• Highlights of the Past Year
    2011 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses

    • Portugal

      On September 25, 2009, the Ministry of Justice stated that the Association of Jehovah’s Witnesses was unanimously approved as a Long-Standing Religious Community. Jehovah’s Witnesses in Portugal now have the highest judicial and religious classification possible, which will help them to carry out their ministry. Their new legal status will bring numerous benefits to Jehovah’s people. These include having authorized ministers to perform legally recognized marriage ceremonies at Kingdom Halls as well as authorization to enter hospitals and prisons to give spiritual assistance to those who request it.