Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Money
Donations from the Elderly
In November 2017, the Legal Department at the World Headquarters of Jehovah’s Witnesses held their annual meeting. This 90 minute meeting was recorded on video for those who were connected remotely. In a talk entitled “U.S. Legal Department Highlights”, John Fowler of the Legal Department interviewed a number of the staff of the Legal Department […]
What is the Conditional Donation Trust Agreements (CDTA)?
Since at least 1994, the Office of the Secretary and Treasurer and by the Planned Giving Desk of the Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society of Pennsylvania have created a booklet to harvest donations from Jehovah’s Witnesses in the United States. This booklet includes many options that Jehovah’s Witnesses can avail of to donate to […]
Please sir, Can I donate some more?
Jehovah’s Witnesses’ worldwide activities are supported by donations from members and others who feel inclined to give off their hard-earned cash to a religion who provides no transparency as to how exactly those funds are used. We here at AvoidJW.org think that an organization that claims to be “God’s organization” should be completely transparent with […]
Problems Facing JW.org
There is a question regarding the longevity of JW.org given the events of the past few years. The following is just my opinion and observations based on events from the past year. Two years ago, JW.org implemented a 5-year cost reduction program in which they asked all branches to cut costs by a minimum of […]
Should The Churches Be Taxed?
By allowing churches to be tax exempt, society is rewarding a segment of society for conduct that the rest of us are bound by as part of our civic responsibility to one another, without reward, in the interests of the greater good. One could argue that in times past the political and economic structure of society […]