What is the main legal body used by Jehovah's Witnesses to organize their religion and decide on their official list of beliefs?
Q: What is the main legal body used by Jehovah's Witnesses to organize their religion and decide on their official list of beliefs?
A: The main legal body used by Jehovah's Witnesses for these purposes is the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania.
Q: What is the Society often referred to as by members of Jehovah's Witnesses?
A: Members of Jehovah's Witnesses often refer to the Society simply as "the Society".
Q: Where is the headquarters of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania located?
A: The headquarters of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania are located in Brooklyn, New York in the United States.
Q: How many members does the Society's rules allow?
A: The Society's rules allow only between 300 and 500 members.
Q: Who is allowed to be a member of the Society according to its rules?
A: According to the Society's rules, all members must be "mature, active, and faithful" male Jehovah's Witnesses.
Q: Who started the organization that would later become the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania?
A: The organization that would later become the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania was started by a preacher named Charles Taze Russell in 1881 as Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society.
Q: What was the name of the man who took over after Charles Taze Russell's death, and what major changes took place under his leadership?
A: The man who took over after Charles Taze Russell's death was Joseph Franklin Rutherford. During his leadership, there was a bitter fight for control of the organization, and many of Russell's followers left to start other religious groups. Rutherford remained as president and in 1931, the Bible Student groups changed their name to Jehovah's Witnesses. From 1976, the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses began to control all the decisions and the work of the Watch Tower Society.
