Fighters Against God?
It’s not easy being a Jehovah’s Witness. Having to shun a close friend who may be disfellowshipped is very difficult. We are going to miss our friend. Unless that friend returns to serving Jehovah, we will resolve in our heart to continue shunning her. What if she never returns to serve Jehovah? It doesn’t bear […]
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 […]
Why Jehovah’s Witnesses may be Extremist
Jehovah’s Witnesses have said on their Russian website that their incitement to hatred towards people is foreign to them. They say that they follow the humane precepts of Jesus Christ. They go on to provide FOUR reasons why referring to them as extremist is erroneous. AvoidJW.org has reviewed and commented on these reasons. Before we review these […]
AUSTRALIA: Case Study 54: Stewart’s Introduction
This is the Royal Commission’s 54th Case Study. It follows the Royal Commission’s inquiry into the Jehovah’s Witnesses and Watchtower Australia in Case Study 29. That case study concerned the responses of the Jehovah’s Witnesses and Watchtower Australia to allegations, reports and complaints of child sexual abuse within the organisation. Case Study 29 took place in […]
Priming the Audience to Shun
I had the opportunity to listen in on the touted regional convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses today (September 23 2016) at Baatsonaa. It was themed: Remain Loyal to Jehovah. Well, the general idea was built on what I call, the quid pro quo hustle. And it this: God is loyal to his servants but to enjoy […]
Shunning the Shunning
A 3 Day “Remain Loyal to Jehovah” Regional Convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses took place in Ghana over the weekend of August 12 – 14th 2016. One Jehovah’s Witness who attended that convention, was not there to be “spiritually nourished”. No. He was there to document the reaction of his fellow brothers and sisters to the shunning talks given as […]
Deaf, Abused & Shunned
This is the true story of Jayne Foreman. She is a deaf woman who was one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. From the age of 8, I was brought up as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Back then, I could never understand Jehovah’s Witnesses. This was because I was deaf. And I was in a congregation where there was no interpreter. […]
Influencing A Grandchild’s Career Path?
David and Gwen Cartwright are two elderly Jehovah’s Witnesses from the United Kingdom of Great Britain. Their life story is told in the March 15 2015 Study Edition of the Watchtower, under the heading, We Found A More Rewarding Career. A synopsis of David & Gwen’s life story Both David & Gwen were born in the mid-1940’s. The […]