Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that God’s name is Jehovah. They also believe it is imperative that a true Christian should use God’s name. These beliefs are primarily based on a biblical scripture found at Psalms 83:18. One might think that these are harmless beliefs. After all, what does it matter if God’s name is John, Michael […]
Namibia: Protecting the Blinded
It is a strange world that we live in. Stranger though, if you believe as Jehovah’s Witnesses do, that “the whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one.” (1 John 5:19) Why so? If the wicked one is the Devil, and Jehovah’s Witnesses are followers of the true God, surely the Devil […]
It’s Never Too Late to Break Free
The following life experience was originally posted by a retired Jehovah’s Witness elder on the exJW sub-reddit. It is reproduced here with permission. My parents became Jehovah’s Witnesses in 1958, when I was just one year old. Although I went through the teenage ‘rebellious period’, I remained a member of the religion. At the age […]
Don’t Give Up in Fulfilling the Law of Christ!
The 2018 Don’t Give Up in Fulfilling the Law of Christ Circuit Assembly Talk Outlines are available here in English. The talk outlines for the Don’t Give Up in Fulfilling the Law of Christ Circuit Assembly can either be downloaded as individual PDFs or as a complete zip archive. The 2018 Don’t Give Up in Doing […]
Don’t Give Up in Doing What is Fine!
The 2018 Don’t Give Up in Doing What is Fine! Circuit Assembly Talk Outlines are available here in English. The talk outlines for the Don’t Give Up in Doing What is Fine Circuit Assembly can either be downloaded as individual PDFs or as a complete zip archive. The 2018 Don’t Give Up in Fulfilling the Law […]
Why a Young Father Left Jehovah’s Witnesses
He believed. To the end of the world, the mission, the congregation. Then he had two sons – and left the Jehovah’s Witnesses. For this, Oliver Wolschke pays a high price. BY SEBASTIAN LEBER – Originally posted on Der Tagesspiegel on July 26, 2017 On a Friday evening at the end of March, he attends yet another service. He sits […]
Natalia Koretskaya
Natalia Koretskaya was one of Jehovah’s Witnesses for many years. She was called as a legal witness by the Russian Ministry of Justice during the court hearings held in Moscow earlier this year to ban the Witnesses. Her fascinating journey in life was originally posted on JWForum. name in Russian. It is translated and posted here […]
RUSSIA: Supreme Court Decision to Ban Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia
The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, composed of: Judge of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation Yu. G. Ivanenko In the presence of court clerk V. A. Stratiyenko having considered in open court session the administrative case regarding the administrative statement of claim filed by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation […]
Banning Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia – The Decision
The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, composed of: Judge of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation Yu. G. Ivanenko In the presence of court clerk V. A. Stratiyenko having considered in open court session the administrative case regarding the administrative statement of claim filed by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation […]