BIBLE STUDIES
(See also Bible Study Reports; Field Ministry; Service Reports)
accepting refreshments: w61 363
additional reading: km 3/69 8
advertising folder: km 1/69 8; km 10/69 4; km 10/68 3; km 12/68 1
at school: w77 733
attitude of Witness: km 5/77 8; km 8/76 1, 3; km 1/74 4
being friends of: km 2/78 1, 7; km 11/77 1-2; km 8/76 1; km 8/71 3
benefits: km 7/81 3; g75 10/22 14-15; w71 107; g69 4/22 29; w67 228, 668; w65 606
Bible precedent: qm 211; w66 81, 303; qm55 211
causes of indifference: yb65 174; w63 563
clergy recognize value: g66 12/8 11; g65 5/22 16
coming to know Jehovah: w74 339
conducted by women:
when head covering is required: uw 122
conducting anytime: km 1/74 4; km 11/73 6; km 7/66 2
consolidating: qm 224; qm55 224
continuing after baptism: km 3/83 4; km 2/77 3; km 8/77 4; qm 219; yl 99; mg63 16; qm55 219
continuing studies started with booklets: km 3/76 8
directing to Jehovah’s organization: km 2/85 1-2; w84 11/1 14-18; km 7/84 2; km 8/82 1-3; km 9/82 1, 3; km 10/82 7; w74 338; w73 406; or 124; qm 215-218; yl 97, 200-201; w66 303-305; km 3/66 2; km 4/66 3; ms 270-281; w64 272; g59 4/22 18-19; w58 541; w56 732; qm55 215-218
explaining the meetings: km 9/82 3
helping to attend meetings: km 6/84 1
discontinuing: w71 85; km 2/70 4; km 3/70 4
discussing the matter of contributions with Bible students: km 9/82 3
discussion: km 6/83 4; km 12/82 1, 4; km 4/79 1-2; km 2/78 1, 7; km 4/77 4; km 5/77 8; km 5/76 7; km 7/76 4; km 8/76 1, 3; km 10/76 1-2; or 121-125; km 11/72 5-6; qm 211-214; qm55 211-214; ta 183-185; g45 6/6 30
encouragement for those who discontinued: w76 220-222
experiences:
accept study to prove Witnesses wrong: g84 7/22 20-21; w81 7/1 9-10; yb80 186-188
accommodating difficult schedule: yb70 273-274; yb66 104-105
additional reading: yb71 283; yb70 258; w69 347-349
advertising folder: yb71 72, 94-95, 170-171; yb70 85, 91; km 10/69 4
alcoholic: g82 7/22 15
appreciating privilege of conducting: yb67 114; yb64 136
arousing interest in next study: yb68 261-262
arranging study with meeting attenders: km 10/71 7; yb70 293-294; yb68 108-109
atheists: g83 7/22 24-27; yb71 79; yb67 287; yb62 256-257; yb61 276-277
Bible reading awakens spiritual need: w76 112
blind-deaf girl: g78 12/22 13-17
blind persons: km 8/79 1, 3; yb70 99; yb67 207; yb62 107
brings happiness: g73 7/22 19
Buddhists: yb63 274, 276; yb61 258-259
building appreciation: yb71 246-247; w69 342; yb69 210; yb67 222; yb66 234; yb65 174-175
Burmese Catholic: g78 7/8 5-7
bus: yb70 231-232
Catholics: yb71 126-127; yb70 123-126, 128-130, 136-137; g68 1/22 7; g68 4/8 7; g68 4/22 28-29; g68 9/22 16; yb67 94, 120-121, 212-214, 216-217, 231-232, 239, 241, 261, 279; yb62 140; yb61 74, 127-128, 270-271
chain reaction: yb71 156, 165-167; yb70 96-97, 181, 226-227; g69 3/8 19
children: yb75 13-14; km 11/73 5; g71 4/8 23; w70 630; yb70 93-94, 228; km 7/70 4; yb69 220; yb68 192, 224; yb67 276-277, 290; yb66 208-209; yb65 120-121, 227; w64 683; yb63 190; yb62 131, 262; yb61 238-239
children instrumental in starting: km 5/79 7
circuit overseer: yb69 73
clergymen: w79 7/15 19; w75 650; w72 381; yb70 272, 275; yb69 89-90, 148; g69 4/22 27-28; yb67 311; yb62 143-144
clergy opposition overcome: w80 5/1 30
combination Bible study with Truth book and Bible Stories book: w81 4/1 28
communists: yb66 97-98; yb65 258; yb61 278
conducting many: yb69 94-96
conduct of student changes: g73 4/22 26-28; w71 209; yb71 78, 116-117, 229, 286-287, 304; w70 356, 359, 758; yb70 142-143, 152, 159, 266, 270; w69 347, 360, 446-447, 572-573; yb69 82, 85, 200-201, 207-208, 220, 237-238, 272-273; g69 5/22 20-23; w68 382; yb68 149, 231-232; g68 11/8 23; yb67 157, 159, 209, 213-214, 307; yb66 179; yb65 83-84, 220-221, 236-237, 251; g65 6/22 20-23; yb64 278-279; yb63 226-227; w61 171; yb61 212-213
continuing when Witness moves: yb70 88-89, 214
couples each aid 250-300 persons to dedication: km 4/77 4; km 8/76 1, 3
deaf: yb71 211-212; yb70 85; yb66 138-139; yb64 93
directing interest to organization: w70 339; yb67 89, 203-204, 226-227, 270, 295; yb65 160; yb64 89, 213, 267-268; yb63 173, 224-225; yb62 78-79; yb61 237
discontinuing: yb71 83-84, 189, 240-241, 261-262, 271-272; yb68 242-243
drug trafficker: yb78 13-14; g77 12/8 22
effect of three Bible studies: w83 12/15 13
effort to have: g70 1/22 8
encouraging meeting attendance: w78 8/15 32
explaining importance of baptism: yb63 89
family study: w70 630; yb68 247, 253
family united by: w80 8/1 32
former enemies united: yb71 305-306
freed from spiritism: g80 12/8 8-12
friends become interested: yb71 181, 289
fruitfulness of one pioneer: w78 6/1 25
girl with undeveloped arms: w78 2/15 6
helps break excessive habits: g81 1/8 8
hippies: g80 5/22 26-27
hospitals: yb63 80, 169; yb62 116; yb61 90
illiterate conductor: km 11/73 6
illiterate students: yb84 252-253; yb71 117-118; yb68 91-92; yb65 71, 82; yb64 231, 242; yb61 79, 257
importance of regularity: yb66 145-146
impressed by use of Bible: w78 6/1 22-23
including other family members: km 11/73 5; yb71 203, 212-213, 293-294; yb70 174; yb69 71-72, 92, 131; yb68 231; yb67 204, 268, 271; yb66 86-87; yb65 103, 110; g65 4/8 19; w64 118; yb64 84-85, 101, 109-110, 133-134, 272; yb63 138-139, 163-164, 288-289; yb62 100, 197
interested ones seek: w81 3/1 10; w71 383; yb71 87, 117-118, 172-173, 255, 315-316; w70 424; yb70 284; yb68 95, 102, 139, 248; g67 11/22 25
inviting students to attend meetings: yb71 83, 133-134; yb70 284-285; g70 9/8 20-21; w69 348; yb67 270; yb64 189-190; yb63 72
inviting students to share in ministry: yb68 78-79, 236; yb65 198; yb64 268-269; yb63 85
island of Raiatéa: w84 1/1 29
Jesuit learns truth: w82 11/15 10-15
literature copied: g70 1/8 20
maidservant offers to pay for a Bible study: yb84 23, 30
marriage saved: w83 12/15 29; w74 317
Muslims: yb63 164; yb62 265-266
neighbors become interested: g69 5/22 15; yb67 232, 246-247, 295; yb66 269; w65 254; yb63 89
new ones conduct: yb70 188-189; g69 11/8 26
older persons: km 11/73 5; yb71 203; yb70 99, 132, 157, 275; w69 702-703; yb69 151-153; yb68 81; yb67 92, 219, 305; yb66 73; yb65 182-183; yb64 132-133, 223
opposition: yb71 260, 298-299; yb70 85, 92-93, 105-107, 296; yb68 267-268; yb67 88, 163-164, 196, 201, 226, 237, 257-258, 261-262, 283-284; yb66 122-123; yb65 69-70, 73, 143, 216; yb64 214, 221-222, 258-259, 268, 285-286; yb63 87, 163-164, 209; yb62 100, 144-146, 243, 267-268; yb61 142-143, 218, 227, 252-253, 268
patience: yb70 147; yb69 161-162; yb68 81; g68 5/22 24; yb67 203-204, 257-258, 263; yb66 81-82, 126-127; yb65 103, 177, 238-239; yb64 154, 208; yb63 163-164, 215; yb62 140, 190-191, 218; yb61 233
persons listening in on: yb71 204-205, 298-299
physical benefits: w69 358
prayer: w68 714; yb67 222; yb65 234
preparing for opposition: yb69 69; yb68 119-120; yb67 226
Presbyterian learns truth: g82 8/22 19-20
prison inmate on death row: w81 5/15 3, 8
prisons: yb86 11; g81 7/22 14; w78 3/15 6, 9; w78 5/15 10; yb78 203, 207, 211-212; g77 5/8 5-11; g75 4/22 25-28; yb68 233, 240; yb65 108-109; yb63 282-283; yb61 177, 232; w59 637-638; g59 4/8 24; w58 108; w57 683; w56 510; w55 239
providential care: w69 158
rapid advancement: g80 5/22 26-27; g80 12/8 19; g78 6/8 15; w75 181; g73 2/22 24; w71 221-222; yb71 78-79, 122-123, 131-134, 156, 170-171, 181, 209-210, 307-308; g71 5/8 7; w70 138; yb70 92-93, 106-107, 119-121, 193-194, 196, 200-201, 216; w69 347-349, 574; yb69 53, 71-72, 82-83, 90, 125-126, 245, 257; yb68 104, 139-140, 144-145, 220; g68 8/22 23; yb67 217, 219-220, 226-227, 283, 295; km 12/67 4; yb66 73, 232-233; yb65 93-94, 149-150, 223; yb64 142, 159, 162, 173, 184, 189-190, 195, 214, 224-225, 251, 257, 261, 269-270, 273; g64 1/22 11; g64 5/22 23; yb63 107, 115-116, 141, 179-180, 184-185, 198, 202, 227, 266-267; yb61 104, 126-128, 140, 180, 223, 257-258, 272
referrals: yb71 165, 217-218, 299
rekindling interest: yb71 177, 192-193, 233-234, 282; yb70 89; yb69 79-80, 156, 251; yb68 101-102; yb64 232-233
request for a Bible study: w81 1/1 25
secret police agent: w80 8/15 32
six-month program: yb70 90-91, 193-194, 237-238, 241, 247, 287
starting on first call: km 6/73 2; yb71 207; yb70 241; yb67 64-65, 79, 99-100, 223-224, 267-268, 275, 290-291; yb65 160, 234; yb64 142, 213; yb62 247-248
student conducts Bible studies with fellow students and teachers: w84 4/1 30
studies by letter: w80 4/1 10; yb70 261-262, 296-297; yb69 207-208; yb67 65-66, 190-191, 224-225, 236, 248; yb66 130-131, 153-154, 206; yb65 62-63, 68, 180-181; w64 662; yb64 92, 99, 103, 137, 150, 185; yb63 164, 224; yb62 246, 250; yb61 76-77
studying with one’s relatives: g73 2/22 24; yb67 185, 301, 303-304; w65 457-458
tape recording study: yb62 231
teaching moral requirements: yb66 197, 268; yb61 220, 235
traveling great distances: yb71 197; yb70 177-178; yb67 114, 269-270; yb66 165-166; g66 12/22 15; yb65 156
underground activity: yb71 260; yb65 267
under rocks: yb68 247
use of Bible alone: km 11/73 4; yb70 232; yb67 135-136, 185; yb62 72-73
use of Braille literature: g77 4/8 19
use of informal witnessing to start: w84 11/1 8
woman advertises for Bible reader: w66 510-511
woman returns to church: w70 501
young Witnesses conduct study: w82 1/1 24; km 8/73 4; yb71 129, 150-151, 178, 207, 247, 264, 279; yb70 93-94; yb69 94-95; w68 107; yb67 93, 109, 276-277; yb66 117-118, 167; yb65 144; w64 663; yb64 108-109, 200-201; yb63 90-91, 207, 266; yb62 108-109; yb61 94, 199
family: km 10/83 1-2; km 7/82 1, 3; tr 174, 176-177; w78 2/1 6-7; km 2/78 2; km 7/76 4; w74 85-87; km 2/73 7-8; km 1/72 7-8; w71 104-107; w71 532; w71 555-556; w71 585-586; km 5/71 3; g69 6/8 6-7; km 11/69 4; w68 110-113, 166; yb68 224, 247, 253; yl 67-68; km 8/66 4; km 12/66 1, 3
how to report: km 6/83 4
field ministry:
preparing students for: km 4/85 1
starting students in: km 4/85 1-2; km 6/84 1, 4; km 7/76 4; w74 340; km 7/72 4; w69 149; qm 218-222; yl 98; w66 369; w65 274-275; qm55 218-222
when a Bible student can be counted as a publisher: km 4/81 2, 4
good manners when conducting: km 8/84 3
handling problems:
lack of preparation on student’s part: km 6/77 2-3
when the person wishes to stop the study: km 6/77 2
Harp of God studies: yb75 128
head covering: uw 122; w64 201-202, 206-207; w60 191-192; w51 543-544
hearts reached: w84 8/1 13-17; w77 280; w74 338-339
including other members of student’s family: km 8/76 1; km 9/69 4
indecisive ones: km 1/74 3; km 7/72 4
locations for: w75 181
method used: km 11/77 1-2; or 122-125; w69 140-143; qm 212-213; yl 94-95; km 2/66 7; km 11/66 8; w65 605; qm55 212-213
need: w75 180-181; yl 189-190; w65 605
number (appears in Yearbook chart by country each year):
United States: km 2/77 4
worldwide: w85 1/1 25; yb77 31; km 4/77 3-4; w76 23
objective when witnessing: km 5/77 8
opposition: km 12/82 4; w74 339-340; w69 47; w64 485-486
preparing for: w74 339-340; w69 47
overcoming foreign-language problem: w79 10/1 11
pastoral work: yb75 85-86; jp 66, 98; w55 204
personal interest in students: km 11/77 1-2
prayer: qm 212; yl 94-95; w64 206-207; qm55 212
to obtain: w80 4/1 32; w80 11/15 32
to open and close: km 3/85 3; km 4/77 4
preparation: km 3/85 3; w70 137-138; qm 211; w58 89, 407; qm55 211
prison: jp 84
purpose: qm 214-215; yl 92, 98; w65 606-607; w64 251; w61 462, 465; w59 718; w58 540-542; qm55 214-215; w50 72-73, 100-101
questions:
asking: w84 8/15 24-25; km 12/83 3; km 4/77 4
referrals: km 11/69 3-4
regularity: km 5/69 4
reporting: km 7/74 4; or 127; yl 106-107, 131-132, 197; km 8/66 4; w55 708; qm55 335
disposition of reports: km 3/81 4
studies with baptized persons: km 8/77 4
studies with one’s own unbaptized children: km 11/84 3; km 6/83 4
responding to what is learned: km 8/76 1, 3; w70 137-139; w69 309-312
sharing with students: km 2/78 1, 7
six-month program: yb75 239-240; g75 10/22 14; w69 309-312; km 2/69 8; km 5/69 3; km 9/68 8
starting: km 6/83 4; km 10/80 1, 8; km 4/79 2; km 5/79 1, 7; km 3/77 2; km 4/77 3-4; km 5/77 8; km 3/76 8; km 7/76 4; km 10/76 1-2; km 1/75 4; km 11/73 3-6; or 122; km 1/72 8; km 2/72 8; km 11/72 6; km 2/71 8; km 5/71 4; km 7/71 3; km 10/71 7; km 2/70 1, 3; km 9/70 4; km 1/69 8; yb68 209; km 11/68 8; km 12/68 4; yl 93; km 1/67 4; km 6/67 4; km 11/67 8; km 1/66 2; km 4/66 4; km 6/66 4; km 7/66 4; km 8/66 2; km 9/66 3; km 10/66 2
helping one another to start: km 10/79 3
positive steps to take for: km 8/84 1-2
traveling overseers comments on: km 10/76 3
with aid of Kingdom News No. 24: km 8/77 3
with booklet Is There a God Who Cares?: km 1/77 2
with “Kingdom Come” book: km 1/82 4
with Live Forever book: km 2/84 1-2, 4; km 2/83 4
studying two books with all new ones: km 3/83 4; km 2/77 3; km 8/77 4
which one to use as the second book: km 9/83 7
teaching: km 3/85 3; w77 278-280; km 6/77 2; w74 338-340; g74 7/8 4; or 122-125; km 5/72 3; w70 159-160; w69 144-150, 286; km 11/68 7; qm 214; yl 96; w66 367-369; km 3/66 4; w64 272; mg63 26; w62 82, 522; w61 207, 370; qm55 214
building with fire-resistant materials: w84 8/1 8-17
demonstrating personal concern: km 10/83 7
godly qualities: w70 208-220; w69 140-141; w67 671; w66 658-663
improving teaching ability: km 9/83 7
making key points stand out: km 11/83 3
reaching the student’s heart: w84 8/1 13-17; km 4/84 3
use of questions: w84 8/15 24-25; km 12/83 3; km 4/77 4
use of—
Bible only: km 2/76 4; km 9/76 8
Bible Topics for Discussion: km 3/78 4
booklets: km 4/77 3; km 1/76 2; km 4/76 1; km 10/75 1, 8
JW Brochure: km 9/82 1, 3
Reasoning book: km 11/85 7
term “Bible discussion”: km 7/76 4
United in Worship book: km 10/84 7
word “study”: km 10/76 2
with children: tr 174, 176-177; km 7/74 4; w73 559-563; w72 114-117; te 5-6; g69 6/8 6-7; w68 110-113, 166; qm 213-214; w64 139; w62 459; w61 174-175, 323-324; w58 533-534; qm55 213-214; w52 382-383
in broken homes: w77 563
in divided homes: km 1/80 3
of other Witnesses: km 6/83 4; km 8/80 1, 3
reporting study with one’s own: km 11/84 3; km 6/83 4
with inactive ones: km 1/82 3; km 2/82 7; km 4/82 3
conducted by circuit overseer: km 2/82 2