JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES
(Formerly called Bible Students)
(See also Beliefs Clarified; Branch Offices of Jehovah’s Witnesses; Life Stories of Jehovah’s Witnesses; Pre-Christian Witnesses; Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania; Watch Tower Publications; lands by name)
(Note centered headings below: Activities; Attitude of Others; Beliefs; Frequently Asked Questions; Legal Matters; Modern History; Organization; Qualities; Statements by Others)
appreciation for being one of: w14 7/15 27, 32
becoming one of: ijwfq article 47
being a Witness full-time: km 10/97 7
Bible examples: w00 1/1 6; sh 348-350; rs 202-203; br78 5
Abel: jv 13
Christian witnesses: jv 26-32
Israel (ancient): w14 7/15 24-26; w14 11/15 21-22; w06 7/1 21-22; w00 1/1 6-8; w95 9/1 9-13; jv 17-18
Jesus Christ: w14 7/15 28-29; w95 9/1 13; jv 19-25
pre-Christian witnesses: w95 9/1 8-13; jv 13-18
Bible translations used by: ijwfq articles 34-35; g16.1 9; w90 8/15 16-17
New World Translation: ijwfq articles 35-36
busy life: km 1/95 1
children of Jehovah’s Witnesses: ijwfq article 47
essay “My Greatest Desire”: g99 9/22 32
essay on Christmas: g94 12/8 31
learning about organization: mwb24.05 10; w11 3/15 17-20; w10 10/15 25-28
not deprived by not participating in holidays and birthday parties: ijwfq article 39; ed 18; w97 12/15 7; fy 97; kl 126-127; g94 5/8 30; g94 7/22 30; g94 12/8 31; g93 11/22 5-6, 8-10; g92 12/22 12
not forced to become Witnesses: ijwfq article 60
publications for: kr 115-117; w01 7/15 8-9; g00 12/8 12
Christians: ijwfq article 7; lff lessons 18-19; g16.1 7-8; w13 3/1 2; w90 1/1 12; rs 199
comments by 1991 Britannica Book of the Year: g91 8/22 27
comparison with nations in U.N.: g90 12/8 23
contributions to society: g16.1 9; g95 5/8 32
human rights: g98 11/22 11-13
cultural diversity: g96 7/8 8
discussion: lff lesson 18; g16.1 7-9; w15 9/1 3-7; jl lessons 1-28; g 8/10 3-11; w00 1/1 6-8; jt 3-32; g97 8/22 23; jv 10-725; rs 199-208; br78 3-32; je 3-31
distinguishing features: g 1/11 9; w01 6/1 13-16; km 12/98 1; yb90 4; w88 1/1 20; g87 2/8 26-27; w86 3/15 20
each a preacher: w02 1/1 14; w01 4/1 17-18; km 11/99 1; jv 548
field ministry: w16.05 8-12
house-to-house preaching: mwb25.11 11; jv 570-571
no clergy-laity distinction: ijwfq article 13; w21.10 20; g 8/10 9; jv 204
Eastern Europe: g91 1/8 8-13
encouragement to associate with: ol 27-28; w00 2/15 5-7
encouragement to investigate: w15 9/1 3; w13 7/1 7
evidence of being God’s people: w21.10 19-23; w14 9/15 7-11; pc 27-28; w04 10/1 12-13; w02 7/15 15-25; ol 22, 24; w01 6/1 12-17; dg 29-31; gu 27-28; w98 10/1 4-6; g96 11/8 8-9
evidence of Bible’s power: w22.07 10; w90 4/1 20-21; gm 180-183
evidence of Jehovah’s spirit: w10 10/1 31; w01 4/1 16-17
accomplishment of preaching work: jv 547-553
evidence that Jehovah is using: wi 30-31; je 11
prophecies about Kingdom preaching: w92 4/1 12
families:
coping with industrialization: g86 4/8 16-17
freedom: w98 3/15 18-23
identifying oneself as one of: w10 8/1 28-29; w05 2/15 20-21; w01 2/1 13; w94 2/1 19; w90 1/1 11; km 2/90 3; km 2/89 3-4
lands having smaller population: jv 519
lands with most Witnesses: w15 9/1 4
lowly class primarily: jv 547-548; w88 7/1 30
ministers: od 71-86; w00 11/15 16-19; w89 3/1 4-7; om 81-110; je 22
contrast to clergy: w89 3/1 4-6
legal recognition (California, U.S.): g88 4/22 30
ordination: od 72; w01 1/15 12; w00 11/15 17-19; om 82-83; w88 6/15 28-31
qualified: w02 2/15 24-28; w90 7/15 12-15
why university training unnecessary: w88 6/15 28-30
name: ijwfq article 5; lff lesson 19; kr 46-48; jl lesson 2; w13 12/1 2; ip-2 51, 53-54; jt 4-5; w95 5/15 19; jv 149-158; w90 1/1 12; sh 358; br78 4-5, 8; je 10-11
acceptance: kr 47; w03 11/1 19; w95 1/15 13; jv 156-158, 261
acceptance in various lands: w14 7/15 24; yb12 105; yb07 182; yb05 142; g02 12/22 20; yb94 79-80, 192; jv 157-158; yb93 93-94; yb90 162; w88 5/1 23
benefits of adopting: yb88 208
Bible scholar applies term to Christians: jv 152
Columbus, Ohio, convention: kr 47, 63, 177; w13 2/15 4; w12 9/15 29; w06 2/15 27; ip-2 53-54; jv 79, 82, 155-157; w88 4/1 23-24
divinely appointed: w88 4/1 23-24
honor of bearing: w24.05 18-19; w14 7/15 26-27; w10 1/15 14; w06 11/1 25
not “new name” of Isaiah 62:2; 65:15; Revelation 2:17: jv 156
preparation of Witnesses to bear: w25.10 4-5; kr 42, 45-47
resolution “A New Name”: yb07 82; jv 155-158
significance: be 272-281; jv 10-13, 26-27; w88 2/1 14-20
source: w25.05 28-29; jv 17-18, 152-153, 155-156
various languages: jv 151, 153-154
why nicknames not accepted: w95 5/15 19; jv 150, 156
why not “Bible Students” or similar: kr 47; jv 151, 156
why not corporation name: jv 151, 156
why not just “Christians”: kr 47; jv 150-151
neutrality: ijwfq article 37; lff lesson 45; od 200; lvs 244; w16.04 27-31; w15 9/1 4; ed 20, 23-24; kr 148-156; pc 27-28; re 42-43; w03 3/1 3-4; w02 11/1 16-17; wt 163-164, 166; w97 1/15 14; w97 4/15 14-16; g97 4/22 11; jv 193-198; w90 2/1 22-23; w90 11/1 26; sh 345-348; w89 1/1 27-28; w89 3/15 20-21; w88 4/15 16; w88 5/1 18-19; g88 8/8 10; g88 8/22 10; g87 4/22 10; w86 9/1 17-22; g86 2/22 12
arms business: g89 6/8 10
basis for: cf 41, 43; lvs 61-63; w16.04 27-28; lv 51-53; g 8/11 22-23; w06 5/1 31; w90 7/1 23-25
book The Shaping of American Religion: g87 4/22 10
civilian service: w25.07 30; lv 214-215; w96 5/1 19-20
comment by Australian Encyclopædia: g94 10/22 7
comment by Nazi official: g94 10/22 7
comments by clergyman Niemöller: w97 1/1 32; ba 25
comments by Irish writer: g97 5/8 22
comments by Russian theologian: g97 8/22 26-27
despite terrorism: w03 6/1 13-15
issue of capital punishment: w97 6/15 30-31
not neutral about Jehovah’s sovereignty: w15 7/15 23-24
personal decision: jv 198
politics: rr 80-81; w12 12/15 26-27; w01 10/15 6; yb00 188-189, 210-211; jv 189-190, 195
study “More About Justifying Violence”: g97 4/22 11; w88 2/1 19
video Devoted to God’s Kingdom: lff lesson 31
war: ijwfq article 23; mrt articles 48, 77; w22.10 29-31; w14 9/15 7-8; kr 148-151; w13 7/1 5; w09 10/1 31; w08 7/1 22; w98 12/1 6; g98 11/22 12-13
new world society: w01 6/1 18-20
not—
a cult: ijwfq article 31; w94 2/15 5-7; rs 202
an American religion: ijwfq article 11; rs 201; g88 8/8 10
Antichrists: w86 12/1 5-6
anti-Semitic: g99 9/8 30
a sect: ijwfq article 11; g 8/10 6; w05 12/15 22-23; w98 3/15 10-11; g97 10/8 11; jv 117; rs 202
clandestine: w98 8/15 31; w86 12/1 5
Communists: w90 12/1 24-25; g88 8/8 10
doomsday prophets: w15 5/1 7
false prophets: g93 3/22 4; rs 136-137; w86 3/15 19-20
family wreckers: w03 5/15 8-9
fanatics: w87 7/15 28-31
fundamentalists: g 8/10 6; w97 3/1 6-7; w97 4/15 27
immune from disasters or violence: w92 1/1 17; g92 1/8 12; w87 12/15 22-25; g87 10/8 8-9; w86 1/1 10; g86 5/8 15; g86 8/8 7
immune from tragedies: g91 2/8 12-13
marriage wreckers: w08 11/1 11-13; w99 9/1 32
peddlers: kr 140-142; jv 494; w90 7/15 12-13
promoters of earthly Jewish rule: w86 12/1 6
propagandists: g00 6/22 7
Protestants: ijwfq article 33; g 8/10 6; w09 11/1 19; w09 12/15 3
seditious: kr 138-139; jv 682, 688-690
slaves of men: w98 3/15 10-11, 18-23
subversive: kl 134; jv 672, 698; w90 11/1 25-26
Zionists: ijwfq article 17; yb94 107-108
number active: ijwfq article 46; syr24 2; syr23 2; syr22 2; syr21 2; syr20 2; syr19 2; syr18 2; syr17 2; yb17 177; yb16 176; yb15 176; yb14 176; yb13 178-179
compared to clergy: w16.05 11-12
privileges: km 8/07 1
proclaimers of God’s Kingdom: w16.05 8-12; w11 3/1 7-8; w94 5/1 14-20; jv 293
qualifications to become: ijwfq article 47; od 72, 210-211; om 82-83, 174
relationship with world:
favorable dealings with people: w93 7/1 18-23
hated by world: w98 12/1 13-14; jv 673-676
separateness: od 167-168; jv 188-201, 673-674
similarity to early Christians: w93 7/1 12-17
reputation: mwb23.11 13
requirements not unreasonable: w95 7/15 23-24; km 3/95 1
responsibilities: w06 4/1 24-25
sanctified: w13 8/15 3-4
similarity to early Christians: bt 218-223; w15 2/15 24; g 1/11 8; w02 7/15 18-25; jv 234, 673, 677
spiritual heritage: w13 2/15 3-12
surveys:
becoming a Witness: w97 6/1 7
problems overcome (Germany): g97 9/8 10-11
television quiz show featuring: yb90 62
watchfulness: w94 5/1 21-26; jv 713-716
what attracted those who became: w94 4/15 12
why Jews should listen to: g91 6/22 7-8
why some interested ones avoid involvement: w88 3/15 12
witnesses also of Jesus: be 275-278; km 11/02 1; jv 26
worldwide religion: ed 14-15
youths:
being different from the world: w14 12/15 31; g92 6/8 16-18; g92 6/22 15-17
confirming they have been taught the truth: w16.03 9-10; w10 11/15 8-9, 13; w03 4/15 6-7; w99 9/1 14; w97 12/15 9-10; g86 11/22 14-15
helping to reach their full potential: w21.09 8-13
learning about organization: w10 10/15 25-28
publications for: kr 115-117; w01 7/15 8-9; g00 12/8 12
serving Jehovah: w18.12 19-28; w10 4/15 3-7; w09 9/15 3-6; w90 8/1 3, 10-14
Activities
advertising: jv 447-448; g88 2/8 9-11; w87 12/15 32
information marches: jv 265-266, 447, 567-568; w88 3/1 13-14
annual service report: ijwfq article 46; w11 8/15 22; br78 26
assemblies: ijwfq article 65; jl lesson 11; w95 8/1 19; je 19
audiocassettes (discontinued): yb99 19-20; jv 598
baptism: w18.03 3-7; g 8/10 9; w06 4/1 21-30; w02 4/1 10-15; w02 7/15 19-20; wt 110-116, 118-119
identifies candidate as Witness: w06 4/1 24-25
never forced: w02 4/1 13
no charge for performing: w90 12/1 24
no infant baptism: ijwfq article 60
Bible publication: g19.3 15; w17.07 9-10; kr 84, 86; w09 5/1 25; yb06 10; w01 1/15 30; w97 10/15 11-12; jv 603-615; si 321, 323-327
Bible reading: w94 5/15 5-6
Bible studies: ijwfq articles 15, 52; mrt article 57; w15 4/1 4-7; w13 4/1 2; g 7/12 9; w05 4/15 5-6
Bible translation: yb06 10-11
Christendom exposed by: w88 4/1 22-26
clergy exposed by: w90 2/1 20-25
construction: hdu article 28; w16.11 16; yb15 10-18; kr 202-208; w12 8/15 17; w05 11/1 28; yb04 23-30; yb02 23-28, 30; yb01 23-30; yb00 43-49; yb99 26-28, 30; yb98 21-22; yb97 24-31; yb95 21-32
Assembly Halls: hdu article 33
construction service: mwb22.07 9; od 113-114
expatriate construction servants: od 114
facilities for School for Kingdom Evangelizers: hdu article 27
green initiatives: hdu article 33
International Program (discontinued): g91 8/22 19-27
Kingdom Halls: hdu article 33; od 120-121; yb16 16-17; w15 7/15 29-30; yb15 17; kr 202-207; jl lesson 25; yb09 136-137; yb07 137-138, 143; w06 6/15 11; w06 11/1 19-20; g05 11/8 9; yb04 23-25; yb02 17-20; km 9/02 3-6; yb01 23-26; km 8/97 3-4
prior to COVID-19: hdu article 6
Ramapo, New York, property: mwb20.09 7
contributions to community: g24.1 6, 9, 12, 15; w12 5/1 10-11; w10 7/1 24-25
conventions: ijwfq article 65; od 68-69; jl lesson 11; w12 9/15 28-32; jt 11; w95 8/1 19; je 19
audio/video equipment: hdu article 31
locations: w13 5/1 16; w12 5/1 32
programs: km 4/14 3; w13 5/1 16; km 4/13 3-4
special conventions: km 11/90 7-8
stadium repairs: w99 4/1 32
disaster procedures: mrt article 75; w23.07 4; mwb23.03 3; od 128, 166-167; kr 214-215; jl lesson 18; g 9/07 7; km 1/07 4; yb03 8-9; km 2/97 7; om 158-159
Ebola epidemic: g24.1 9; g16.6 6
educational programs: w16.11 16-17; ed 10-13; w14 9/15 8-10; kr 168-191; km 10/11 3-6; re 63; g00 12/22 3-11; g94 5/8 11; sh 359-362; br78 8-9
arranged by Teaching Committee: w08 5/15 29; jv 112-113
branch seminars: yb94 9-10, 255
doctors and hospitals: g99 3/8 20; yb96 19, 22-24
human dignity: g00 3/8 11-12
human rights: g98 11/22 11-14
language courses: km 10/11 4; w05 12/15 17
literacy program: foa articles 2, 5; w21.06 32; ed 11; g 8/15 10-11; yb13 22; km 10/13 4; km 10/11 4; g01 7/22 6-8; g00 12/22 8-9; yb97 182-184; yb95 213; g94 2/22 8-9; jv 480; w92 11/1 16; w90 7/1 30; w88 7/1 30
Watchtower Educational Center: yb91 12-15; km 12/90 10
electronic media:
JW Box: hdu article 4; w21.08 32
JW Broadcasting: foa article 8
JW satellite channel: hdu article 11
whether Witnesses must have access: w14 8/15 5
field ministry: lff lesson 21; od 71-86; w16.05 8-12; jl lesson 12; w12 5/1 10; w11 3/1 7; g 8/10 9; w08 1/15 4-17; w05 7/1 16-27; w02 1/1 8-18; ol 24; jt 19, 30-31; w94 5/1 14-15, 17-20; w94 8/15 11-21; jv 404, 513-516, 674; w92 6/15 22-27; gm 147-148; je 16-17
accomplished by holy spirit: jv 547-553
broadcasting: foa article 8
clergy comment on: g88 2/8 11
contrast to churches: w16.05 11; w96 12/1 32
effectiveness of personal contact: w08 12/15 19; g98 8/22 9
efforts to reach all: bt 6-7; lff lesson 21; jv 513-516
good news: jt 15-18; g91 1/8 14-15; br78 14-17
house to house: ijwfq articles 1, 16; mwb25.11 11; bt 169-170; kr 76-77; w13 10/1 2; w12 3/1 9; w12 6/1 15; yb10 178-179; w08 7/15 3; jv 556, 570-572; rs 206; w88 1/1 22-24
identification in: km 2/89 3-4
message: w16.05 9-10; w12 5/1 9; w08 5/15 12-16; w07 12/1 30; jd 168-172; w05 7/1 18-20; be 272-281; km 12/02 1
methods: foa article 8; od 87-104; w16.05 10-11; om 81-97, 100-108, 110-118; br78 18-22, 30
missionary spirit: w16.03 23-24; w16.05 11
motive: cl 225, 316; w21.07 3, 5; w16.05 10; km 5/13 1; w08 7/15 6; w05 7/1 17-18; w03 8/1 21-22; w00 7/1 11; w94 8/15 15; jv 292-293; w90 3/1 22-23; w90 11/15 19-20; w90 12/1 19-20; br78 30
multilingual: w05 12/1 24-26
no charge for: w03 8/1 20-22; w02 5/1 12
not ashamed of good news: w90 1/1 10-15
not ‘proselytism’ (forcible conversion): w02 1/1 12; g02 6/8 13
openness: w97 6/1 15-17
principal means: foa article 8
progressive emphasis: w94 5/1 25-26
public witnessing using displays and literature: w15 11/15 28-29; km 7/13 4-6
public witnessing using literature carts: hdu article 26; mwb18.11 5; yb16 6
qualified for: km 1/10 1; km 8/96 1; w90 7/15 12-15
remote areas: w94 8/15 14-15
scope: w16.05 11-12
why be interested when Witnesses call: w89 8/1 3-7; w88 2/1 28-29
why call on people who have their own religion: ijwfq article 2; bt 151-152; w13 7/1 2; w02 1/1 9-10; jt 29; br78 28
why call on people who said they are not interested: ijwfq article 51
why successful: w94 8/15 16-21
why Witnesses perform: w15 9/1 7; km 6/12 1
why Witnesses persist: bt 130-131, 170; w12 6/1 15; w11 12/1 25; w08 1/15 15; w08 7/15 11; w08 12/15 19; km 6/08 1; km 7/07 4; km 4/05 1; w04 2/15 32; w04 3/15 13; km 2/02 8; km 7/00 4; km 11/00 1; km 12/98 1; km 5/97 7; w94 8/15 8-10; jv 515-516, 570; sh 365; rs 20, 206; w88 1/1 25-29; je 17
why Witness parents take their children with them: ijwfq article 60
funerals: ijwfq article 50; w98 7/15 22, 24; km 3/97 7; g92 7/22 9; w90 10/15 30-31
no charge for performing: ijwfq article 50; w90 12/1 24
help for children: g94 5/8 11
help for deaf: g 7/10 26-27; w09 8/15 24-27
Internet:
JW Box for where Internet is limited: hdu article 4; w21.08 32
JW Broadcasting: foa article 8; w18.08 5; yb17 24-26; yb16 5, 10-15
JW Language app: mwb21.01 13; g16.3 7
JW Library app: mwb16.05 2
JW Library Sign Language app: hdu article 22; mrt article 81
Webcast of annual meeting (2013): yb15 24-25
website jw.org: od 76, 211; yb15 177; w14 8/15 5; kr 75-76; yb14 14-17; jl lesson 28; g 1/14 2-6; w13 1/1 3; yb13 18-19; km 12/12 3-6; yb10 13-15; yb09 9; km 3/08 3; km 6/08 3
website tv.jw.org (discontinued):
website watchtower.org (discontinued): km 12/12 3; yb10 12-13; g 8/10 3; yb09 6-9; g 11/08 30; km 5/04 3; km 9/02 8; km 11/97 3
website wol.jw.org: km 12/12 4
whether access is necessary for spiritual nourishment: w14 8/15 5
medical assistance:
book Family Care and Medical Management for Jehovah’s Witnesses: g93 11/22 26-27
documents providing direction: mwb25.01 7
Hospital Information Services: yb96 19, 22; yb93 19, 21-23; yb92 8-9; g91 3/8 12; g91 11/22 8-9, 11
Hospital Liaison Committees: mwb24.01 5; mwb23.01 7; kr 112-113; g00 1/8 11; yb96 22-24; jv 185; yb93 19, 21; g93 11/22 24-27; yb92 9; km 9/92 4, 6; g91 11/22 8-9, 11
Information for Expectant Mothers (S-401): mwb24.01 5; mwb23.01 7
Information for Parents Whose Child Requires Medical Treatment (S-55): mwb25.01 7
Information for Patients Requiring Surgery or Chemotherapy (S-407): mwb24.01 5
information on bloodless medicine: g00 1/8 11
meetings: ijwfq article 65; lff lesson 10; od 59-70; g 5/15 2; kr 170-174, 176-177, 179, 181; jl lessons 5-9; w11 3/1 7-8; g 8/10 6-7; w09 2/1 20-23; w02 3/15 24-25; w02 11/15 8; jt 19-20; rq 28; w95 8/1 17-18; sh 360-362; pe 200-202; br78 18-19; je 14-15
length of each: jl lesson 7; km 8/12 3; w09 2/1 20-23; km 10/08 1; km 4/91 1, 8
preparing Kingdom Halls for meetings after COVID-19: hdu article 24
videoconferencing: hdu article 1; w21.05 32
Memorial: ijwfq article 45; w24.01 8-14; w23.01 20-25; od 69-70; w18.01 12-16; w15 4/1 12-14; bhs 214; bh 206-208; kr 179, 181; w13 12/15 22-26; w03 2/15 16; kl 127
date: ijwfq article 45; od 69-70; w13 12/15 18-19; w11 2/1 21-22; w90 2/15 13-15
procedure: w13 12/15 25-26; w90 2/15 16
missionary work: ijwfq article 26
music: yb16 6
original songs: hdu article 18; mwb20.02 3
prison work: g 2/08 9; w06 12/15 10-11; w05 12/15 9-12; g05 10/8 20-21; g04 10/8 20-21; yb03 213-215; w02 7/15 9; w99 9/15 27-28; w98 10/15 25-29; w97 2/15 21-24
publishing literature: w16.05 12; w15 4/1 4; kr 78, 81-82, 84, 86; jl lesson 23; w11 3/1 7; w09 5/1 25; jt 11; g00 12/22 4-8; km 6/98 4-6; jv 575-615; br78 9-10; je 24-25
oversight by Writing Committee: kr 131; w13 4/15 30; jv 110
writing: jl lesson 23
relief work: ijwfq article 22; g24.1 9; mwb23.03 3; bt 76; w21.02 18; lff lessons 18-19; mwb19.05 3; kr 192-193, 209-213, 216-219; w13 11/15 8; g 5/08 21; yb07 153; yb06 17-25; w05 11/1 29; g05 11/8 8-9; w02 7/15 8-9; g01 7/22 8-9; yb94 10-11; jv 310; w90 12/1 23; om 158-159; yb87 12; w86 10/1 24; w86 12/15 23
assisting non-Witnesses: w07 3/1 6; g03 8/8 11-14; g01 10/22 26; yb00 15; g00 6/22 19; g99 3/8 13; g99 9/22 15; w98 1/15 5-6; w98 12/1 11; yb98 143-144; g96 11/8 30; jv 315
attitude toward world’s relief organizations: jv 307
contributions for: hdu article 9; g 8/06 25; km 1/05 7; km 11/05 3; jv 310, 314
during 2022 service year: hdu article 25
during 2023 service year: hdu article 29
during COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2021): hdu articles 9, 14, 20
during persecution: jv 315-317
during war: hdu article 23; w24.07 6
methods used: mwb23.03 3; od 128, 166-167; kr 214-215; jl lesson 18; km 2/97 7; w96 12/1 4-5; jv 310; g93 1/8 20-21; w86 10/1 24
objectives: kr 210, 212-213, 216
spiritual provisions: kr 213, 216; jv 314
warning on solicitations by e-mail: km 2/02 7
why so quickly done: jv 313-314
within congregation: w99 5/15 27-28; jv 304-305
response to crises: om 168-169; w86 12/15 23
COVID-19: w22.07 12-13
schools: ijwfq article 65; w16.11 16-17; w15 11/15 29-30; ed 11-13; w14 1/15 14-15; kr 183-191; w12 9/15 13-17; yb12 13-17; km 10/11 4-6; w08 2/15 18; re 63; jt 8-9; km 6/99 1; w95 8/1 16-17; jv 113, 300; w92 9/1 18
Bethel Entrants’ School (discontinued): kr 189; w12 9/15 14; km 10/11 5
Bethel Service School: ijwfq article 65
Bible School for Christian Couples (discontinued): w12 9/15 16; yb12 13-15; km 10/11 6
Bible School for Single Brothers (discontinued): w12 9/15 16; yb12 13; km 10/11 5
Course in Improved English Comprehension (2000-2003): w16.10 6-7; kr 79; yb04 11, 14-15
course on translation techniques (2001- ): kr 79
foreign-language classes: km 10/11 4
Gilead School: hdu article 7; ijwfq article 65; od 112; w15 11/15 30; kr 184, 190; jl lesson 14; w12 8/1 28; w12 8/15 19; w12 9/15 17; yb12 15-16; km 10/11 6; yb99 19; je 22-23
Kingdom Ministry School: ijwfq article 65; kr 124-125, 185-187, 190-191; w12 9/15 14; km 10/11 5; w06 5/15 24; yb03 15; km 12/91 8
Ministerial Training School (discontinued): g93 9/8 16-19; w87 6/1 27, 29-30
no Sunday school: w90 8/1 3
Our Christian Life and Ministry: kr 188
Pioneer Service School: ijwfq article 65; kr 189; jl lesson 14; w12 9/15 15; km 10/11 4; re 63; w92 6/15 27
School for Branch Committee Members and Their Wives: ijwfq article 65; kr 191; w12 9/15 17; yb12 16-17; w11 8/15 21; km 10/11 6; yb00 23; w99 11/15 9, 12; yb99 19; yb97 18-22
School for Circuit Overseers and Their Wives: ijwfq article 65; kr 191; w12 9/15 15; yb12 17; w11 8/15 21; km 10/11 5; yb05 8-10; yb00 23; w99 11/15 12
School for Congregation Elders: ijwfq article 65; kr 188-189; w12 9/15 15; km 10/11 5
School for Kingdom Evangelizers: hdu article 27; ijwfq article 65; mwb22.07 9; mwb20.12 7; od 111-112; w18.08 27; kr 189-190; jl lesson 14
Theocratic Ministry School (discontinued): w12 9/15 13; km 10/11 4; w09 2/1 22-23; g95 12/22 12-13; sg 8-13, 100-108; sh 360-361
serving where need is greater: od 107-108; w94 5/1 19-20; jv 300-301
teaching: g 8/10 32; yb04 15-17
exposure of false teachings: lff lesson 19
methods compared with findings of research on: w89 7/1 13-14
qualifications: w02 2/15 24-28
simplicity and clarity emphasized: w15 3/15 7-11
training of Witnesses: ijwfq article 65
translation: w22.07 9; bt 219-220; w19.09 31; g16.3 2-7; w15 8/15 6-8; w15 12/15 7-8; w14 9/15 8-9; kr 79; jl lesson 23; w09 11/1 24-25; yb09 9-16; w07 11/1 18-21; yb04 11, 14-15; yb03 25-27; w99 11/15 11; yb95 17-19, 28-29; yb94 28-29; yb92 16-18, 255
New World Translation: hdu article 8
remote translation offices: hdu article 10; od 112; yb13 26-28
Translator Help Desk: kr 79
videocassettes: g00 3/8 22-23; w99 11/15 11; yb99 19-20, 22; w97 1/15 26-27; jv 600-601
bloodless medicine: yb02 21-23
weddings: ijwfq article 62
no charge for performing: ijwfq article 62; w90 12/1 24
Attitude of Others
accusations contradictory: g00 6/22 7
accused of breaking up families: ijwfq article 38; w08 11/1 11-13; w93 7/1 15
accused of taking people’s money or home: g05 12/8 31
appreciation for: w87 2/1 14
Catholic priests in Rome lament growth: g89 6/22 29
clergy opposition: w21.10 29; yb05 218; jv 642-650, 654-660, 666-669
accusations: w00 4/1 20-21
accuse of being against medical treatment: yb11 95
accuse of being Communists: yb11 176; yb04 79, 145; yb03 74-75; yb94 153; jv 492; yb89 96
accuse of being false prophets: rs 137
accuse of being in league with Bolsheviks: yb04 79
accuse of being insurgents: yb13 123
accuse of being like Communists: yb99 115-116
accuse of being worse than Communists: yb96 75
accuse of invading pastures: yb87 88
accuse of not believing in Jesus: yb07 181
accuse of pressuring people to give up traditions: yb13 123-124
accuse of sedition: jv 649-650
article results in cartoon of cleric: yb05 248-249
assault: yb11 95; w97 3/1 22
attack Russell: yb14 174; jv 642-647
attempt to arrange death penalty: jv 649
attempt to arrest: yb94 84-85
attempt to baptize children by force: yb94 99-100
attempt to burn literature: yb06 85-86
attempt to cancel conventions: yb96 62
attempt to discredit: yb94 182-184
attempt to disrupt assemblies: yb95 86-88; jv 493, 668-669
attempt to disrupt conventions: jv 658-659
attempt to disrupt meetings: yb97 73; yb94 75; w93 1/1 29; yb87 79; g86 10/22 29-30
attempt to impede literature distribution: yb94 86, 95, 198-200
attempt to incite authorities: yb11 94; yb97 81, 233; w87 10/1 21; yb87 78, 151
attempt to incite government: yb11 106, 109; yb06 83-84; jv 676
attempt to influence authorities: yb16 120-123, 147; w93 11/1 28-29; jv 85; w87 10/1 21; yb87 78
attempt to instigate breach of contract: yb95 82
attempt to intimidate: yb03 77-78; yb94 182-183
attempt to prevent branch construction: yb95 108-109
attempt to suppress broadcasts: jv 447-448
backfires: g 4/07 21; yb05 221-222; w04 8/15 16; yb95 79-81; yb94 157, 196-198; yb93 153; w92 7/15 23
beatings: yb94 83
betray Witnesses to authorities: yb02 142, 164-166
book Preachers Present Arms: jv 655-656
burn literature: jv 658
burn meeting places: w10 3/1 17
calls for paddy wagon: yb90 110-111
collect literature: jv 448
court actions: w96 9/1 27; yb94 83-84, 107-108; w93 9/1 28-29; jv 682; yb87 150-151; w86 12/1 4-7; g86 10/22 31
demonstrations: yb94 104-105, 114
disrupt meetings: jv 658
distribute booklets: yb05 221-222; yb96 75
distribute leaflets: yb95 83, 85
distribute pamphlets: w93 7/15 9-10
encourage deceitful interest: jv 666
exploit false reports: g89 7/8 25
force Witnesses to move: yb11 94
hire killer: yb94 93-94
incite authorities: yb16 105, 124-125; yb09 81; g97 3/22 14; yb94 129, 196-197; jv 493-494, 656-658, 666, 678-681; yb91 63-64; yb90 98-100, 208; yb89 86-87, 95-96; yb88 76; yb87 147-148
incite bombing: yb95 92-93
incite cancellation of convention: yb06 155-157; yb97 10-11, 13; g97 2/22 24-27
incite cancellation of meeting: yb94 84
incite children to harass Witnesses: yb11 114-115; w97 3/1 21; jv 448, 543, 666-668
incite eviction: yb11 101; w09 3/15 4
incite expulsion from communities: yb95 88
incite government: yb15 103, 106; re 167-168; yb96 71; jv 69-70, 647-650, 654-658, 666-668; w89 1/1 27; w89 5/1 4; yb89 92; yb88 28; w86 2/1 13; ws 33-34
incite guerrilla groups: yb94 206
incite loss of employment: yb92 224-225
incite loss of radio licenses: kr 72
incite mobs: yb11 121-122; w09 3/15 4; yb09 243, 246; w07 6/1 19; w05 8/1 17; yb98 224-225, 228-231; yb96 202, 229-230; yb95 207-208; yb94 105-106, 218-219; jv 70, 474, 542-543, 658, 666-668; g93 5/8 11; yb92 166; yb90 106-107, 213; yb89 86, 211-218, 220-223; yb88 82-84, 98-99, 106-107, 167, 227-229; w86 12/1 3-4; g86 10/22 29-30
incite Nazi government: jv 659-660
incite violence: yb94 184-185, 194
instigate breach of contract: yb94 106
instruct parishioners: yb11 110-111; yb87 178
lead mobs: yb95 86-89
meeting to plan: w86 12/15 18; g86 2/22 31
murder: w96 9/1 25, 27-28
newspaper articles: yb16 104
object to favorable publicity: g96 4/22 23-24
oppose Kingdom Hall construction: yb88 28
over loudspeaker, claims Jehovah an invented name: yb97 142
pay bullies: yb96 79
pope criticizes preaching: w93 7/1 19
radio broadcasts: yb15 106; yb94 157; w93 1/1 29; yb93 199
refuse burial: yb95 71-72, 75; yb94 185-186
report to Nazis: re 270-271
search homes for literature: jv 656
send hecklers: w95 5/1 24-25; jv 643
send rowdies: yb87 47
slander in media: yb96 78
spread lies: yb95 79-80; yb94 142-143
support execution for neutrality: yb94 99
threaten violence: yb16 130
throws dung: jv 421
united action: jv 668
visit Bible students: w88 3/1 7
Witnesses termed “yellow fever” over loudspeakers: yb96 219-220
World War I: re 168; jv 69-70, 423-424, 552, 647-656; w89 4/1 9; w89 5/1 4; w86 2/1 13; ws 33-34
World War II: re 40
commendation: g 8/10 4-5; g00 6/22 7
African chief: w87 10/1 21
airline pilot: w86 3/1 7
Anglican priest: g95 1/8 31
book How to Be Invisible: w03 2/1 6
book Les Témoins de Jéhovah face à Hitler: w99 10/15 32
book Religious Movements in Contemporary America: w94 4/15 14
book Seher, Grübler, Enthusiasten: w98 3/15 10
bus driver: w06 7/15 17-18
businessman: g93 12/22 11
campsite manager: w97 3/1 8
Catholic cardinal of Belgium: g97 1/8 29
Catholic Herald: g95 1/22 23
Catholic journal La Civiltà Cattolica: w94 4/15 15
Catholic magazine Andare alle genti: g98 10/22 6
Catholic monthly Piccolo Missionario: g86 2/22 31
Catholic observer: g97 4/22 16
Catholic parish magazine La Voce: w87 8/15 13
Catholic priests: w01 1/15 11; yb93 43; w92 6/1 19; w86 11/1 15
Catholic weekly bulletin: jv 172
Catholic writers: g87 3/22 5-6
Certificate of Excellence (Democratic Republic of Congo): w01 8/15 32
Chief of Swiss Army Staff: yb87 175-176
circuit assemblies: g91 3/8 25
city of Cádiz, Spain: w99 4/1 32
city of St. Petersburg, Russia: g 8/08 29
clergy: yb17 18; g 8/10 4; g88 2/8 11; w87 12/1 32; yb87 179; g87 1/22 14
company owner: w90 9/15 23
concentration camp inmates: w94 11/15 32; w93 7/1 19
concentration camp survivors: g 8/07 30; w99 9/15 5; g95 8/22 10-11; jv 179, 664
construction workers at branch: yb06 28, 30
conventions (quotes): g 8/10 4-5; km 4/10 6; w02 7/15 25; w02 11/1 9; wt 144; km 5/02 6; km 5/01 4; km 12/01 4; w98 3/1 32; km 1/98 5-6; km 5/97 4; g94 2/22 24; w93 1/1 28; g93 12/22 11-13; g92 12/22 27; yb91 23; g91 1/8 13; g91 12/22 8-9, 11; w90 11/1 19-20; yb90 17; br78 24; g88 1/22 18-20; g88 4/22 19; w87 1/1 29; yb87 17, 199-200; km 5/87 4-5; w86 1/15 29; w86 3/1 7; w86 9/1 7; w86 11/1 10; g86 1/22 11-12; g86 3/8 22; g86 7/22 10-11; g86 12/22 23-27; km 5/86 4
doctors, for stand on blood: g 9/07 30
elderly neighbor: w94 8/15 20
exhibition hall management: w00 7/15 32
for Assembly Halls: g87 9/8 24, 26
for citizenship: g99 1/8 9; yb94 167; jv 179
for cleanness: g 8/10 5; km 4/10 6; w02 6/1 20-21; w02 11/1 13; g90 5/8 11
for cleanup of park (Moscow): g01 12/22 15-18
for comportment at meeting: g 8/07 11
for contributions to law: w01 5/15 32; g86 5/8 26
for cooperation: w99 1/15 32
for disaster relief: w08 5/1 15; w02 1/15 32; g93 1/8 20
for dress: w16.09 17
for family life: g97 4/22 16; w94 4/15 16
for fidelity: jv 179
for field ministry: w13 5/15 9; g99 8/8 31
for help with delinquents: g00 8/22 31
for help with family life: jd 124
for home visits: g97 1/8 29; w87 2/1 14
for honesty: jd 77; w03 2/1 6; w87 2/15 20, 25; w86 11/15 12-14
for Kingdom Hall construction: g 1/10 29; w06 5/15 22; g03 8/8 31
for Kingdom Halls: yb87 45
for love: g98 10/22 6-7
for manners: yb06 28; w89 6/15 20
former member of Parliament: w00 9/1 24
former prime minister of Belgium and deputy: w98 1/1 15
for organization: w89 11/15 32
for qualities despite persecution: w17.08 17
for tax payment: w96 5/1 17
for tolerance: g 8/10 7
for unity: w86 6/1 26
for willingness: g01 7/22 9
governor-general (Nigeria): jv 487-488
Greek Orthodox priest: w98 9/1 29
Greek Orthodox theologian: yb95 70
Holocaust Memorial Museum (U.S.): w97 4/15 16
hotel managers: km 12/07 4-5; km 12/02 4; km 5/01 4; km 5/00 6; g99 12/22 32; w97 3/1 8
hotel personnel: km 12/04 5; km 12/01 4; km 1/98 5-6
housekeeper: g93 12/22 11-12
Israeli journalist-historian: g94 11/8 15
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion: w94 4/15 17
journalist praises Witness employee: yb13 53
Kingdom Hall neighbors: g 8/10 5
letter from Catholic: w97 7/1 32
mayors: g03 9/22 24; jv 179; g92 9/8 31; w89 6/15 15
Ministry of Interior for Czechoslovakia: yb00 206
Muslim lecturer: yb92 172-173
newspaper columnist commends 14-year-old: w87 10/15 6
newspaper journalist (India): g99 6/8 31
newspaper reporters: g 8/10 3; g93 12/22 11
New York policeman: w96 11/15 32
officials during flood repairs: g86 10/8 24-25
Pentecostal newspaper: w90 5/15 21
police: g 8/10 4; w07 7/1 10; km 5/87 4-5
police chief: w90 11/1 21
political leader: yb07 174
presidential guard: w95 10/15 13
president of Mozambique Republic: yb03 27; w02 11/15 32
press: g97 2/22 27; g97 3/8 24; w94 11/15 8; jv 673; g93 1/8 20; w90 4/1 20-21; w88 11/15 7; w87 1/1 29; yb87 17, 45
press (Estonia): g96 4/22 23-24
press (Russia): w02 7/15 25; g01 4/22 15; g98 2/22 18-19
press, for integrity in Nazi Germany: w88 4/1 21
prison officials: g05 10/8 21; w98 10/15 29
professor and chairman of hospital department: g00 6/8 28
professor of history of Christianity: g95 2/22 31
professors: g 8/10 4-5
radio announcer: w98 3/1 32; yb94 63
radio reporter: w87 5/1 21
religion columnist: g93 9/8 32
representative of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: w94 1/1 6
Russian theologian: g97 8/22 22-27
school directors: g 8/08 29
schoolteachers: km 6/98 7; w95 1/1 24; w91 6/1 29; w88 1/1 19; w87 2/15 20
security officers: w02 7/15 25; w99 1/15 32; w95 12/15 27
ship’s engineer: w86 3/1 7
speakers at Auschwitz memorial day: w05 8/15 30
sports-complex staff member: g90 5/8 11
stadium management: w17.08 17-18; yb16 39-40; yb03 46; yb98 62; g97 10/8 10-11
television news director: w07 3/1 7
theater owner: w94 1/1 7
tour guides: w07 7/1 9-10; w01 9/15 9; g97 3/8 22-23; g93 12/22 11; w89 6/15 20
university researcher: w94 4/15 16
village chief in area of ethnic strife: yb94 44
visits upheld as community service: w03 12/1 30-31
comments by—
book The Social Dimensions of Sectarianism: w94 4/15 12
Catholic priest on birthdays and Christmas: g93 12/22 18
Encyclopædia Britannica: g93 12/22 7, 10
Encyclopedia Canadiana: g93 4/22 6; g87 2/8 27
Encyclopedia of Religion: g 1/11 8
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: g 1/11 8
New Catholic Encyclopedia: w12 3/1 4; g 4/07 27; g96 10/8 14; w93 7/1 13-14
traveler in far north: w94 8/15 14-15
criticism:
response to householder’s criticism: km 7/10 3
hatred: w20.07 24
insults: w20.07 14-15
misrepresentation: w03 12/1 12-13
American religion: g88 8/8 10
American spies: yb11 213; yb02 141
by clergy: rs 137
by the media: yb12 28-29; w04 9/1 16-17; w97 3/15 24
by the press: g05 10/22 10; yb96 98
children turn back on national flag: yb01 161-162
Communists: yb11 176; yb02 141; yb94 153, 194; w90 12/1 24-25; g88 8/8 10
dangerous sect: w01 1/1 17; w99 7/15 16; g99 1/8 9; w98 12/1 17-18; g98 11/22 26-27
exploiters of ‘poverty and ignorance’: w88 7/1 28-30
film God’s Witnesses (USSR): yb08 214-215
in Estonia: yb11 213
in Soviet Union: yb04 103, 107; g01 4/22 8
marriage wreckers: w08 11/1 11-13; w99 9/1 32
rape and kill in satanic rite: g89 7/8 25
smear campaign (1997): w98 1/1 14-15
Witness attitude: w19.11 15-16; w98 5/15 20
Witness response: yb99 138-139, 141-144; w98 12/1 17-18; w97 3/15 24; w95 4/1 26-29
numbers exaggerated: yb94 195-196
opposition: jt 28-29; w98 10/15 17-18; jv 441-443; br78 28; w87 3/15 29-31
literature distribution classified as commercial: kr 140-142; jv 494
newspapers: yb95 83
persecution: w23.07 15-16; w07 12/15 21-22; re 39-43, 91-92; w05 1/1 11; w04 11/1 14; w02 3/1 14; ip-2 395-396; w98 6/15 17-18; w98 12/1 8, 13-14; km 2/94 3-5; jv 10, 642-677; g93 5/8 4-12; w90 1/1 12; w90 4/15 14; w89 1/1 21-22, 26-28; rs 207; w88 4/1 21-22; yb88 254; g88 6/8 22-25; g88 8/8 10; je 29
attitude of press toward: g86 1/8 29
by Catholic Church: jv 492-494, 666-668
by religious opposers: bt 38
Holocaust Museum (U.S.): g93 11/8 16-19
in all nations: jv 675-676
king of the north (Da 11:30-35): w93 11/1 14-18
response to persecution: bt 40-41; w05 1/1 11; w05 12/15 22-24; yb02 192, 203-204, 220-221, 227; w01 7/15 16-17, 19-20; w00 4/1 21; w98 9/1 16; w98 12/1 13-18; w90 1/1 13-14
success despite: kr 148; w07 3/15 24; w07 12/15 21-22; w00 4/1 17-22
prejudice against Witnesses:
child-custody cases: g88 10/22 5-7
divine name eliminated from school textbook: w91 3/1 12
teacher gives students anti-Witness stickers: w00 5/15 32
ridicule:
how to cope: g00 2/22 30; g99 6/22 12-14
Rotary Club invites Witnesses to speak: g97 7/22 32; g96 11/22 18-20
Beliefs
adjustments in view: lff lesson 19; kr 37-38, 50; w97 8/15 15-16; g95 6/22 8-9; jv 146-148, 629-637, 708-709; rs 205; w86 3/15 19
1914: kr 50; w98 5/15 11-14; g95 6/22 8-9; jv 134-139, 634; w90 10/15 19-20
1925: g95 6/22 9; jv 632-633; yb87 131-132
1975: g95 6/22 9
Armageddon: jv 139-141
attitude toward: w25.07 16; w17.06 13; w14 5/15 29-30; kr 104; w11 5/15 27; w11 7/15 30; w11 9/15 14; w08 12/15 10; w03 3/15 25; w00 3/15 14
attitude when personally affected: w98 8/15 17
Bible precedent: w97 8/15 16; jv 629
comments by A. H. Macmillan: g95 6/22 9
comments by older Witnesses: w06 2/15 30; w97 10/1 22
congregation organization: kr 118-120, 122-124; w06 2/15 26-28; jv 205-221
dates: w13 1/1 8; jv 136, 631-633, 635-637, 709
examples 2012-2015: yb16 25-27
Great Pyramid of Giza (Gizeh): w00 1/1 9-10; jv 201
process: w10 7/15 23; jv 629-630
purpose: ijwfq article 49; jv 148
why needed: jv 132-133, 629
angelic support of work: bt 38-39, 57-59; wp17.5 8; jv 549-551
“appointed times of the nations” (Lu 21:24):
end: jv 134-142
Armageddon role: it-1 1038; re 281-282; w05 12/1 6; w90 7/1 25
attack by Assyrian (Mic 5:5): w13 11/15 20
attack by Gog of Magog: w20.05 15; w19.09 11-12; w19.10 17; rr 240; w15 5/15 29-30; w15 7/15 16-19; w14 5/15 27; w12 4/15 22; w12 9/15 5-6; w09 3/15 18-19; re 279-280; w03 6/1 15-22; dp 283, 285; w90 5/15 6; w88 9/15 25-26
attitude toward—
abortion: g96 8/8 17; jv 183
accusations: ijwfq article 53
advanced education: ijwfq article 58; w18.04 10-11; ed 5-7; w13 10/15 15-16; w11 11/15 19; jr 45-47; w08 4/15 4; w05 10/1 26-31; g98 3/8 20-21; w97 8/15 21; w96 2/1 14; w96 12/1 18-19; g94 8/22 5-9; km 3/93 4; w92 11/1 18-20; g90 6/8 30; yp 175-179; g89 5/8 13-14; g89 8/22 30; g88 1/22 28; g87 11/8 28
alcoholic beverages: kr 111; w97 7/15 12; jv 181-183
alcoholism: kr 111
alternative medicine: g00 10/22 3; fy 125-126; w94 12/15 20
apostates: mwb23.05 16; w22.05 4; lff lesson 58; w12 5/15 26; w08 3/15 5; w06 1/15 23; w98 5/1 21-22; jv 111, 629; w92 7/15 12-13; w86 3/15 12-15; w86 4/1 30-31
apostates’ literature: w12 5/15 26; w86 3/15 12-14
appealing to governments for protection: w86 3/15 25
archaeology: w89 3/15 22
autopsies: w87 4/1 31
Babylon the Great: lff lesson 58; jv 188-189; w89 4/15 18-23
bans: kr 142
beliefs: lff lesson 19; jv 132, 708; br78 3-4
Bible: ijwfq article 44; cf 102; lff lesson 19; g16.1 8; w15 9/1 5; w12 1/15 4-8; w12 3/1 4; g 8/10 8; w02 2/15 25-26; w98 10/15 7; jv 53-54, 103, 122-123, 603; w90 4/1 11; w89 3/15 21-22; rs 199, 203-205; br78 3-4
Bible prophecy: g 8/10 9
birthday celebrations: ijwfq article 39; lvs 176-178; bhs 166-167; ed 15-16; bh 157; lv 150-151; w10 12/15 4; w98 10/15 30-31; w98 12/15 30; w95 5/15 19; kl 126-127; w94 7/15 25; jv 201; g93 12/22 18; w92 9/1 30-31; rs 68-70
birthstones: w03 11/15 27
boarding schools: w97 3/15 25-28
bowing when greeting: w88 8/15 30
bride-price: yb92 110
business: w95 5/1 28-31
business disputes: lff lesson 56; lvs 253; lv 222-223
buying stolen goods: w92 6/15 30-31
caffeine: w07 4/15 30
capital punishment: w97 6/15 30-31; w90 11/1 20
child custody: kr 164, 166-167; g97 12/8 4-12; g88 10/22 12-14
child’s conscience: ed 25
child training by unbelieving mate: ed 24-25
Christmas: ijwfq article 18; lvs 174-176; ed 16-18; kr 102-103; lv 145-147; be 66-67; w95 5/15 19; jv 198-199; g93 12/22 18; g89 12/8 16
Christmas gifts: g93 11/22 5, 7-10; g92 12/22 10-12
chronology: jv 104, 136, 633, 635; w89 3/15 21-22
circulating private material among Witnesses: km 9/87 4
circulating recordings or transcripts of talks: km 4/10 3
civilian service in lieu of military service: w25.07 30; lv 214-215; w98 8/15 17; yb97 16; w96 5/1 19-20
community issues and social concerns: rs 207-208
community works: g01 12/22 17-18; w90 11/1 12
computer use: km 9/95 5-6
confession: rs 82-84
contributions: kr 194-199; jl lesson 24; km 6/98 6; w94 9/1 16-17
cosmetic surgery to look younger: w13 1/15 19
creationism: ijwfq article 29; g16.1 7-8; g 9/06 3
cross: ijwfq article 30; w08 3/1 22
cultural diversity: g96 7/8 8
customary (tribal) marriage: w06 10/15 21-22; g96 12/8 23
customs of peoples: w88 8/15 30; w87 2/1 3-7; w87 6/15 20
date of great tribulation: w95 11/1 16-20
death: ijwfq article 44
dedication to God: w98 3/15 14-18
divine name: w22.07 11-12; w14 5/1 9-10; w12 3/1 7; yb10 3-4; g 7/10 21; g 8/10 8; w01 1/15 30; jv 123-124
divorce: ijwfq article 54; jv 177
drugs: jv 180-181
earth: ijwfq article 44; g 8/10 9
Easter: ijwfq article 19
ecology: mrt article 25; w93 1/1 31
education: ijwfq article 58; mwb24.05 7; ed 4-7, 31; w12 8/15 15; w08 4/15 4; w03 3/15 10-14; g98 3/8 19-21; w97 8/15 20-21; w96 12/1 17-19; w92 11/1 15-21
elderly: w87 6/1 5-7
embalming: w02 3/15 29-31; w02 4/15 30
employment in law enforcement: g03 2/22 30
employment involving being armed: w05 11/1 31; w05 12/15 30
entertainment: ijwfq article 25; w02 7/15 23
evil and suffering: ijwfq article 44
evolution: g97 10/22 13
exchanging publications for other religious literature: km 9/13 3
explanations of prophecy: re 9, 119, 246-248
“faithful and discreet slave” (Mt 24:45-47): jv 626
faith healing: w10 10/1 13
false religion: w01 6/15 32; jv 51-52, 84-85; w92 7/15 12
family life: ijwfq article 44; jv 175-178
female “circumcision”: g93 4/8 23
finances: mrt article 27
fines imposed by courts: jv 683
flags of nations: ed 20, 23-24; lv 212-213; w10 12/15 5; w02 9/15 21-22, 25; w96 5/1 11; jv 196-198, 669, 672-673; g93 7/22 17; w90 11/1 27; yb90 57-58
flowers for family of deceased: w91 10/15 30-31
foreigners: w12 12/15 26-28
former Witnesses: ijwfq article 66; w13 8/1 2
freedom of worship: kr 157-158, 160-161, 164, 166-167
funeral and mourning customs: w19.04 16-18; w09 2/15 29-32; w05 1/1 27-28; w98 7/15 20-24; w98 10/1 19-20; w95 8/15 28-29; rs 102-103
funerals: ijwfq article 50; w90 10/15 30-31
future: w98 4/15 12
gambling: jv 179-180
giving to charity: w86 10/1 22-23
governments: ijwfq articles 37, 64; mrt article 70; lff lesson 45; w17.03 10, 12; w16.04 28-29; kr 57; w12 12/15 23; w10 5/15 6; g 8/10 9; pc 28; re 282; w02 7/15 23-25; w02 11/1 13; w01 6/1 15; w00 8/1 4-5; g99 9/8 26-27; w98 9/1 16; w97 11/1 16-18; kl 131-134; jv 190, 195-196, 198, 672-673; w92 5/1 9-10; g91 1/8 14; w90 11/1 10-15, 18-28; w89 1/1 22; pe 130-131; rs 270; w86 3/15 25; je 29
government work: w90 11/1 20-21
guns for protection: w17.07 31-32; w17.12 13
health care: w08 11/15 24-27; g 1/07 11; g 8/06 12
heaven: ijwfq article 44
Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament): ijwfq article 32; w08 12/1 30
helping neighbors: w86 10/1 22-24
helping the homeless: g88 6/22 28
holidays: ijwfq articles 59-60; kr 103, 105; w02 7/15 22; jv 198-200; w87 6/15 20; g86 3/8 17; g86 3/22 8
homosexuality: g16.4 8-9; jv 174-175
honesty: jv 178-179
hospitals with religious connections: km 4/08 6
identifying oneself as a Witness: w90 1/1 11
images for worship: w09 2/1 30-31
inactive Witnesses: ijwfq article 66
interested ones who attend meetings: w88 11/15 15-16
interfaith: ijwfq articles 55, 59; w10 6/1 27; w06 1/15 19; g97 8/22 27; w93 7/1 16-17
investigating other religions: w00 10/15 8-9
Jesus Christ: ijwfq articles 6, 44; w14 5/1 8-10; g 8/10 8; w98 12/1 4, 6-7
Jews: re 118-119; g99 9/8 30
jury duty: w97 4/1 27-29; w97 4/15 27
killing in self-defense: g87 11/22 28
Kingdom of God: ijwfq article 44; g19.1 12; w14 10/1 3; g 8/10 9; jv 138-139
last days: w25.07 17-18; jv 709, 713-716
law of the land: w25.07 29-30; ijwfq article 64; bt 192; w15 2/15 27-28; pc 28; yb07 69; g05 4/8 27; w98 12/1 18-20, 22; jv 699; w90 11/1 19; pe 130-131; je 29
League of Nations: re 243; jv 192; w88 6/1 27; g87 4/8 21
living together unmarried: yb95 214; jv 174
marriage: ijwfq article 44; w08 11/1 13
martial arts: w96 11/1 19
masturbation: lvs 250; lv 218-219
medical care: ijwbq article 39; ijwfq articles 20-21, 63; lvs 255; g16.1 8; w15 9/15 9-11; w11 2/1 27; g 8/10 7; w06 3/1 25-26; g01 1/8 26-27; fy 124-126; g91 11/22 6-7; hb 17-18, 21-22
medical decisions: fy 124-126; km 9/87 4
mental-health practitioners: w96 9/1 30-31
military service: yb07 113; w96 5/1 18-19
Millennium: w99 12/1 8
ministry: w88 6/15 30
morals: w23.07 15; ed 24; w14 9/15 10; kr 108, 110-117; w13 7/1 6; jv 173-178; w87 10/15 6-7
national anthems: ijwfq article 64; lv 213; w02 9/15 22-23; w87 11/1 22
nationalistic or patriotic ceremonies: ijwfq article 64; yb16 34-35; kr 153-156; jv 196-198
national symbols in rented public facilities: g98 7/8 12
nursing homes with religious connections: km 4/08 6
oaths in court: w01 8/15 20; w97 11/15 22
obtaining building for Kingdom Hall from religious group: w02 10/15 27
operating hospitals and clinics: w05 1/1 16; w90 12/1 23-24
operating schools for children: w87 4/15 30
organ transplants: hb 28
other religions: ijwfq article 8; mrt article 63; g16.1 9; w13 6/1 2; g 6/08 29
own nation: w89 1/1 22-23
peace efforts of nations: w87 9/1 20, 22-23, 27-28
permits for witness work: jv 681-682, 697-698
persecution: w22.12 20; bt 40-41; mwb22.11 13; w05 12/15 23-24; w03 10/1 14; w02 11/1 19; yb02 3-4, 192, 203-204, 220-221, 227; w01 7/15 16-17, 19-20; w00 4/1 21; w98 9/1 16; jv 676-677; w90 1/1 12; w90 11/1 22, 27-28; je 29
personal decisions: w98 3/15 22
philanthropic works: w05 1/1 16; w90 8/15 18
political involvement: rr 80-81; w12 12/15 26-27; w01 10/15 6; w00 9/1 14-16; jv 189-190
political neutrality: ijwfq article 37
political work: w90 11/1 20-21
pollution: w93 1/1 31; w93 2/15 5-6
polygamy: jv 176-177
prenatal tests of baby’s health: g96 8/8 17
protests: w25.09 10-12; g 7/13 6, 9
providing social services: w90 12/1 23
public welfare assistance: w86 10/15 18
questions about beliefs: w98 8/15 20
race: rs 305
racial segregation: foa article 6
relationships with others: ijwfq article 44
religious instruction in schools: w91 12/15 28-29
reporting crime committed by Witness: lvs 254; lv 223
revolutions: w90 11/1 18-19, 21-22
Russell, C. T.: jv 621-622
sacred service: km 8/95 3-4
salvation: ijwfq article 44
school: ed 2-31
school proms: g93 3/8 22
science: ijwfq article 56; g02 6/8 11; w94 9/1 7
Selective Service registration: km 5/13 4; km 1/08 7
separation (marital): ijwfq article 54
settling difficulties: od 141-143, 145-148; om 139-140, 142-145
sexual immorality: w12 8/15 13-14; w97 7/15 12
shared residences: w10 2/15 22-23
smoking: w06 7/15 30-31; jv 180-181; rs 109-111
social gatherings: od 136-137; w96 10/1 18-19; km 9/95 2; om 135-136
social involvement: w00 9/1 14-16
Sunday schools: jv 244-246; w90 8/1 3; yb87 139-140
surrogate motherhood: g93 3/8 26-27
surveys: km 1/02 7
taxes: g97 8/22 26; w94 11/15 26-28; w90 11/1 24-25
terrorism: w03 6/1 12-17
“tipping” government officials: w05 4/1 29; w86 10/1 30-31
tobacco use: kr 111-112
Trinity: ijwfq article 35; kr 28; w93 7/1 15-16; jv 123-126
truth: w21.10 21-22
types and antitypes: w15 3/15 17-18; w15 6/15 32
unbaptized publishers who are unrepentant wrongdoers: w88 11/15 18-19
unbelievers: w06 3/15 30-31; g 3/06 30; w98 12/1 10, 14-15; g97 9/8 12-13
United Nations: jv 192-193; g87 4/22 19
unwed motherhood: g94 10/8 22-24
vaccination: ijwfq article 63
violence: w06 5/15 21-22
voting: w21.05 7; lv 213-214; w99 11/1 28-29; jv 673-674
war: wp25.1 14-15; ijwfq article 23; mrt article 48; w22.10 29-31; lvs 62-63; w14 9/15 7-8; kr 148-151; lv 53; w13 7/1 5; g 8/11 22-23; w09 10/1 31; w08 7/1 22; w99 10/1 11-12; w98 12/1 6; g98 11/22 12-13; g95 8/22 15; g94 10/22 6-7; g93 4/22 7; w90 2/1 22-23; w90 7/1 23-25; pe 131-132; rs 271-273; g87 6/8 11-12; g86 2/8 9
wedding anniversaries: ijwfq article 62; w98 10/15 30
Witness who joins another religion: w86 10/15 31
women: w12 9/1 9-11
world: g97 9/8 12-13; w93 7/1 12-23; rs 437-438
worship: ijwfq article 44
Zionism: jv 141
basis for beliefs: bt 105; lff lesson 19; g16.1 9; jt 3-4; w98 10/15 7; jv 120, 143, 146; rs 199, 203-205
beliefs carried to others: g91 1/8 14-15
beliefs unique to: rs 199-201; g87 2/8 26-27; w86 4/1 31
each a preacher: jv 548; w88 1/1 20; w86 10/1 21
eternal life on paradise earth: jv 161
neutrality in war: ijwfq article 23; mrt article 48; w22.10 29-31; w14 9/15 7-8; w90 2/1 22-23
no clergy-laity distinction: ijwfq article 13; w21.10 20; g 8/10 9; jv 204
blood: w23.07 15
medical procedures using one’s own blood: lvs 247-249; lv 216-218; km 11/06 4, 6
video How to Make Health-Care Decisions Regarding Blood: mwb23.01 7
blood transfusions: ijwfq article 21; lff lesson 39; lvs 92, 94; kr 161; lv 77-79; g 6/09 30; w08 10/1 31; g 8/06 11-12; w04 6/15 29-31; w00 6/15 29-31; g00 1/8 9, 11; w95 1/15 5-6; w95 5/15 23; jv 183-186; w91 6/15 12-18; hb 3-6, 27-28; km 11/90 3-6; rs 70-76; w88 5/1 17; g86 1/8 22-23
article on bloodless bypass surgery from New York Daily News: g96 1/22 31
article reprint from New York State Journal of Medicine: hb 30-31; g89 2/22 26-27
article reprint from The Journal of the American Medical Association: hb 27-29
blood components: w04 6/15 21-22, 29-30; w00 6/15 29
blood fractions: w23.05 18; lff lesson 39; lvs 92, 94, 246-247; lv 78-79, 215-216; g 8/06 11; km 11/06 3, 5; w04 6/15 22-24, 30-31; w00 6/15 29-31; w00 8/15 30; w90 6/1 30-31; hb 27
charts: lvs 247
children: hb 28-29
deaths not from refusal: g90 10/22 12
discussing stand with doctor: lvs 246; lv 217; w04 6/15 31; w00 6/15 30; km 11/87 3
doctors admit benefits of Witness stand: g 9/07 30; w01 6/1 20-21; g88 5/8 29
efforts to help medical professionals understand: kr 112-113
ethical considerations: w97 2/15 19-20
Hospital Information Services: yb91 35-37; g90 11/22 21; km 11/90 3, 5
Hospital Liaison Committees: mwb24.01 5; mwb23.01 7; yb91 35-36; g90 11/22 21-24; km 11/90 3, 5
one’s own blood: lv 216-218; km 11/06 3; w00 10/15 30-31; w00 12/15 30; w89 3/1 30-31
progressive refinements: kr 112-113
charts of beliefs: g 1/11 9; jt 13; w98 10/1 6; w96 9/15 5; jv 144-145; sh 356-357; br78 13
comments by Russian professor of religious studies: yb08 251
comments by Russian theologian: g97 8/22 25-27
commission from God: od 71-72; om 6, 83
conduct: ijwfq article 44; jv 172-187
contributions not considered a means of atoning for sin: w90 12/1 25
conviction regarding: jv 709, 713
dates:
1878: jv 632-633
1881: jv 632
1914: kr 15; yb13 176; jt 6-7; g95 6/22 8-9; jv 134-138, 634-637; w90 10/15 19-20
1915: jv 632
1925: w25.10 2; g95 6/22 9; jv 78, 632-633
1975: g95 6/22 9; jv 104, 633
suggested dates for Christ’s second coming: jv 133; g93 3/22 4
dating and courtship: ijwfq article 43
development of beliefs: w19.09 27-30; jv 120-201
discussion: ijwfq article 44; w21.10 19-23; w15 9/1 5; w13 2/15 9-12; g 8/10 8-9; jt 12-14; sh 353, 355-359; rs 199-201; br78 12-14
errors: rs 136-137
explaining to others: mwb23.07 6; bhs 173
flag salute: ijwfq article 64; ed 20, 23-24; lv 212-213; w10 12/15 5; w06 2/15 29; w02 9/15 21-24; g93 7/22 13, 17
foundation for new world: dg 28-31
fundamentalism differs: g 8/10 6; w97 3/1 6-7; w97 4/15 27
God: ijwfq article 44
God’s Kingdom: ijwfq article 35; lff lesson 31
hell: ijwfq article 35; w13 2/15 10-11; w97 2/15 32
how beliefs are determined: bt 105; lff lesson 19; w20.04 2; jl lesson 3; w12 1/15 8; g 11/12 28; w00 3/15 12-13; jt 3-4; jv 44, 53-54, 120-123, 708-709; rs 199, 204-205
idolatry rejected: w23.07 15; w21.10 19-20
issue of universal sovereignty: sh 355; w89 3/15 21
Jehovah’s name respected: w21.10 20-21
Jeremiah role: w88 4/1 16, 21-26
name divinely appointed: jv 152-153, 155-156; w88 4/1 23-24
only true religion: ijwfq article 3; w21.10 19-23; bhs 155-158; bh 145-146, 148-151; w13 11/1 2; w09 6/1 14-15; pc 27-28; ol 22, 24; w01 2/1 10; w01 6/1 12-17; jt 29; w95 4/15 3, 6-9; w93 7/1 17; jv 703-716; pe 184-190; rs 203-204; br78 29
progressive enlightenment: mwb25.11 13; bt 71; kr 37-38; w12 8/15 4-5; w10 4/15 10; w10 7/15 21-23; w06 2/15 26-30; w01 1/15 18-19; w00 1/1 9-10; w00 3/15 10-15; w95 5/15 10-26; w94 5/1 24-26; jv 121-122, 132-133, 146-148, 708-709; w87 6/15 19-20
not “the things revealed” (De 29:29): w87 5/15 31
prophecies fulfilled in:
“beat their swords into plowshares” (Isa 2:4): wi 31
“offer themselves willingly” (Ps 110:3): kr 61-62, 64-65; wi 30
‘people knowing their God,’ “having insight” (Da 11:32-35): dp 272-275
regathering of true worshippers (Isa 2:2, 3): w95 4/15 6
“say: ‘Come, you people’” (Isa 2:3): wi 30-31
wheat separated from weeds (Mt 13): w95 4/15 6
removal from the congregation (disfellowshipping): ijwfq article 66; w24.08 26-31
restoration of true worship: jl lesson 3; jv 48-49; sh 345-365; w89 4/15 6
summary: ijwfq article 44; w15 9/1 5; g 1/11 9; g 8/10 8-9; jv 144-145; w91 5/1 18; sh 356-357; op 18
true worship: w21.10 19; w14 9/15 7-11; w12 8/1 28; w09 6/1 14-15; g 1/07 19; w03 8/1 15; w02 7/15 15-25; w01 6/1 12-17; w98 10/1 4-6; w96 4/15 16-21; w91 12/1 17-20; rs 203-204
UN foretold to arise: re 246-248; jv 192-193; w89 4/15 14; w88 3/1 15; w88 6/1 27; g87 4/22 19
when beliefs are challenged: w23.09 17-18; w23.12 30
when certain beliefs seem hard to accept: w11 9/15 14; w08 11/15 14; w07 4/15 28; w06 7/15 22; w00 1/1 10; w00 9/1 9-10; w99 10/1 5; w96 7/15 17; w88 1/15 22
whether only Witnesses will be saved: ijwfq article 4; w13 5/1 2; w08 11/1 28; jt 29; br78 29
work accomplished by holy spirit: jv 547-553
work backed by God: km 2/04 1
world rights for preaching: w92 6/15 23
Frequently Asked Questions
are you a cult?: ijwfq article 31; rs 202
are you a sect?: ijwfq article 11; g 8/10 6; w05 12/15 22-23; g97 10/8 11; rs 202
are you Christians?: ijwfq article 7
are you fundamentalists?: g 8/10 6
are you Protestants?: ijwfq article 33; g 8/10 6
are your children forced to become Witnesses?: ijwfq article 60
are you tolerant of other religions?: ijwfq article 8; mrt article 63
are you trying to earn salvation by door-to-door ministry?: ijwfq article 16
are you Zionists?: ijwfq article 17
believe in creationism?: ijwfq article 29
believe in Jesus?: ijwfq article 6
believe in the Old Testament?: ijwfq article 32
believe you are the only people who will be saved?: ijwfq article 4; jt 29; br78 29
believe you have the one true religion?: ijwfq article 3; jt 29; br78 29
can a person resign?: ijwfq article 48
discussion: jt 27-31; br78 26-31
do you accept medical treatment?: ijwfq articles 20-21; g 8/10 7
do you assist with disaster relief?: ijwfq article 22
do you ban certain movies, books, or songs?: ijwfq article 25
do you break up families?: ijwfq article 38
do you do missionary work?: ijwfq article 26
do you have a paid clergy?: ijwfq article 13
do you have rules about dating?: ijwfq article 43
do you have women preachers?: ijwfq article 27
do you have your own Bible?: ijwfq article 34
do you practice interfaith?: ijwfq article 55
do you practice tithing?: ijwfq article 28; w90 12/1 22
do you pressure people to change religions?: ijwfq article 40
have you changed the Bible to fit your beliefs?: ijwfq article 35
how are congregations organized?: ijwfq article 14
how are Witnesses trained?: ijwfq article 65
how do I become one?: ijwfq article 47
how do you treat former Witnesses?: ijwfq article 66
how do you use donations?: ijwfq article 61
how do you view divorce?: ijwfq article 54
how do you view education?: ijwfq article 58
how do you view funerals?: ijwfq article 50
how do you view science?: ijwfq article 56
how do you view separation?: ijwfq article 54
how is your work financed?: ijwfq article 12; g 8/10 7; jt 30; br78 29-30
how many are there worldwide?: ijwfq article 46
must I become one if I study the Bible with you?: ijwfq articles 15, 52
must I preach as you do?: jt 30-31; br78 30
New World Translation accurate?: ijwfq article 36
what do you believe?: ijwfq article 44; sh 356-357; rs 199-207
what happened to you during the Holocaust?: ijwfq article 57
what happens at a wedding?: ijwfq article 62
what happens at your meetings?: g 8/10 6-7
what is a Bible study?: ijwfq article 15
what is the Governing Body?: ijwfq article 41
what is the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society?: ijwfq article 42
what sort of people are you?: jl lesson 1
who was your founder?: ijwfq article 10
why are you called Jehovah’s Witnesses?: ijwfq article 5; jl lesson 2
why are you politically neutral?: ijwfq article 37
why don’t you accept blood transfusions?: ijwfq article 21
why don’t you answer all accusations?: ijwfq article 53
why don’t you call your meeting place a church?: ijwfq article 24
why don’t you celebrate birthdays?: ijwfq article 39
why don’t you celebrate certain holidays?: ijwfq articles 59-60
why don’t you celebrate Christmas?: ijwfq article 18
why don’t you celebrate Easter?: ijwfq article 19
why don’t you go to war?: ijwfq article 23
why don’t you use the cross?: ijwfq article 30
why do people speak against you?: br78 28
why do you call on people who have a religion?: ijwfq article 2; jt 29; br78 28
why do you observe the Lord’s Supper differently?: ijwfq article 45
why do you speak with people who said they are not interested?: ijwfq article 51
why go door to door?: ijwfq article 1
why have you changed some beliefs?: ijwfq article 49; jv 148
Legal Matters
annual report: yb17 30-38; yb16 31-38; yb15 30-37; yb14 27-35; yb13 34-41; yb12 34-43; yb11 21-31; yb10 15-24; yb09 20-28; yb08 15-22; yb07 23-27, 30; yb97 13-17; yb90 10-11; yb87 20-21
attitude toward appealing court decisions: bt 200
attitude toward secular law: w25.07 29-30; ijwfq article 64; bt 192; pc 28; yb07 69; w98 12/1 18, 22; jv 699; w90 11/1 19; pe 130-131; je 29
court cases: w25.07 30; bt 131-132; lff lesson 21; w15 2/15 27-28; w98 12/1 19-20
data protection laws: od 160-161
Bethel family’s status as ministers upheld (Brazil, 1996): w98 12/1 21-22; yb97 15-16
blood transfusions: kr 161-164
court actions initiated by Witnesses: jv 185-186
court orders and hearings: km 9/92 4-6; w91 6/15 15-16, 31
court victories: w20.07 28; yb11 26; yb05 16; yb03 20; w02 4/1 27; yb02 16-17; g98 8/22 11; w97 8/1 32; yb97 14
durable power of attorney (DPA) card (medical directive): mwb24.01 5; w23.02 23-24; mwb23.01 7; w18.11 26-27; lvs 248; w14 3/15 27; kr 162-163; lv 217; km 1/10 7; km 1/09 3; km 12/04 7; yb02 16-17; km 5/98 7; km 12/95 7; g91 3/8 4-5; km 11/90 3-4
handbook Family Care and Medical Management for Jehovah’s Witnesses: yb96 23-24
Identity Card (for children): mwb23.01 7; km 12/04 7; km 1/95 7; km 11/90 3
legal right to reject: kr 161-162; yb14 33-34; hb 17-22; w86 4/15 27
refusal for children not child neglect: hb 21-22
refusal not an exercise of right to die: yb91 35
relieving doctors of liability for not using: hb 18
seminars regarding children: yb96 23-24
Witness position not respected: g92 9/22 12
Witness position respected: g92 9/22 12
charge of sedition:
Canada: kr 138-139; jv 682, 689-690
United States: jv 688
charter of Pennsylvania corporation amended (1944): w01 1/15 28, 30; jv 228-229; w90 3/15 17-18
child custody: kr 164-167
assistance for Witnesses: km 1/08 7; yb91 59; yb88 29
attitude toward rights of non-Witness parent: g88 10/22 12
attitude toward unfavorable court decision: g88 10/22 13-14
court cases: kr 164-166; g 7/10 14; yb97 15
religion as an issue: g92 9/22 11-12; g90 4/8 31; g88 10/22 5-9
contributions to constitutional law: bt 200; jt 8; jv 698-699; g91 12/8 22, 24; br78 8; g87 10/22 24-27; g86 5/8 26
Canada: jv 690
comment by Justice Harlan Stone: w01 5/15 32; g88 6/8 23
United States: w01 5/15 32; w98 12/1 20; g98 4/22 22; g96 7/22 5
contributions to medical law:
comments by law professor: yb96 24
court cases: bt 186; w15 10/15 7; kr 132-134, 136-167; w13 8/15 30; re 92; jt 8; w98 12/1 19-22; jv 678-693, 695, 697-699; g92 9/22 11-13; br78 8
Altay Republic: yb12 42-43; w11 5/1 18-19; yb11 27
Argentina: kr 161-162; yb14 33-34; yb08 18; yb01 158
Armenia: w25.07 30; kr 152-153; yb14 30; yb13 37-38; g 10/13 3; w12 8/15 17; w12 11/1 29-31; yb12 34-35; yb11 21-22; yb10 17; yb08 18-19; yb04 18; w03 4/1 11-14; yb03 16-17
Australia: re 92; g88 10/22 7
Austria: yb10 16; yb09 26; yb06 14; g93 10/8 15
Azerbaijan: yb17 31-32; yb15 37; yb14 33; yb13 38; yb11 22-23; yb09 26-27
Belgium: yb97 15
Brazil: g94 10/8 28
Canada: kr 162-164; jv 689-690, 697; g90 4/8 31; yb88 29-30; g88 10/22 6-7, 9; g87 10/22 17-20
Canada (Quebec): kr 146-147; g04 7/8 24-25; yb02 13-14; jv 680
Costa Rica: yb88 234
Cyprus: yb95 88-89, 109
Denmark: kr 140, 165-166; yb93 94-95, 121-122
Eritrea: yb17 32
Europe: w24.06 16-17
Finland: jv 698
France: w25.07 26-27; kr 160; yb14 35; w13 8/15 30; yb13 34-35; w12 8/15 17; yb12 39-40; w11 8/15 20; yb10 24; yb09 27; yb08 15-16; yb07 24; yb06 15; g 7/06 29; yb01 22-23
French Equatorial Africa: yb04 145
Georgia, Republic of: w08 3/1 11; yb08 16-17; g 2/08 29; yb06 15; yb05 11, 14; yb04 18-19; yb03 17; yb01 21
Germany (Reunified): yb17 32-33; yb07 24; yb06 13, 15; yb05 14; yb02 15; w01 8/15 8; yb97 15
Germany (until 1933): bt 186
Greece: bt 200; kr 147, 152, 159-160; w13 8/15 30; yb02 15; w98 12/1 20-21; g98 1/8 19-23; w97 2/1 32; g97 3/22 14-16; yb94 67-68, 107-108, 110; w93 9/1 27-31; jv 695; g93 8/22 29; w86 12/1 4-7; g86 10/22 31
India: re 43; w87 11/1 21-23; yb87 20-21; g86 12/8 29
Israel: yb08 20
Italy: w98 8/15 31
Japan: kr 161-162; yb02 15-16; g00 4/22 24; w98 12/1 22; w98 12/15 26-29; yb98 137-138; g98 8/22 11; w96 11/1 19-21; g95 10/8 10-14; w86 6/15 14
Kazakhstan: yb10 20
Korea, Republic of (South): yb17 37-38; yb16 32; yb12 37; yb05 15-16; yb03 18-19
Kyrgyzstan: yb17 33-34; yb14 34
Mexico: yb95 234-236
Moldova: yb10 19-20
Namibia: yb16 36-37
Netherlands: kr 146
Nigeria: yb15 34-35; w92 12/15 19-20
Norway: yb12 136-137, 163; yb97 15
Paraguay: yb98 240-241
Philippines: kr 155-156; yb94 58
Poland: yb94 226-229, 231, 235-236
Puerto Rico: yb05 15; yb87 100-102
Romania: bt 186; kr 146; yb05 15; yb04 86
Russia: yb15 35-36; kr 158-159; yb14 35; yb13 40; w12 12/15 22; yb12 40-41; w11 5/1 18-19; w11 7/15 4-9; w11 8/15 20; yb11 26-30; yb09 27; yb08 250-251, 255; w07 5/15 31; yb07 27, 30; yb06 15-16; yb05 4, 17-18; yb04 19; yb03 13, 18; yb02 16; yb01 22; g01 8/22 29; g01 12/22 15-16; w98 12/1 17-18; g98 11/22 26-27
Serbia: kr 147
Singapore: g97 6/8 23-25
South Africa: yb10 16
Swaziland: yb07 171; w98 7/15 22
Sweden: yb16 40-41
Switzerland: yb16 37; kr 146; yb87 150-154, 157, 162-163, 167-168, 170-176
Tanzania: yb14 31-32
Trinidad and Tobago: yb87 229-230
Türkiye: yb15 36; kr 147; yb13 36-37; yb10 23; yb08 21-22; yb07 26; yb87 21; g86 11/8 29
Turkmenistan: yb17 38
Uganda: yb10 17
United States: bt 186; lff lesson 21; w20.07 27-28; yb16 36; kr 136-138, 140-142, 147, 154, 164-165; yb12 38-39; re 92; yb05 16; w04 3/15 12-13; yb04 17; yb03 13, 19-20; g03 1/8 3-11; yb02 16-17; w01 6/1 19; w98 12/1 20; g98 4/22 23-24; g98 8/22 11; w97 8/1 32; yb97 14-15; g97 12/8 6-7; g93 7/22 14-16; g92 9/22 11-12; yb91 58-59; g91 12/8 22-24; g90 7/22 28; yb88 28-29; g88 6/8 23-24; g88 10/22 5-9; yb87 3-4; g87 10/22 26-27
U.S. (Rutherford and associates [1918/1919]): w19.10 3; w18.10 4-5; w16.11 29-30; kr 23-24; w08 9/15 8; re 39-40, 167-169; w00 4/1 19; w00 10/1 26-27; jv 69-70, 650-654; w89 4/1 9; w87 6/15 16
West Berlin: g87 4/22 30
education for Witnesses in: jv 690-692
exposing official abuses: jv 692-695
King’s Theater, The: jv 693
flag salute: jv 669-673; g87 10/22 26-27
Costa Rica: jv 671; yb88 234-235
Cuba: jv 671-672
Honduras: yb93 162-163
Liberia: jv 671
Mexico: yb95 234-236
Paraguay: jv 671
Philippines: kr 155-156; yb03 233-235; w98 12/1 22; yb94 58; g94 1/8 22-23; jv 671
Thailand: yb91 237-239
United States: kr 154; w10 9/15 4; jv 669-672, 684-688; g93 7/22 14-16; g91 12/8 22-24; g88 6/8 22-24; w87 6/1 21-23; g87 10/22 27
Global Data Protection Policy: od 76, 211
Indigenous communities:
religious freedom: hdu article 12
lands where work is restricted: re 40; jv 675-676
Witnesses in, part of cavalry (Re 9:16-19): re 153-154
legal corporations and associations: od 28; w01 1/15 28-31; w98 3/15 18-19; om 26-27; je 8-9
Australia: w90 7/1 15
Britain: jv 229; yb87 240; je 9
Bulgaria: g 6/09 18
Cyprus: yb95 96
Czechoslovakia: yb00 159-160
Denmark: yb93 94
Finland: yb90 165-166, 174-175
Haiti: yb94 166
Hungary: w93 7/15 12
Kenya: yb92 204-205
Korea, Republic of (South): yb88 170, 185
Mexico: yb95 211-213, 250; yb94 52; g94 7/22 14
Mozambique: yb96 176; yb92 45; yb91 49; km 7/91 4
Poland: yb94 181, 247, 249; g89 12/22 22
Russia: g00 2/22 28
Rwanda: km 8/92 7
São Tomé and Príncipe: km 11/93 7
Solomon Islands: yb92 212
South Africa: yb07 130, 135; w93 4/1 23
Soviet Union: g00 2/22 28
Tanzania: yb97 15
Thailand: yb91 246-247
Trinidad and Tobago: yb87 239-240
United States: w09 5/1 25; km 1/02 7; jt 6; jv 229, 576; w90 3/15 18; si 321; rs 201-202; br78 6; je 8-9, 26
use of logos by congregations or individuals: km 4/09 4
U.S. Polish corporation: yb94 178-179
Legal Department (U.S.): mwb23.07 3; w99 11/15 11; yb97 13; jv 82, 679; yb93 23-24; yb92 14
legal recognition and registration: yb16 31; kr 158-161; yb09 25; w98 12/1 22; w93 1/1 10; jv 696-697, 700-701; yb92 5; w90 11/1 20
Albania (1992): yb10 171-172, 175; jv 505, 697; yb93 7
Altay Republic (1994, legal registration of Gorno-Altaysk community): g99 6/22 19
Andorra (2006): yb08 17
Angola (1975): yb01 93-94
Angola (1992): yb01 124-125, 127; jv 510; yb93 7; w92 11/1 24, 26
Argentina (1958-1981, denied): yb01 158, 185
Argentina (1984): yb01 186-187
Armenia (1991- , denied): w03 4/1 11-12
Austria (1930): jv 696
Austria (legal recognition as religion) (2005, 2008, 2009): yb10 16; yb09 26; yb06 14
Azerbaijan (2000): yb01 21
Azerbaijan (application for legal registration) (2009): yb10 18
Azerbaijan (application for legal reregistration denied) (2010): yb14 33
Benin (1990): jv 696; yb92 14-15; yb91 46-47; km 6/90 8
Benin (2000): yb01 21
Bulgaria (1991): w25.08 29; jv 505, 697; g92 4/22 31; g91 12/22 6
Bulgaria (1994, revoked): g 4/10 12
Bulgaria (1998): g 4/10 12; yb00 24; km 2/99 2
Burundi (1993): yb95 254
Cambodia (1993): yb94 62; km 8/93 2
Cameroon (1962): jv 539
Cape Verde (1990): jv 510; w92 3/15 24; w92 11/1 24, 26
Central African Republic (1993): yb94 43-44; km 6/93 3
Chad (1992): jv 510; w92 11/1 24
Colombia (1996): yb97 15
Congo, Democratic Republic of (1966): yb04 176-177, 197-198, 208
Congo, Democratic Republic of (1980): yb04 177, 221
Congo, Republic of (1961): yb04 146, 148
Congo, Republic of (1991): yb04 155; jv 510; km 5/92 2
Croatia (2003): yb09 217-218, 245
Cyprus (1991): yb95 110-111
Czech Republic (1993): yb00 211-213; w96 3/15 7; g95 4/22 24; yb94 51
Eastern Europe: jv 115, 504-505
Egypt (efforts to obtain) (2007- ): yb10 18
El Salvador (1972): w91 10/1 27
Equatorial Guinea (1994): yb95 254
Estonia (1933): yb11 174-175, 244
Estonia (1991): yb11 233
Ethiopia (1991): w92 11/1 23-24; km 2/92 2
Finland (1945): yb90 174-175
France (1947): w11 9/15 4
French Polynesia (1960): yb05 88
Gambia, The (1989): w92 11/1 24
Georgia (2001, legal registration annulled): yb02 14-15; g02 1/22 21-23
Georgia (2003, legal registration renewed): yb05 4, 11-12
Georgia (late 1990’s): yb17 139
German Democratic Republic (East) (1990): yb99 112; jv 505, 697; w92 5/15 28; yb91 16; g91 1/8 11; km 5/90 8
Germany (public corporation, 2006): g 8/06 19
Greece (1986, denied): w86 12/1 4-7; g86 10/22 31
Greece (2001): yb02 4; g02 2/22 11
Guinea (1993-1994): yb14 119; yb95 254
Haiti (1989): yb94 165-166
Hungary (1989): g97 4/8 22; yb96 68, 109; w93 7/15 12; jv 505, 697; g91 1/8 12-13; w90 1/1 25; yb90 11; km 10/89 8
Hungary (2012, legal registration as religious community): yb13 30
Iceland (1969): yb05 220-221
Indonesia (1964): yb16 123
Indonesia (1968): yb16 123-124
Indonesia (2002): yb16 142
Italy (1986): g87 2/22 29
Kazakhstan (1997): yb98 55
Kenya (1962): yb92 131-132; w87 4/15 23
Korea, Republic of (South) (1952): yb88 170
Korea, Republic of (South) (1961): yb88 185
Kosovo (2003): yb04 19
Kyrgyzstan (1998): w18.02 17; yb99 50
Latvia (1934, revoked): yb07 188, 216
Latvia (1998): yb07 217, 219; km 2/99 2
Lithuania (1994): yb95 254
Macedonia (1993): yb09 219, 245
Madagascar (1994): yb00 247
Malawi (1957): w94 5/15 31
Malawi (1993): yb95 43; w94 5/15 31
Malaysia (1996): yb98 55
Mexico (1930): yb95 176-177; g94 7/22 14
Mexico (1932): yb95 177-178, 211-212; g94 7/22 14
Mexico (1943): foa article 5; yb95 212-213; g94 7/22 14
Mexico (1989): w90 1/1 7; yb90 10
Mexico (1993): foa article 5; w98 12/1 21; yb95 250; yb94 52; g94 7/22 13-14; g93 11/22 28
Moldova (1925-1937, denied): yb04 85-87
Moldova (1994): yb04 81, 127; yb95 254
Mozambique (1954-1955, denied): yb96 122, 124
Mozambique (1991): w10 6/15 3; g99 6/22 24; yb96 176; jv 510, 701; w92 11/1 24-25; yb92 45; g91 5/8 28; g91 6/22 28; km 7/91 4
Myanmar (Burma) (1990): yb13 148-149; w90 11/1 20
Nepal (1994): yb95 254
Nepal (2005): yb07 25
Nicaragua (1990): yb03 81, 90-91, 134
Niger (1991): jv 510; w92 11/1 24-25
Pakistan (1997): yb98 55
Papua New Guinea (1960): yb11 105, 157
Paraguay (1957): yb98 231
Paraguay (1991): yb98 243
Poland (1921): yb94 181
Poland (1989): w15 9/15 31; w04 10/15 28; yb94 246-247; jv 504, 697; g91 1/8 12; w90 1/1 25; yb90 10-11; g89 12/22 22; km 10/89 8
Portugal (1974): w17.02 16; jv 269, 383, 494
Portugal (2009, Long-Standing Religious Community): yb11 25-26
Romania (1933): yb06 88; yb04 86; w93 6/15 24
Romania (1990): yb06 81, 146; jv 505, 697; g91 1/8 12-13; w90 11/1 20
Romania (2000): yb04 19; yb02 16; yb01 21
Romania (2003): yb06 160
Romania (2006): yb07 25
Russia (1993, Moscow Community legally registered): w11 7/15 4
Russia (1999): yb08 251; yb01 22; yb00 29; g00 2/22 28
Russia (2015, Local Religious Organization in Moscow legally registered): yb16 31-32
Rwanda (1980, denied): yb12 176; yb92 190
Rwanda (1982, denied): yb12 176
Rwanda (1992): yb12 187-188, 254; jv 510; w92 11/1 24-25; km 8/92 7
São Tomé and Príncipe (1993): w03 10/15 8; yb95 43-44; km 11/93 7
Serbia (2010): yb11 30; g 12/10 29
Seychelles (1969, denied): yb92 119
Seychelles (1974): yb92 150
Seychelles (1987, legally registered): yb92 151-152
Sierra Leone (1962): yb14 115
Slovakia (1993): yb94 51
Slovenia (2009): yb11 30-31
Solomon Islands (1977): yb92 212
Soviet Union (1949, denied): yb08 94-95, 98, 189; yb02 164-165; g00 10/8 21-22
Soviet Union (1991): kr 158; w11 7/15 4; yb08 198, 202-203, 230; g01 4/22 12; g00 2/22 28; w99 3/1 29; jv 505, 697; w91 7/15 8, 10-11; g91 6/22 28
Spain (1970): jv 384, 494, 696, 700
Sudan (eight states, 2006): yb07 27
Sudan (southern province, 1990): yb92 172
Sweden (2000): yb01 21
Tahiti (1960): yb05 80; w97 10/15 25; jv 471
Tajikistan (1994): yb09 21
Tanzania (1950’s, denied): yb92 109
Tanzania (1987): yb92 185-186
Tanzania (1995, legally registered): yb97 15
Thailand (1982): yb91 247
Togo (1992): yb94 64
Türkiye (1986): g86 11/8 29
Türkiye (2006, denied): yb07 25
Türkiye (2007): yb12 37-38; yb08 21-22; g 4/08 30
Uganda (1965): yb10 88; yb92 122
Ukraine (c. 1930, denied): yb02 140
Ukraine (1991): yb02 230-234; jv 701
Yugoslavia (1953): yb09 173-174, 244; w02 10/15 20
Zambia (Northern Rhodesia) (1948): yb06 175
Zimbabwe (1966): jv 486
literature distribution: jv 494-495, 681-682
Canada: kr 146-147; jv 690
Denmark (1932-1933): kr 140-141
Kazakhstan bans (2013): yb15 37; yb14 32
United States: kr 140-142; w04 3/15 12-13; w98 12/1 20; jv 684-688
marriages legalized:
Mozambique: w98 6/15 9-11
military service: kr 151-153; w86 9/1 19-20
Armenia accepts civilian service (2013): yb15 30-31; kr 153; yb14 30
Belarus to draft law on civilian service (2010): yb11 23
Bulgaria accepts civilian service (2001): kr 152; yb02 13
Cyprus exempts some (1990): yb95 111
Eritrea imprisons Witnesses: yb16 33
Finland exempts (1987): yb90 186
Greece accepts civilian service: kr 152
Greece exempts some: yb94 108
Poland exempts: yb94 251; g91 1/8 12
registration complied with: km 1/90 7
Republic of Korea does not exempt: yb16 32-33; yb14 30-31; yb13 40-41; yb88 188
Singapore does not exempt: yb14 31
Sweden exempts (1966): yb91 165-167; w90 5/15 23
Switzerland does not exempt: yb87 156-157, 175-176
Turkmenistan does not exempt: yb14 31
Ukraine acknowledges position on civilian service (1996): yb97 16
Ukraine courts uphold Witness: yb16 33-34
West Berlin exempts (1986): g87 4/22 30
nationalistic or patriotic ceremonies: ijwfq article 64; yb16 34-35; kr 153-156
permits for witness work: jv 681-682, 697-698
Sunday witnessing: jv 690-691
divisional campaigns (1930’s): km 5/11 2; jv 82-83, 691-692
taxes: yb16 32
Armenia taxes Witness literature: yb10 17
Belgium exempts Bethel (2010): yb11 23-24
Cyprus exempts (1992): yb95 112
France (1998-2012): w25.07 26-27; kr 160; yb14 35; w13 8/15 30; yb13 34-35; w12 8/15 17; yb12 39-40; w11 8/15 20; yb10 24; yb09 27; yb08 16; yb07 24; yb06 15; yb01 22-23; yb00 24-26; g99 1/8 11; g98 11/22 20
Sweden taxes members of Bethel family: yb16 32
Worldwide Order of Special Full-Time Servants of Jehovah’s Witnesses: yb03 30; yb95 5-6
ministers (royal decree, Spain) (2008): yb09 24
not employees (High Court, Uganda) (2009): yb10 17
not employees (Labour Court, South Africa) (2009): yb10 16
Modern History
100 Years Ago (series in Yearbook and The Watchtower):
1913: yb13 174-177
1914: yb14 170-175
1915: yb15 172-175
1916: yb16 172-175
1917: yb17 172-176
1918: w18.10 3-5
1919: w19.10 2-5
1920: w20.10 2-5
1921: w21.10 29-31
1923: w23.10 2-5
1924: w24.10 2-5
apostasy:
1980’s: jv 111
after Russell’s death: kr 22-23; jv 66-68, 624, 627-628
during Russell’s life: jv 620-621, 627
birthday celebrations: jv 201
book Jehovah’s Witnesses—Proclaimers of God’s Kingdom: w94 5/1 16-17
branch offices: kr 204-205; g00 12/22 17-19
call for 1,000 preachers (1881): kr 28; w12 8/15 5
chart “Noteworthy Events in the Modern-Day History of Jehovah’s Witnesses”: jv 718-723
chart “Some Methods Used to Reach Large Numbers of People”: kr 76-77
Christmas celebrations: kr 98, 101-103; jv 199-200
clergy exposed by Witnesses: jv 647-648
construction: kr 202-208; jv 318-339
International Program: jv 336-339, 723
conventions: w23.10 3-4; w18.10 5; kr 28; yb13 177; jv 55, 254-282
decrease:
after 1925: jv 633
after 1975: jv 633
discussion: kr 13-219; w01 6/1 18-22; jt 6-11; w94 5/1 14-20; jv 42-725; sh 350-360; br78 6-11; w87 9/15 29-30; je 8-11
during 1920’s: g87 3/8 15
early Bible Students: kr 14-19, 21-25, 28-29; w94 5/1 24
early witnessing: w94 5/1 14-15, 17-19
educational programs:
legal matters: jv 690-692
literacy program: foa articles 2, 5; yb13 22; jv 362, 466-467, 480
overseers: jv 230-231
presidency of N. H. Knorr: jv 101-103
family worship (family Bible study): kr 175
field ministry: w20.10 21-22; w15 11/15 26-30; kr 58-97; w01 1/15 19-20; w98 6/15 18-19; jv 404-574
advertising the Kingdom: km 8/14 2
Bible Students: w19.10 4-5; kr 19, 21, 64-65; w10 12/15 13-14; jv 51, 404-443, 637-639
Bible studies: w21.10 29-30; jv 572-574
divisional campaigns (1930’s): km 5/11 2; jv 82-83, 691-692
emigrants return with truth: jv 428-429
factors favoring: w15 2/15 25-28
house to house: w08 7/15 4-5; jv 562-565, 568-572
international expansion (1923): w23.10 4-5
issue causing sifting: w11 7/15 30; jv 637-641
lands where work is restricted: jv 519-520
phonographs: lfs article 8; w15 11/15 27-28
public witnessing using displays and literature: w15 11/15 28-29; km 7/13 4-6
Sunday witnessing: jv 82-83, 690-691; w87 6/15 18
teaching: jv 572-574
testimony cards: w15 11/15 27, 31
training: w15 11/15 29-30; w14 1/15 13-15; jv 99-100, 568-570
founder: ijwfq article 10
Great Pyramid of Gizeh (Giza): w00 1/1 9-10; jv 201
growth: syr24 2; syr23 2; syr22 2; syr21 2; w19.10 10; w15 11/15 24; w14 5/15 28; w12 8/15 5-6; w10 5/15 24; g 8/10 3; km 11/10 1; w09 2/15 26-27; w09 3/15 17; re 64-65; w04 1/1 13-17; w01 1/15 12; w01 6/1 19-20; w98 6/15 18-19; yb98 29-30; yb95 254-255; jv 54, 98-101, 108, 110-115, 117, 171, 229-230, 233-235, 318, 322, 325, 333-334, 422, 443, 461, 517-519, 541, 544-545, 570; w92 6/15 23-27; w92 8/1 8; w92 9/1 17-20; w91 1/1 17; yb91 253; w90 3/15 19; sh 359-361; km 12/90 9; br78 6, 9; g89 11/22 20; w88 7/15 12; w87 6/1 28-29; yb87 253, 255; w86 1/1 16
1914-2010: w14 1/15 14-15
1919-1922: jv 425
1934-1953: kr 89
1935-1994: w95 2/1 15; w94 5/1 20
1935-2018: w19.09 30
1942-2012: yb13 179
1943-1988: w89 1/1 13
1943-1992: jv 544
1943-1993: w94 8/15 19
1943-2018: w18.10 21
1944-2014: w15 2/15 25-26
1945-1959: g87 5/22 15
1945-1975: jv 501
1947-1952: jv 98
1950-1990: yb91 6
1962-2013: kr 89
1975-1992: jv 502-520
1976-1992: jv 112-115
1979-1988: w89 1/1 28
1981-1987: w88 1/1 28
1990-2000: w00 11/1 30
20th century: w01 4/1 16
added responsibility due to: yb90 253
branch offices: kr 204-205; jv 97, 114, 588-591
Catholic priests in Rome lament: g89 6/22 29
chart ‘Many now serving with Israel of God’: w10 3/15 25
chart “Memorial Report” (1935-1960): jv 171
chart “Reports of Global Witnessing”: jv 717
contrast between 1970’s and 1980’s: w86 12/15 20
contribution of books for Bible studies: w97 1/15 25
contribution of Gilead-trained missionaries: jl lesson 14
contribution of Truth book: w19.09 29-30; kr 82; jv 105
countries with more than 100,000: ed 15; w99 1/1 20; yb99 43; w98 6/15 19; jv 510; km 10/93 2; g91 1/8 12; w89 1/1 13; w88 1/1 16; w86 1/1 25
countries with more than 200,000: w15 9/1 4; yb99 43, 50; yb95 254
in lands previously unresponsive: w94 8/15 18-19
in poorer lands: w03 1/1 16
in support organization: w86 1/1 24-26
Jehovah has “added to the nation” (Isa 26:15): w88 1/15 16-17
Latin America: w93 6/15 21; jv 463, 470
“little one will become a thousand” (Isa 60:22): w16.06 23; w14 5/15 28; kr 90, 96-97; w02 7/1 19; ip-2 320; w00 1/1 16; w94 9/1 16
million marks reached: w99 1/1 20; km 11/98 3; jv 722-723; w86 1/1 19
need for qualified ones to care for: w92 8/1 8-9
number baptized each week: yb06 5; w04 7/1 12; km 3/03 1; w94 9/1 16
organizational changes in response to: yb93 253-255
reasons for: w14 5/15 27-28; w05 9/15 8-9; w01 4/1 15-19
since New World Translation: jv 612-613
why so many expansion projects: w86 1/1 25-26
World War II: re 91-92; w04 1/1 14; w04 1/15 19; g00 12/22 17-18; jv 95, 98, 229-230, 455, 588
infiltrators: yb09 175, 178; yb06 117-118; dp 274-275
information marching: lfs article 8; w18.10 18; w12 2/15 9; jv 266, 447, 568
“Religion Is a Snare and a Racket”: jv 447, 567
judicial matters: kr 114
lands preaching in: syr24 2; syr23 2; syr22 2; syr21 2; syr20 2; syr19 2; syr18 2; syr17 2; yb17 177; yb16 176; yb15 176; yb14 176; yb13 178; yb12 55; yb11 51; yb10 31; yb09 31; yb08 31; yb07 31; yb06 31; yb05 31; yb04 31; yb03 31; yb02 31; yb01 31; yb00 31; yb99 31; yb98 31; yb97 33; yb96 33; yb95 33; w94 1/1 10; yb94 5, 33; w93 1/1 12-15; yb93 33; w92 1/1 10-13; yb92 33; w91 1/1 18-21; w90 1/1 20-23
1914: w94 5/1 15; jv 422
1919: jv 425
1920-1992: jv 717
1922: jv 425
1935: w94 5/1 19; jv 443
1938: jv 458
1943: jv 544; w89 1/1 13
1985: w86 1/1 20-23
1986: w87 1/1 4, 10-13; yb87 34-41
1987: w88 1/1 12-16; yb88 34-41
1988: w89 1/1 4-7, 13; yb89 34-41
1990: yb91 38-45
1993: w94 1/1 10
map: je 26
lands reached:
1900: kr 29
1914: w94 5/1 15; jv 422
1935: w94 5/1 19; jv 443, 550
1970’s: jv 513
1980’s: jv 513
1992: jv 520
legal issues: bt 186; kr 132-134, 136-167; w98 12/1 19-22; jv 678-701
meetings: jv 236-253
Bible Students: kr 17-19, 123, 171-172; w12 8/15 6; jv 44-45, 49-50, 205, 236-238, 240-241, 244-245, 247, 249, 251-252
children and youths: jv 244-246
singing: mwb24.03 15; w97 2/1 26-27
Memorial: w15 2/15 31-32; kr 179, 181; jv 171, 242-243, 254-255, 717
missionaries: jv 521-546
motion pictures: jv 480-481
Nazi era:
claim that Witnesses compromised with Nazism: g05 10/22 10; g98 7/8 10-14
European exhibition (1995): g96 6/8 16-19
newspaper usage: jv 561
Russell’s lectures (sermons): w15 11/15 28; kr 68-70; w09 5/1 22; w09 8/15 16; yb90 150; br78 6
number of English-speaking Witnesses: w04 7/1 11-12
organizational developments: w15 7/15 9-11; w14 1/15 15-16; kr 118-120, 122-125, 127, 129; jv 204-235, 637-639
oversight by Governing Body: w17.02 26-28; kr 120, 122; jv 106-117
persecution: w07 12/15 21-22; w03 3/1 3-7; ip-2 396; w00 4/1 18-21; w98 6/15 17-18; w98 12/1 8; jv 10, 642-677
“Photo-Drama of Creation”: w16.11 28; w14 2/15 30-32; kr 29, 70-72; w01 1/15 8-9; jt 6; w98 5/15 12-14; g96 7/22 21; jv 56-57, 59-60, 561-562; br78 6; g88 2/8 11
presidency of C. T. Russell: w17.02 25; yb16 175; jv 42-64, 204-211, 561-562, 576-577, 621-623; br78 6-7
clergy opposition: jv 642-647
Russell-Eaton debates (1903): kr 68-69; jv 128-130, 643-644
presidency of F. W. Franz: w93 3/15 31-32; jv 109
presidency of J. F. Rutherford: jv 65-89, 624-626; br78 7-8
presidency of M. G. Henschel: w93 3/15 31
presidency of N. H. Knorr: jv 90-109, 522-526; br78 8-9
publishing literature: kr 78, 81-82, 84, 86; w12 8/15 7; w10 6/15 4; w09 5/1 25; jv 107, 110-112, 575-615
Bibles: g19.3 15; kr 84, 86; w09 5/1 25; jv 603-615
changeover to offset printing: jv 593-595
first bookbindery (1922): jv 579-580
first printery (1920): w20.10 2-3; jv 578-579
lands other than U.S.: jv 581, 583-584
translation: w22.07 9; bt 219-220; g16.3 2; w15 8/15 7-8; kr 79; w09 11/1 24-25; w07 11/1 18-21; yb07 153-154; jv 112, 391, 599, 602, 607-613
radio usage: foa article 8; w24.10 2-3; w22.10 2-3; w15 11/15 28; kr 72-74; g96 10/8 20-21; jv 79-82, 137, 266-267, 341, 562, 693; br78 8; yb88 81-82; yb87 93, 195-197; w86 8/1 25
Canada: w25.10 3; kr 72; w12 11/15 31-32
peak network: foa article 8; g96 10/8 21; br78 8; g88 2/8 11
WBBR (New York): foa article 8; w24.10 2-3; kr 72
WORD (Chicago, Illinois): w25.10 2-3; w24.10 5
schools: w15 11/15 29-30; w14 1/15 14-15; kr 183-187; yb12 13-17; km 10/11 4-6; re 63; jv 113, 300
Bible school (Denmark, 1944-1945): yb93 104-105
branch office personnel: jv 230-231
Gilead School: kr 184; re 63; w93 6/1 26-27; jv 94-95, 300, 522-524, 527, 533, 538, 544-545; w88 3/1 16-17
Kingdom Ministry School: jv 102-103, 113, 231-232; w88 3/1 16-17
Kingdom Schools: w10 9/1 27; w95 12/1 22; w93 9/15 10-11; jv 671-672; g93 7/22 14
Ministerial Training School: yb95 19-21; yb94 30-31; jv 113, 300, 533, 545-546; yb93 26-27; g93 9/8 16-19; yb92 11-13; w88 3/15 30-31; w87 6/1 27, 29-30
Pioneer Service School: jl lesson 14; jv 113, 300
Sunday school (Switzerland): yb87 139-140
Theocratic Ministry School: w15 11/15 29; kr 176-177; jv 94, 248, 568-569
singing: kr 178
slide programs: jv 481
television usage: foa article 8
JW Broadcasting: foa article 8
testing and sifting from within: yb17 174-176; kr 22-23; jv 618-641
traveling overseers: kr 29; jv 222
“pilgrims”: w12 8/15 31-32
V.D.M. questions: jv 215
videocassettes: jv 600-601
video Jehovah’s Witnesses—Faith in Action, Part 1: Out of Darkness: lff lesson 19
video series Our History in Motion: mwb24.03 15; mwb24.11 5
video The Kingdom—100 Years and Counting: mwb16.06 8
World War I: w18.10 3-5; w16.11 27-30; yb16 174-175; kr 22, 149; w12 2/15 8; jv 191-192, 423-425, 577, 647-656; w89 5/1 4
neutrality issue: yb17 172-173; w16.08 31-32; w16.11 29-30; yb15 173-174; kr 56, 148-149
World War II: w12 2/15 9; jv 448-461, 586
paper supplies: jv 586; w89 9/1 27
preparations during, for peace to follow: g87 4/22 19
Writing Archives: w12 1/15 31-32
Organization
adjustments: w15 7/15 9-11; w14 1/15 15-16; kr 118-120, 122-125, 127, 129; w06 2/15 26-28; w06 5/15 24; w02 7/1 16-17; w01 1/15 20; w01 6/1 18-19; ip-2 316-318; w95 5/15 22-23; w94 5/1 25-26; jv 108-109
appointments: kr 123; w06 2/15 28; w06 5/15 24; jv 217-221, 637-639
Branch Committees: jv 109
elders: w23.05 18; kr 118-120, 122-123; w06 2/15 28; w02 7/1 17; ip-2 317; yb99 84-85; jv 105-107, 205-209, 212-214, 233-234, 638-639
enterprises not in support of Kingdom work: jv 639-641
Governing Body: jv 106-109, 228-229, 233-235
response to adjustments: w25.07 16; w22.11 23-25; w20.06 31
Watch Tower Society charter: jv 228-229
administration: od 24-29; lv 48; w97 5/15 17-20; om 21-28; br78 25; je 12-13, 26-27
leaders: od 13-14; w17.02 18-28; jv 220-221, 674; om 20-21
appointments: bt 42-43; w20.08 21; mwb19.08 4; w16.11 11; w14 11/15 28-29; w01 1/15 12-16
approved associates (usage of term discontinued): w88 11/15 17; w86 4/1 31; w86 4/15 31
Assembly Halls: g87 9/8 24-26
benefits: w94 10/1 12
Bethel service: od 112-113; jl lessons 21-22; km 3/95 3-6; jv 295-298; om 116
branch offices: od 28-29; jl lessons 21-22; w10 8/15 17-19; jv 332-339, 357-401; w90 3/15 19-20; om 27-28; br78 25; je 27
Branch Committees: od 28, 50-51; jl lesson 22; jv 109; om 27, 52-53
branch seminars (1993): yb94 9-10, 255
chart: w13 4/15 29
congregations: ijwfq article 14; od 26-29; jl lessons 15-16; w01 6/1 14-15; rq 29; om 23-25, 77-78; br78 25; je 12-13
terms earlier used for: jv 206
development: jv 204-235
discussion: ijwfq article 44; od 6-164; w12 2/1 27; fg 29; w00 1/1 30-31; jt 25-26; rq 28-29; jv 203-401; w90 3/15 19-20; sh 362-363; om 5-170; pe 191-202; br78 25-26
expression “the Society”: w98 3/15 18-19; jv 219, 639
financial reports: w94 9/1 17
financial support: ijwfq article 12; mrt article 27; od 123-128; w16.05 10; w15 9/1 6; kr 194-199; jl lesson 24; w13 7/1 4; w13 9/1 2; g 8/10 7; w09 8/1 30; w07 11/1 17-18; yb99 137-138; w98 11/1 26-28; km 6/98 6; jv 340-351; w92 12/1 29; om 119-126; rs 201-202; g88 3/22 8; je 22-23, 28
Assembly Hall construction: w23.06 5; w18.01 19; jv 331; w90 12/1 22-23
Bethel family members: jv 351; w90 12/1 24; je 25
branch office expansion: w97 1/1 14
circuits and circuit assemblies: od 125-126; om 125-126; je 19
comment in Zion’s Watch Tower: w07 11/1 17
congregations: lff lesson 55; od 117-118, 124-125; mwb18.11 7; kr 199; rq 28-29; w90 12/1 24; om 121-122; je 15
contributions: ijwfq article 61; mwb20.09 6; mwb20.11 8; w18.01 19-21; mwb18.11 7; w17.11 19; w16.11 19-20; w15 11/15 15; kr 195-201; g 6/10 23; w02 7/15 22-23; jt 30; w99 11/1 21, 23; w94 9/1 16-17; w93 12/1 31; w92 1/15 17-18; km 3/91 3; w90 12/1 22-25; br78 29-30; w88 7/1 12; je 8
corporations: je 9
how used: hdu articles 1-27; ijwfq article 61; mwb24.11 16; w21.08 32; lff lesson 55; mwb21.11 3; w18.01 19-21; mwb18.11 7; w17.07 9-10; w17.11 18; kr 198-201; w98 11/1 26-27; w95 12/1 29-31; w93 12/1 31; jv 350-351; w92 1/15 17-18
Kingdom Hall construction: w23.06 5; od 120-121; w18.01 19; jl lesson 25; g 5/12 23-24; w04 11/1 20-21; yb04 250-251; w02 11/1 11; km 9/02 3-5; yb01 51-52; km 9/99 3-4; w90 12/1 22-23
missionaries: hdu article 13; je 22-23
not by wealthy donors: w18.01 19; w04 11/1 22-23; jv 345-346
pioneers: je 22
policy: jl lesson 24; w90 12/1 24; je 8
questions and answers: w90 12/1 22-25
special full-time servants: w05 11/1 30
tithing not practiced: ijwfq article 28; jv 341; w90 12/1 22
traveling overseers: jv 351; je 21
Governing Body: ijwfq article 41; bt 106-107, 110-111, 113-114, 119; w21.02 18; lff lesson 54; od 19, 46, 51, 82, 112, 128, 176; lvs 243; w17.02 26-28; w14 11/15 29; kr 130-131; lv 49; jl lesson 20; w09 6/15 24; w08 5/15 29; w07 4/1 24; w06 7/15 20; w02 3/15 14; wt 132; w01 1/15 21, 28-29, 31; w01 4/15 29; yb00 5; w98 3/15 20-22; w97 5/15 17; jv 106-109, 228-229, 233-235; w92 9/1 19-20; w90 3/15 13-20; sh 363; om 28, 41, 47, 51-53, 79, 81, 116, 168; br78 9; w87 3/1 15; je 19, 26-27
delegate corporate responsibilities: w02 7/1 17; w01 1/15 31; ip-2 317-318
helpers for committees of: ijwfq article 41; w15 10/15 3; w10 6/15 3; jv 235; yb93 253-255; w92 4/15 31
headquarters: br78 6, 25; je 9-10
Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.A.: kr 29; w09 5/1 22-24; w09 8/15 23; jv 59, 216-217, 352-356; w89 9/1 27-29; g89 4/22 23-27; yb88 24-25; yb87 6, 8; g87 8/22 16-18; g87 12/22 16-18
early locations: w09 5/1 23; jv 54, 71, 76, 208-209
Warwick, N.Y., U.S.A.: yb17 7, 10; yb16 18; w15 1/15 3; yb15 10-15; yb14 8-9, 11-13; yb13 10-11; w12 8/15 17
Watchtower Educational Center: w99 11/15 8-12; yb91 12-15; w90 12/1 24-25; km 12/90 9-12
Watchtower Farms: g87 2/22 25-27
why in U.S.: g88 8/8 10
headquarters representatives (previously zone overseers): od 51; jl lesson 22; jv 101, 227; om 53-54
Kingdom Halls: od 117-120; w15 7/15 27-31; jl lessons 25-26; w10 5/1 31; om 61-64; je 15
construction program: yb16 16-17; jv 318-328; km 12/90 3-4; km 12/89 3-4; km 12/88 3-6; km 12/87 3-6; w86 1/1 24; km 12/86 3-6
preparation for resuming meetings after COVID-19: hdu article 24
quickly built: kr 204-205; jv 115, 320-325; g87 1/22 14
Regional Building Committees: yb15 17; kr 204
why not called churches: ijwfq article 24
missionaries: hdu article 13; od 110; g94 12/22 21-24; om 115-116; w87 1/15 7-8
no clergy class: ijwfq article 13; w21.10 20; g 8/10 9; w01 6/1 14; jv 204
not a secret society: w98 8/15 31; w97 6/1 6-7
pioneers: od 108-110; jl lesson 13; jv 299-300; om 113-115
Public Affairs Office: yb98 43-48
departments in branch offices: yb99 143
role of “great crowd”: jv 214, 216-217
theocratic: jv 217-221, 227-229; om 12-16
Theocratic Schools Department: w17.03 7; w08 2/15 31
training for overseers: jv 230-231
traveling overseers: bt 114, 119; jv 222-227, 298-299, 351; om 27-28, 47-54; je 20-21
circuit overseers: w24.10 21-23; od 29, 110-111; jl lesson 17
unbaptized publishers: od 106, 182-184; km 3/03 5-6; w96 1/15 16-17; kl 173, 175; om 105-106, 111-112, 174, 210; w88 11/15 16-20
qualifications: od 73-77, 106; km 1/08 1; km 6/90 8; om 97-100
qualifications for baptism: km 7/13 7; km 6/90 8
video Jehovah’s Witnesses—The Organization Behind the Name: km 12/90 7
Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania: ijwfq article 42
women:
ministers: ijwfq article 27; w12 9/1 23
Worldwide, Regional, and Local Design/Construction Departments: yb16 16-17; yb15 16-18
Worldwide Order of Special Full-Time Servants of Jehovah’s Witnesses:
members: w17.04 8
vow: w17.04 8
Writing Department: yb11 9-13
Qualities
brotherhood: od 162-168; w10 2/15 25-26; w03 7/15 4-6; w02 1/1 14-15; dg 29; w95 1/15 13-14; w95 12/1 15-17; g94 12/22 13; jv 203-401; om 153-161; w88 6/1 6-7; w87 10/1 5
abandoned 12-year-old cared for: g95 7/22 21-24
congregation praised: w98 7/15 32
conventions: w01 9/15 9; jv 281-282
four-year-old’s comment: w89 6/15 17
Witness hosted by Witnesses not previously known: yb95 60
citizenship: w97 11/1 17-18; yb94 166-167
certificate of merit from St. Petersburg administration: g 8/08 29
equality: w02 1/1 6-7; w99 8/1 6-8
generosity:
of poor Witnesses: w97 9/15 5-6
happiness: w06 6/15 12-13; km 2/02 1
honesty:
bank-account excess reported: w02 1/15 19
bank overpayment returned: yb94 53; w87 2/1 21
Bible student urges tax payment: w87 2/1 21
bus driver impressed: w87 1/1 5
campsite manager praises: w97 3/1 8
despite price fall: w90 3/1 30
employees: g 2/15 4; g 2/13 15; g 1/12 6-8; w11 4/15 7; g 10/10 6-7
employees refuse to be dishonest: w88 2/15 5
found gold chain turned in: w09 9/15 22
found money returned: g 2/13 15; g 11/13 6, 9; w12 7/15 24-25; w10 3/1 13-14; g 10/10 6, 8; yb09 43; w08 12/15 8; w07 2/15 32; yb07 49; w06 7/15 32; w05 6/1 8; g05 6/8 31; w04 12/1 3, 5; yb04 55; w02 8/15 32; g99 9/22 31; w97 5/1 6; w97 9/15 4; yb97 92-94; kl 120; w94 4/15 19; g93 8/8 9-10; w88 2/15 6; yb88 32-33; w86 11/15 12-14
found valuables returned: ijwex article 12; w16.06 29; yb10 46; w08 2/15 20; yb07 49-50; g05 8/22 31; w04 2/1 32; g03 8/22 32; g00 6/22 32; w97 5/15 29; w96 9/1 32; w95 12/15 27-28; yb95 59-60
found valuables turned in: w11 4/15 8; km 4/11 7; w10 3/15 31-32; yb05 48-49
hotel items returned: w86 11/15 13
hotel manager praises: w97 3/1 8
in business: g 1/12 6, 8; g 10/10 8-9
insurance company advises hiring Witnesses: w88 2/15 5
island villagers come to respect Witnesses: w93 5/1 27
judge praises Witnesses: yb15 156-157
known for: w86 11/15 13
lost money left tied to tree: g95 6/22 31
notary public praises: w90 2/15 28
overpayment returned: w12 10/1 6; w02 2/15 32
pay for previous parking: g86 12/22 25-26
police believe Witness about counterfeit bill: yb05 50
police sergeant recognizes: w88 2/15 6
poor widow with five young children: w10 3/1 12-14
receives top post in diamond industry: w93 5/1 7
refuses stolen exam papers: yb01 52
refuses to steal: g 2/13 15; w10 3/1 13-14
refuse to loot: yb93 44
saves supplier costly error: w01 2/1 6
secretary: g88 1/22 30
signed blank check returned: w02 9/15 20
soldiers respect: w90 7/1 7
town official reassures telephone engineer: g88 1/22 18-19
trusted to deposit $2,000: km 5/95 1; w88 2/15 6
watchman returns excess vacation pay: yb93 45
joy: w95 1/15 11-15; w91 1/1 3-7
from having found the truth: w95 4/15 7-9
justice: w98 8/1 5-6
kindness:
accident victims helped: w21.01 24-25; g04 8/8 13
care for Witness with terminal illness: w09 9/15 20
elderly lady allowed to see doctor first: km 8/03 1; w02 1/15 19-20
opposed neighbor’s wall rebuilt: w09 6/15 9
political prisoner touched: yb08 131-132
seats at convention given up: w09 2/15 21
stranded people helped: g 11/13 8
woman helped to pull out bamboo: yb02 61
love: lff lesson 19; w18.01 29-30; w16.06 24; w09 11/15 20; w02 11/1 11; wt 144; w01 3/1 9; g98 10/22 6-7; g97 9/8 9-11; w95 6/15 7-8; jv 304-317, 710-712; w89 1/1 23, 26-28; w88 2/1 19
abandoned 12-year-old cared for: g95 7/22 21-24
abandoned man put up for night: yb05 50-51
accommodate Witness and non-Witness: yb99 18
assist in caring for ill Witness: w03 11/1 32
assisting AIDS victims: w05 8/15 29; g95 7/22 11-12
assisting bereaved: g05 10/22 31; w98 7/15 32
assisting non-Witness disaster victims: g93 1/8 17-18, 20-21
assisting those with special needs: w03 7/15 4-6; w86 11/15 23
assisting Witness having rheumatoid arthritis: yb08 25-26
assisting Witness whose wife dies: w97 10/1 32
at meetings: yb89 225
blind man welcomed: w09 11/15 20
care for parents of terrorist victim: g89 7/22 14
comfort mother who lost daughter in mass shooting: ijwex article 25
comments by onlookers: w07 3/1 6-7
comments by press: w88 6/1 6-7
concentration camps: yb96 88-89; jv 307-308
concern for one another: od 165-167
during persecution: jv 315-317
elderly cared for: w18.09 30; w08 8/15 19; w04 5/15 19; jv 306; w88 7/15 22
for enemies: w01 1/1 17; g98 10/22 7
for Jehovah: w07 3/1 6-7; re 35-36
for one another: w21.10 22; lff lesson 19
groceries bought: w18.08 25; jv 306-307; w92 2/15 18; w86 10/15 17
home-heating building rebuilt: g05 12/8 31
homes built: w03 9/1 28; g89 3/22 27
homes repaired or rebuilt: yb11 159; yb09 208; w06 12/1 28; w03 6/1 5-6; g03 7/8 30; g03 8/8 14; g02 11/22 19-24; g01 10/22 26-27; w00 9/15 32; g00 4/22 16-17; w99 5/15 27-28; w99 6/15 9; g99 3/8 13; g98 10/8 10; w95 10/15 32; w95 12/15 6; jv 310; g93 2/22 31; w91 1/1 28-29; g90 2/22 18-20; w87 11/15 6; w86 10/15 15-16, 19; g86 8/22 23; g86 10/8 21-25
hospitalized foreign Witness cared for: jv 305-306; w87 10/1 5
inactive sister’s belongings moved: w04 6/1 30
interested Jew hosted by Arab family: w97 8/1 16
interest in woman crying by roadside: yb05 50
letter from school directors: g 8/08 29
letter to Yugoslavia branch: g00 11/8 32
orphans of Witness cared for: yb05 44-45
prison camps: g98 10/22 6
relief after volcano erupts: g00 4/22 16-17
relief during war: w91 1/1 25, 27-29
relief for fellow Witnesses during pandemic: hdu article 14
relief for flood and earthquake victims: yb06 19-20; w05 11/15 32
relief for hurricane survivors: yb15 138-140; w09 1/15 15-16; w09 9/15 19-20; g 10/09 23; g 8/08 16-19; yb03 134, 136; g99 6/8 14-20; jv 712; g93 1/8 16-21
relief for refugees: yb06 193, 195
relief supplies: w99 6/15 8; w93 2/1 20-24; w91 1/1 6; g87 7/8 27
rescue girl abandoned to die alongside street: w07 2/15 11
risks life carrying bomb away: w99 11/15 29-30
Rwanda refugees: yb96 255
sees love outside Kingdom Hall: yb11 248-249
shown by neutrality: pc 27-28; w90 2/1 22-23; sh 344-348
van purchased to bring cerebral palsy victims to meetings: w86 10/15 18
war victims cared for: w00 12/15 9-10
widow with nine children assisted: w90 10/15 24
within congregation: w99 5/15 25-28
wood cut: w92 2/15 18
manners:
bus driver commends: yb06 28
morality: w23.07 15; w14 9/15 10; w13 7/1 6; w94 4/15 17; w88 5/1 17-18; w87 10/15 6-7
changes made to become Witnesses: g96 10/8 10-11; g90 6/8 9; w87 10/15 7
progressive refinements: kr 108, 110-117
orderliness: w20.10 23
peaceableness: w97 4/15 14-16; w94 1/15 5-6; w87 10/1 5; g86 2/22 11-12
racial harmony: w07 7/1 6, 8-9; jt 24; ba 25; w93 9/15 6; g93 8/22 11; g90 12/8 8-10; rs 305; br78 24
Barbados: yb89 155
Bosnia and Herzegovina: yb09 193
England: w02 7/1 26-27
Hutu and Tutsi (Africa): w13 7/1 5; yb12 207, 215-217, 222, 225; w98 4/1 18-19; yb97 49; w96 11/1 17-18, 32
international volunteers: jv 339
Kosovo: yb09 234-235, 238; w05 10/15 20; yb00 57-58
letter from ex-Buddhist: yb93 57-58
Malawi: yb99 167
Sinhalese and Tamils: w01 9/15 9
South Africa: w17.08 17-18, 23; w89 7/1 10-14; w88 7/15 22; g88 6/22 8-10; w86 7/1 30; g86 1/22 21-22; g86 7/22 6-11
turning point for Bible student: w94 3/1 31
United States: mwb22.03 13; w21.10 31; w18.05 6, 8; w11 12/15 6
spiritual paradise: w10 2/15 27; w01 3/1 8-11; w91 5/15 16; w87 5/1 17, 20; g87 5/22 15; w86 3/15 20
unity: ijwfq article 44; od 139-140, 162-168; kr 148; w07 12/1 6-7; re 122-123; w05 1/1 6; w04 3/1 6-7; w04 6/1 6; km 12/03 1; w02 1/1 14-15; km 7/02 4; g00 4/22 9-10; w99 1/15 3-4; w98 4/1 18-19; yb94 253-254; g90 12/8 8-10; w89 1/1 26-28; om 136-137, 153-161; Lmn 28-29
basis: bt 113-114; jv 232, 251-252
Brazil: w00 10/15 32
conventions in areas of ethnic strife: w01 9/15 9; g93 12/22 6-13
Cuban emigrants to Costa Rica: yb88 245
despite employment differences: w92 11/1 21
during judgment period: w94 1/1 3-9
Ethiopians and Eritreans: g01 8/8 10
from walking in Jesus’ footsteps: w88 5/1 15-20
India: w01 4/1 8
Kosovo refugees (1999): yb00 57-58
maintaining: od 164-165; w10 5/15 32; w03 7/15 6-7; w96 7/15 15-20; om 156-157; w88 8/15 28-30
remnant and “other sheep”: rr 134-135; w16.07 32; w10 3/15 27-28; w02 2/1 23; w95 7/1 15, 20-25; jv 171; w90 12/15 13-15; w89 1/1 26-28; w89 9/1 13-15, 19-20; ws 50-53, 108-109
resisting sectarianism: re 35-36
Rwanda: yb12 207; w94 12/15 26, 29; g94 12/22 13
South Africa: w17.08 17-18, 23; yb07 174; g86 7/22 6-11
Spain, Portugal, France: w12 1/1 12-15
Ukraine: yb02 172-174
willingness: g01 7/22 9; km 8/95 3-4; w87 8/1 26-29
zeal: w02 1/1 8-9; w88 7/15 11-12
Statements by Others
absorbed in humanity: w94 2/15 6
any country engaged in war that harasses Jehovah’s Witnesses is sure to lose: g93 5/8 9
beliefs:
for them, God’s Word is still alive: w15 9/1 5
best prevention for AIDS is to become: g88 5/8 29; g88 10/8 15
blood transfusions:
have tremendously raised our consciousness about this: g97 7/22 29
it has been proved that your position has scientific support: yb96 22-23
maybe right in refusing blood products: jv 186; w91 6/15 13; g88 5/8 29; g88 10/8 14
patients less likely to be given unnecessary transfusions because of work of Witnesses: g00 1/8 11; g93 11/22 27
spared themselves many headaches: yb99 255
Witnesses are way ahead of us. They are the most knowledgeable about alternatives: g93 11/22 25
children: g94 7/22 27
best bunch of children I’ve ever worked with: w88 1/1 19
polite, responsible, do well in school: w88 5/1 15
citizenship: g99 1/8 9
as non-subversive and peace-loving as a religious body can be: w02 7/15 24; w93 7/1 14; jv 195
cases constitute the bedrock of civil-liberties jurisprudence: jv 699
continue to be leaders in the field of religious liberty and separation of Church and State. All of us continue to benefit: g86 5/8 26
contributed greatly toward expanding liberty of conscience: g99 1/8 9; g96 7/22 5
decent, orderly citizens living up to a high moral code: g92 8/8 11
done more to preserve our freedoms than any other religious group: jv 699
don’t burn draft cards, rise up in rebellion, or engage in sedition: jv 673
excellent influence on appearance of street: g 8/10 5
exemplary, law-abiding citizens: g86 12/22 24
hardworking, sober, thrifty, and God-fearing citizens: w02 11/1 13; w90 4/1 20; gm 182
if all religions were like Witnesses, we would have no murders, burglaries, delinquencies, prisoners, and atomic bombs: kl 134; jv 487-488
law-abiding, scrupulous about paying taxes: w02 11/1 13; g97 8/22 26
model citizens. They pay taxes diligently, tend the sick, battle illiteracy: w99 8/1 7; g99 1/8 9; w94 11/15 28; w90 11/1 25
most honest and the most punctual taxpayers: w96 5/1 17; jv 179; gm 181-182
most loyal citizens anyone could wish for: w96 5/1 17; w91 2/1 21; gm 182
not anti-country, just pro-Jehovah: jv 673
not disloyal Americans. Lead decent, orderly lives, contributing their share to the common good: jv 672
not tax agitators: w90 11/1 24
obedience to the laws can be seen in the way they drive as well as in crime statistics: jv 179; gm 181-182
only exception [to tax evasion]: w94 11/15 28
over a hundred years, not a single country able to prove criminal acts: g01 4/22 15
pay their taxes, some of the most honest citizens: w91 2/1 21
peace-loving, conscientious, respectful toward authorities: g99 1/8 9; w98 1/1 15
perfectly submissive to the authorities: w93 7/1 14
quiet citizens and honest taxpayers: w98 3/15 10
service to the cause of religious freedom: jv 699
signal service to democracy: jt 8; g96 7/22 5; g91 12/8 24; br78 8
sincerely interested in helping others: w96 11/15 32
tax-paying, law-abiding citizens: w87 2/15 25
we are put to shame by Witnesses: jv 467
we could use such unselfish people in the highest political functions—but we are never going to get them there: jv 195
clear, explicit system of order to apply to daily life: g00 7/8 10
conduct: g 4/07 27; w02 11/1 12-13; wt 144
abide by their religious training: w97 5/15 29
act as they say, and they say what the Bible commands: w94 11/15 8
behind everything a Witness does lies a Scriptural reason: jv 123
conform to Scriptural principles of conduct: w93 6/15 22-23
distinctive mark of a caring relationship: jv 510
embodies virtues essential to continued existence of a democratic state: brfi 3
if all tried to live as they do, world would be absolutely different: w02 7/15 25; g00 2/22 31
if they were the only people in the world, we would not have to bolt doors: g97 10/8 11
most gracious group of people: km 4/10 6
no disorders or lack of cooperation: jv 336
one of the best-behaved groups in the world: w95 12/15 28; w92 3/15 12; w91 11/15 14
only group that has managed to convince me of God’s love and the power of His gospel through your living: gm 186
practice religiously what they learn: w91 11/15 14; w86 9/1 7
you are the way God expects us to be: w99 1/15 32
you keep your promises: jv 179
you practice what you preach: g92 10/22 32
despite everything, you do look quite normal: yb96 53
education surpasses everything I have experienced: g86 12/22 27
family life: w02 11/1 9-10; g00 6/22 7
greater success than those of other denominations in maintaining stable marital unions: g99 1/8 9; w94 4/15 16; gm 182
happy husband of a charming wife: w99 9/1 32
offer a wide range of practical advice: jd 124
flag salute:
to the majority the objections of the Witnesses were as unintelligible as the objections of the Christians in the Roman Empire: jv 197-198
growth: w01 4/1 16; w92 8/15 32
hold on to what you have: w98 9/1 29
if they did not exist, we would do well to invent them: g00 6/8 28
I’m a Jehovah’s Bystander: w88 2/1 20; w88 3/15 11-12
I wish the world was full of: w02 11/1 13
kindness:
hold out hand to sufferers no matter what religion: w03 5/1 23; w02 1/15 32
law:
we all owe them a debt of gratitude: bt 200
like early Christians:
come as close as any group to approximating the primitive Christian community: jv 234; g88 8/8 11
hard not to be reminded of the early Church: g95 1/22 23
principles remind us of the early Christians: jv 677
revival and reestablishment of primitive Christianity: w98 10/15 7; g98 10/22 6; g94 10/22 6-7; g93 4/22 6; g87 2/8 27
trouble in which early Christians found themselves not unlike trouble in which Witnesses found themselves: jv 677
misrepresentation:
I really do not understand why people tell such lies about them: w04 8/15 12; w94 2/15 5; g92 12/22 28
negative things attributed become nonexistent when one observes: w87 1/1 29
presented to us as underground sect sitting in darkness, slaughtering children and killing themselves: w94 2/15 5
morality:
adhere to their beliefs with great fidelity, even when costly: jv 179
an example to us: jv 467
group most distinct from others: w94 4/15 17
honest, command respect for integrity: w02 11/1 12-13
honesty and integrity a constant: jv 673
I have never known one to lie: g88 8/8 25
insist upon high moral code: w12 3/1 5; w94 2/15 6
moral ideals enter into their daily way of life: jv 179; w90 4/1 20-21; gm 182
only ones who have remained moral: yb92 103
practice what they preach: jv 179; g92 10/22 32
promiscuity and polygamy simply inconceivable: g92 8/8 11
promote strong family ties, develop honest citizens: w13 7/1 6
remarkable moral values: jv 172
teach their children high moral principles: g 8/10 4
tremendous moral strength: w15 9/1 4; w94 2/15 6; g91 3/8 25
well-founded principles from which they do not deviate: km 12/99 1; w98 2/15 29
would rather die than steal: jd 77
Nazism:
against all odds, Witnesses in the camps met and prayed together, produced literature and made converts: jv 663
all who saw them die were deeply moved, and even the execution squad itself was affected: jv 663
beam of light in a dark age: g97 6/22 14
Christian martyrs, unshakable opposition against coercion of conscience: g95 8/22 14; g93 5/8 4
collective and uncompromising defiance that commands respect: w11 10/1 14
commanded eventually even the respect of the SS: jv 664
conduct embodies virtues essential today: w12 12/15 23
could have been immediately freed: w05 8/15 30
did not cooperate with any facet: pc 27-28; re 39
did not doubt their own roots, for their faith had been evident since the time of Abel: jv 665; w86 9/1 21
faith in God and trust in promises of Bible gave strength to resist: g97 6/22 15
gained respect of all inmates, even SS: g 8/07 30
Nazi objection was their political neutrality: g98 11/22 13; jv 194; g87 4/22 10
Nazis panicked: w86 9/1 21
nicest group [in concentration camps] were Witnesses. They did marvelous things for other people: jv 179
no other sect displayed the same determination in the face of Gestapo terrorism: w90 8/1 19
oh, that everyone had been like Jehovah’s Witnesses!: w95 9/1 32
one of the most remarkable stories: g93 11/8 19
only major conscientious objectors in the Third Reich: w15 9/1 4; w09 6/1 14-15
only religion that completely refused to accede: w05 8/15 30
ordinary people who stood firm: w05 8/15 30
persecuted on religious grounds only: jv 660; w86 6/15 27
persecution till death struck just them: w00 4/1 25
refused any cooperation with the Nazi state: g95 8/22 14; w93 2/1 5; g87 4/22 6
refused to have anything to do with: w04 2/15 6-7
rejected National Socialism with greater determination than the Christian churches: w01 6/1 21
similar to early Christians: g 4/06 11
solid ideological force: w93 2/1 5; jv 663; g89 4/8 14-15
strength of character inspired by faith: w99 10/15 32
surprisingly, for the Nazis, they could not be eliminated: g93 5/8 5
testimonies that leave one speechless: w99 10/15 32
this [Jewish] institution acknowledges and admires their faith: g00 4/8 31
time-honored methods of persecution, torture, imprisonment, and ridicule were not resulting in the conversion of any Witnesses: jv 664; w86 9/1 21
tiny island of unflagging resistance: g98 11/22 13; jv 663; g89 4/8 14-15
we Christians stand ashamed before them: w97 1/1 32; ba 25
we hold in honor the memory of these people: g97 6/22 14
won their battle against Nazism: w93 2/1 5; jv 663; g89 4/8 14-15
neutrality:
completely apolitical: g92 12/22 27
consistently maintained “Christian neutrality”: g 6/11 8-9; g97 4/22 11; w88 2/1 19
died because they refused war and declined to fire on human beings: g95 8/22 14; g93 4/22 7
faith prohibits the use of weapons against humans: jv 195
how different the world would be if we all woke up one morning firmly decided not to take up arms again, just like Jehovah’s Witnesses!: g98 10/22 6; w95 7/1 32; w87 10/1 5
if only Witnesses lived on earth then wars would not break out anywhere: g94 10/22 7
largest community in world that objects to wars: g 1/11 8
most innocent and blamelessly apolitical: g97 5/8 22
most notable thing is insistence upon primary allegiance to God: jv 677
political “neutrals” since they belong to another world: w86 9/1 20-21
ready to face death rather than violate Thou shalt not kill: jv 195
reject all sophistries by which war is justified: g97 5/8 22
should be admired: jv 195
Soviet government sees an ideology that undermines loyalty to the state: g87 4/22 10
Soviet Witnesses resist participation in military service, elections: g87 4/22 10
stand outside the “establishment”: g93 4/22 7
we Christians stand ashamed before them: w97 1/1 32; ba 25
we could use, in the highest political functions—but never get them there: w15 9/1 4
World War II would never have happened: w98 12/1 6
persecution:
harassed and persecuted by governments the world over: jv 10
I can’t understand why you were persecuted: g93 12/22 12
lots of dictators have tried to suppress them and failed: jv 672
principal victims in U.S. in 20th century: jv 10; g88 6/8 22
preaching: w00 4/1 10
always have the Bible in hand: g87 3/22 5
article of faith: w12 3/1 9
Church of England needs people going around like Witnesses: g 8/10 4
cover earth with witnessing: w04 4/15 6-7; w01 2/15 27; jv 158; w88 2/1 18-19
difference is the result of their zealous evangelizing: w88 7/15 11-12
do not force anything on anybody; everyone is free to accept or reject what they say: w97 3/1 6-7
first place in fervor, zeal, activism, ability to make proselytes: g87 3/22 6
first to live the faith they preach: g87 3/22 6
follow the apostolic tactic of going from house to house: rs 206
fundamental obligation of each Witness: g 4/07 27
like a new episode in the drama of the New Testament: g97 3/8 25
main goal is preaching and teaching: w16.05 10
message helps overcome anxiety: g87 3/22 5
missionary focus overwhelms all other concerns: w16.05 11
only religion that seems to care: w13 5/15 9; g99 8/8 31
people who talk about Christ or carry a Bible: w99 12/15 32
so stupid that they all gave the same answer: w16.05 9
speak with Paul’s outspokenness: w88 7/15 11-12
we Pentecostals have holy spirit, but you do the work: w97 1/1 12
what worries the clergy is their making converts: jv 495
qualities:
admire their dedication, wholesomeness, outstanding example of human behavior and healthful living: w90 4/1 20; gm 181; w88 11/15 7
always stick to what has been agreed to: w14 2/15 23
amazed at cleanliness and orderliness: g93 12/22 11
attitude of Witnesses testifies to their caliber: w02 7/15 25; w95 12/15 27
attractive, very friendly, and completely apolitical: g92 12/22 27
beauty and harmony: g93 12/22 11-12
bursting with good qualities, almost free from the bad: w95 12/15 29
characterized by many beautiful and socially desirable features: w94 11/15 8
clean, disciplined, and organized: jv 179
dependability, equanimity, integrity, solidarity: w17.08 17
genuine community of trust and acceptance: g 9/10 9
great group, meliorists: w07 12/15 32
great love for people: g 8/08 29
hardworking, honest, God-fearing: w93 6/15 23; w87 1/15 9
honest, courteous, and industrious: w94 2/15 6
how wonderful your organization is!: w86 9/1 7
I am already in the new world: yb94 8-9
I have never met one of Jehovah’s Witnesses I haven’t liked: g93 9/8 32
I have never met so many friendly and warmhearted people: g97 3/8 22-23
I have never seen this place so clean: w94 1/1 7
in African society, Witnesses become exceptional people: g92 8/8 11
incredibly reliable, do not drink, do not smoke; relentless workers and of rare honesty (Himmler): g93 4/22 7
inner strength that is hard to understand: g96 8/22 26-27
it seems to me you have come from another planet: g93 12/22 11-12
love for neighbor, refusal of power, nonviolence and personal honesty: w90 4/1 20-21
loving: w01 3/1 9; g87 7/8 27
most honest people: g99 1/8 9; w87 2/15 20
most tolerant, while not compromising their principles: w94 1/1 19
normal, smiling people, even better than many people I know: w94 2/15 5
not fanatics: w94 2/15 6
only ones who truly love one another, not just say so: w06 6/15 11
open-minded, reasonable, remarkable knowledge of Bible: yb88 59-60
peaceful and calm, and they love one another very much: w94 2/15 5
peacefulness: g97 10/8 10-11
polite, responsible, do well in school: w88 5/1 15
practical orientation towards life: g86 4/8 17
profound kindness, love, gentleness: g00 6/22 7
such open faces: yb94 8-9
such traits make even a man without many skills a useful employee: w94 4/15 14
this truly has to be the Christian love the Bible speaks of: jv 712
unusually joyful and well balanced: km 2/02 1
upright and diligent: g99 1/8 9; w87 1/15 9
warmth and a sense of brotherhood and solidarity: w94 4/15 15; g87 3/22 5
what people! It’s like being in a new world: g93 12/22 12
where does this love come from?: jv 309
willing spirit is almost unbelievable: g88 4/22 19
you are all just normal people trying to do what you feel is right: g94 5/8 32
you have a wonderful faith: g96 8/22 27
you have something wonderful: g93 12/22 11
your brothers truly love you: yb96 255
you really love one another: jv 309; w91 1/1 28
shrewd criticism of Darwinism: w94 9/1 6
solved the problem of remaining ‘in’ secular society without also being ‘of’ it: g87 4/22 10
unity: w00 10/15 32
all sitting together, not in cliques: w02 11/15 15; w99 11/15 32
‘brothers and sisters,’ they really mean it: jv 316
example of how people can work and live together: jt 24; jv 282; br78 24
if we had the same spirit, we would have solved our problems long ago: yb07 174; yb95 11
I left feeling upbuilt by the unity: g02 5/22 13
I’ve never seen a happy mingling of so many diverse peoples: g93 12/22 11
mark of true Christianity: w04 3/1 7
more successful than any other group in the speed with which they eliminate tribal discrimination: rs 305
only group who can have the whites and the blacks together: yb95 8
only organization I know that is not divided: w06 7/15 19
praiseworthy unity of faith seems to distinguish them: w93 6/15 22-23; w87 1/1 29
racial discrimination not a problem: g87 2/8 27
racial equality: rs 305
racial unself-consciousness: rs 305
show the mass media what is happening—Serbians, Croats, Slovenians, Montenegrins in peace: g00 4/22 9; g93 12/22 6
whites, blacks, browns, and yellows whose hearts were transparent because they were brothers and sisters: yb93 58
you are really united: g93 12/22 11
you really do have a solid brotherhood. Your religion is the best there is: g94 12/22 13
whatever part of the world you live in, it is difficult not to meet: g88 2/8 11
worship:
an authentic recovery, a correct recovery: g88 1/22 21-22
as regards ministry, they top all others: w98 3/15 10
based on authority of the Bible: g 1/11 8; w94 2/15 7
based on the teachings of the Bible: w93 6/15 23; w87 1/15 9
besides belonging to Jehovah, one has to be a witness: w92 12/15 6
clergy class and distinctive titles are prohibited: w94 2/15 7
dedicated Witness has no choice but to get deeply involved: w88 3/15 11-12
did not doubt their own roots, for their faith had been evident since the time of Abel: jv 665; w86 9/1 21
difficult to find any group who work as hard at their religion: w92 3/15 12
experts who accuse teachings actually accuse the Bible: yb08 251
focus on Bible study: w94 2/15 7
know their teachings and arrange whole life in accordance with their religious beliefs: g93 12/22 7, 10
made up of former activists of different religions, mostly Catholics: w93 6/15 22-23; w87 1/1 29
make no concessions to a changing world: w00 4/1 10
most notable thing is insistence upon primary allegiance to God: jv 677
new Witnesses study Bible harder than most Christians: sg 12
put the Word of God into practice: w02 2/1 30
recognize Bible as wholly, literally and exclusively true: sg 95
regard Bible as only source: w12 3/1 4
teachings give dignity to people: g 8/10 5
teachings supported by Scripture: w94 2/15 7
their one basic tenet is recognition of the Bible as true: jv 123
their religion is the most precious thing they have, and their only concern is to share it with others: w91 11/1 31
the ones practicing true Christianity: yb94 156
way of reading the Bible evidently meets real needs that other theologies no longer fill: g87 3/22 6
Word of God governs their entire life: g86 12/22 25
working, announcing, presenting what they have experienced: w92 12/15 6