BETHEL FAMILIES
(See also Bethel Entrants’ School; Bethel Service; Branch Offices of Jehovah’s Witnesses)
(Note centered heading below: List by Place)
appreciation for privileges: w17.07 25-26; w16.08 7; w10 8/15 18; w94 6/15 28-31
assisting members: w14 9/15 31
shepherding visits: mwb23.11 16
attitude of others toward:
not treating as celebrities: w18.09 31
attitude toward assignments: w94 6/15 30
attitude toward Bethel arrangements: w97 8/1 9
attitude toward branch mergers: w14 10/15 25-26
auxiliary pioneer: yb12 7-8; yb91 9
background of members: w10 8/15 18; je 25
Bethel elders: w01 1/15 15
blessings: w94 6/15 30-31
care for older members: w93 9/1 25
Christmas celebration (before 1927): kr 98, 102-103; jv 199-200
cleanness required of: w89 6/1 16-17
discussion: jl lessons 21-22; w10 8/15 17-18
encouragement to serve with: w89 9/1 30; w86 8/1 20
example encourages others: w10 8/15 18-19; w09 6/15 9-10
experiences:
Bethelite and interested person spared violence: w94 5/15 32
breast cancer: w18.12 17-18
caring for husband with Alzheimer’s disease: w08 6/15 5-6
decides to stay at Bethel: w14 12/15 19
dying husband’s advice: w20.11 26
persecutors shut down branch: w19.08 20, 25
press installers impressed: yb05 26-28
repairman changes view of Witnesses: w09 6/15 15
witnessing to robber: g86 9/22 16
family study: w93 9/1 16; w89 12/1 17
financial support: jv 351
first: jv 295
instruction: jv 112-113
life stories:
Abrahamson, Richard (U.S.): w03 11/1 19-25
Adams, Joel (U.S.): w24.12 26-29
Aizawa, Yasushi (Japan): g03 12/8 12-15
Almeida, Manuel de Jesus (Portugal): w99 7/1 23-27
Barber, Carey W. (U.S.): w07 10/15 31
Barry, Melba (U.S.): w01 4/1 24-29
Benanti, Constance (Italy): w05 12/1 13-17
Bentivogli, Irma (Italy): lfs article 15
Beveridge, Eric and Hazel (U.S.): w01 10/1 24-29
Bockaert, Jean-Marie and Danièle (France): w18.12 15-18
Bonno, Arthur and Edith (Ecuador): w11 4/15 29-32
Booth, John C. (U.S.): w96 6/15 32
Breine, Louis and Angèle (France): w21.05 26-30
Brumley, Philip (U.S.): w25.07 26-30
Buckingham, Ted (Britain): w05 6/1 24-28
Campbell, Olga (U.S.): w08 3/1 26-29
Caparelli, Antonio and Dorina (Italy): lfs article 5
Cooke, Tom (Solomon Islands): w04 1/1 22-27
Couch, George (U.S.): w98 8/1 19-24
Coville, Joan (Belgium): w08 10/15 17-20
da Paixão, Agenor (Brazil): w97 2/1 20-23
Davison, Lena (Australia): w07 6/1 16-20
Dickman, Bert and Margaret (U.S.): g99 1/8 18-22
Didur, Lois (Ukraine): w12 3/15 3-6
Dies, Harold (U.S.): g95 5/22 19-23
Dornik, Henryk (Poland): w07 9/1 8-12
Fajardo, Felix (Philippines): w17.12 28-31
Filteau, Marcel (Canada): w00 2/1 25-29
Gillet, Marcel (Belgium): w24.06 14-18
Glass, Ulysses V. (U.S.): w99 8/1 26-31
Gooch, Gwen (Britain): w98 3/1 20-24
Hálová, Jarmila (Czech Republic): g95 4/22 18-24
Hamilton, Milton (Korea): w08 12/15 23-26
Hatzfeld, Robert (U.S.): w94 8/1 21-26
Herd, Samuel F. (U.S.): w18.05 3-8
Hoffmann, Filip S. (Denmark): w02 10/1 23-27
Hyde, Audrey (U.S.): w20.08 7; w04 7/1 23-29
Jackson, Geoffrey (United States): w15 8/15 3-8
Jaracz, Melita (United States): w15 9/15 28-32
Kadlec, Ondřej (Czech Republic): g96 4/22 12-18
Kalin, Vasily (Russia): g99 4/22 20-25
Kaminaris, Michalis (Greece): w97 3/1 20-24
Kerasinis, Maria (Greece): w03 12/1 24-28
Kikot, John (Canada, South Africa, U.S.): w21.07 26-29
King, Fay (Hong Kong, Britain): w04 2/1 23-27
Koshino, Asano (Japan): w03 10/1 24-28
Krömer, Ernst (Nigeria): g04 6/22 18-22
Kuokkanen, Raimo (Finland): w06 4/1 12-16
Kurzen, Russell (U.S.): w01 11/1 19-24
Kushnir, Paul (Netherlands): w07 1/1 12-16
Landis, Robert (Nigeria, Kenya, U.S.): w23.02 26-30
Leroy, Marceau (France): w11 9/15 3-6
Letonja, Anton (Austria): g03 2/8 16-20
Little, Kenneth (Canada): w14 5/15 16-20
Lösch, Gerrit (Austria, U.S.): w14 7/15 17-22
Lozano, Rodolfo (Mexico): w01 1/1 23-27
Lunstrum, David (U.S.): w96 4/1 22-26
Matthews, Arthur and Olive (Ireland, Britain): w17.10 3-6
Melnik, Anatoly (Kazakhstan): g04 10/22 11-15
Mills, Woodworth (Nigeria, U.S.): w19.02 30
Molohan, Charles (U.S.): w18.10 17-21
Morris, Anthony III (U.S.): w15 5/15 3-8
Moseley, Pamela (Bolivia): w07 2/1 12-15
Mydland, Ottilie (Norway): w97 10/1 21-25
O’Brien, Terrence (Australia): w09 11/1 26-28
Obrist, Paul (Switzerland): w97 7/1 22-25
Oelschlägel, Bernd (Germany): g05 11/22 12-15
Osueke, Benjamin Ikechukwu (Nigeria): w04 3/1 22-27
Palliser, Peter (Britain): w97 6/1 19-23
Park, Chong-il (Korea, Republic of [South]): g 12/08 12-15
Parkin, Ronald (Puerto Rico, U.S.): w16.08 6-7
Peloyan, Harry (U.S.): w06 5/1 8-13
Pramberg, Jack (Sweden): w07 12/1 12-16
Raj, Maurice (Myanmar): w10 12/1 26-29
Ramseyer, André and Sheila (Canada): w24.09 14-18
Robison, Corwin (U.S.): w16.02 3-7
Ruge, Mark (Canada): g02 10/22 21-24
Rusk, Fred (U.S.): w11 10/15 18-22
Samuelson, William (United States): w17.03 3-7
Sanderson, Hadyn (India, Australia): w06 3/1 12-16
Schwoerer, Karl Heinz (U.S., Brazil): g 12/07 22-25
Sinclair, David (U.S.): w17.09 13-17
Smith, Leonard (France): w12 4/15 18-21
Springate, Olive and Sonia (Brazil): w94 2/1 20-25
Stisi, Pascal (France): w99 4/1 23-27
Sugiura, Isamu (Japan): w98 12/1 27-31
Sydlik, Daniel (U.S.): w07 1/1 8
Szanyi, Endre (Hungary): g97 4/8 19-22
Wallen, Robert (U.S): w14 4/15 13-16
Weaver, Leon, Jr. (U.S.): w22.09 28-31
Wieland, Melva A. (Australia): w94 12/1 20-24
Wynn, John (Britain): w97 9/1 25-28
Yazbek, Dyah (Venezuela): w21.06 26-30
Zoumbos, Lambros (Greece): w96 5/1 25-29
love: g97 9/8 9
meaning of term Bethel: w15 4/1 9
number in families worldwide: 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; w10 6/15 3-4; yb10 31; yb09 31; yb08 31; yb07 31; yb06 30; yb05 30; yb04 30; yb03 30; yb02 30; yb01 26; g00 12/22 19; yb99 27; yb98 29; yb97 28; yb96 8; yb95 5; w94 6/15 28; yb94 7; jv 295; yb93 18; w91 1/1 23; yb91 9; g89 4/22 23; yb87 11; je 25
1976-1992: jv 113-114
reassignments: w19.08 20; w18.10 25-26; yb17 11-12
experiences: w22.11 24; w19.09 21; w18.10 27-31; w18.12 31; yb17 12-15
reassignments during World War I: yb15 174-175
responsibilities: je 24-25
rules: w96 9/1 21
single sisters: lfs article 15; w20.08 29
Theocratic Ministry School:
Advanced Course in Theocratic Ministry (1942): kr 176; jv 94, 568
visit of headquarters representative: od 51
vow of poverty: jv 351
Worldwide Order of Special Full-Time Servants of Jehovah’s Witnesses: yb03 30; yb98 29; yb95 5-6
List by Place
Angola: hdu article 28; yb01 140-142
Argentina: yb01 165-166, 222
Barbados: yb02 30
Brazil: w01 12/1 26; w97 2/1 22-23; yb97 143, 152-153, 179-180
status as ministers upheld (1996): w98 12/1 21-22; yb97 15-16
Britain: lfs article 19; w12 4/15 19; yb00 93-95, 135-136
Canada: w24.09 18; w90 9/1 14
Congo, Democratic Republic of (Kinshasa): w25.06 31; w19.07 28; yb04 215-216, 254-255
Costa Rica: yb88 248
Croatia: yb09 161-162
Cuba: w99 5/15 8
Denmark: w00 9/1 31
Finland: yb90 189
France: w21.05 29-30; w11 9/15 6; km 2/99 2; w98 7/1 27
Germany: w10 8/15 18; w09 8/1 27-28; yb99 86; g95 8/22 7
Guadeloupe: yb95 162
Hungary: yb96 115
India: w06 3/1 16; w01 4/1 8; w90 1/1 31
Italy: lfs article 15
Japan: w98 12/1 31; yb98 74
Latvia: yb07 201-202, 206-208, 210-211, 214-215, 218-219
Mexico: w10 8/15 17-18; w01 1/1 26; yb95 196-197, 202-203, 205-209, 244-245
Moldova: yb04 128-129
Mozambique: yb96 181-182
Nicaragua: yb03 132-133
Nigeria: w19.02 28; g92 3/22 31
Peru: yb90 26
Philippines: yb03 204-207
Poland: w07 9/1 12
Rwanda: yb12 243
Samoa: yb09 109-110, 127, 131, 137, 140
Slovenia: yb09 249-250
South Africa: w25.06 31; w21.07 26-28; yb07 84, 106-107, 131-134
not employees (Labour Court) (2009): yb10 16
Switzerland: w12 5/15 15; yb87 164-165, 211-212, 215
Tahiti: yb05 96-97, 132-133
Thailand: w94 5/15 25; yb91 230
Uganda:
not employees (High Court) (2009): yb10 17
Ukraine: yb02 251
United States:
1896: jv 295
1902: jv 209
1920: jv 217
1932: w88 3/1 11
1950: w14 4/15 13
growth: w96 4/15 25; km 12/90 9
Hawaiians: yb91 113
members 25 years of age and under: w96 12/1 20; w86 8/1 20
members from Britain: yb00 130-131
members reassigned (2005- ): yb09 16-19; km 9/07 1; km 9/06 1
size: yb03 24; yb97 28; yb96 8-9; yb95 5; yb94 7; yb93 18; br78 9; g89 4/22 23