CONGREGATIONS
(See also Christian Congregation; Congregation of Israel; Congregation Service Committee; Elders; Kingdom Halls; Meetings [Congregation]; Ministerial Servants)
accounts: od 55, 125; om 124-125
accounts report: w90 12/1 24
audits: od 125; km 3/08 3; om 125
bank accounts: om 125
“borrowing” from: jd 105-106; w94 4/15 19-20
Kingdom Hall construction (discontinued): km 2/92 4
secretary oversees: km 10/98 7
aid and comfort from: w09 7/15 30-31; w04 5/1 21-22; w04 8/15 20-21; w03 7/15 4-6; w99 5/15 25-28
AIDS victims: g94 3/22 14-15
assignments within: km 11/04 3
training for: w21.09 12-13; w20.12 29; mwb20.08 6; w17.01 27-31; w15 4/15 10-11; w11 11/15 30
association within: w21.06 11-13; lvs 35-38; lv 31-34; w13 3/15 16; g05 8/22 26-27; w04 8/15 20-21; km 8/01 1
conversation: w09 11/15 21-22; be 65, 203-205; sg 82-84
encouragement from: w96 1/15 22-23
expressing appreciation: w19.02 18
foreigners: w16.10 11-12
‘marking’ disorderly ones (2Th 3:14, 15): w24.08 7; od 143-145; w16.11 12; w99 7/15 29-31
new persons: km 11/04 1
older ones: km 12/02 1
spiritually mature: w10 1/15 20; w09 7/15 10-11; w07 9/1 30
attitude toward arrangements within: cf 62-64; w10 3/15 4-5; w97 8/1 9
attitude toward elders: scl 87; od 45; w16.11 12; lv 46-49; w12 10/15 15; w11 6/15 24-28; re 50-51; w89 9/15 20-25; w88 4/1 30; w88 10/1 15-16, 19-20; tp 139-141
attitude toward reassigned full-time servants: w19.08 23-24
authority within: od 159-160; lvs 53-54; lv 43-44, 46-49; w06 4/1 19-20; w00 8/1 6-7; w98 9/1 15-16; kl 137-139; w86 7/1 7; tp 139-141
dealing with challenges to: w17.05 29
weighing questionable instruction: w88 4/1 30-31
avoiding warlike spirit within: scl 113
Bible precedent: w07 4/15 22-23
Bible Students: w12 8/15 6; jv 204-213, 239
brotherly love within: w07 9/1 30; w97 8/1 14-19; w93 10/15 12-16; w88 10/1 10-14
changing congregations: w24.07 26-29; w24.12 31; om 104-105
because of unhappiness: w95 2/1 27-28
letter of introduction: od 83; km 10/98 7
when moving: w17.11 30-32; km 10/99 7; km 2/91 7
circulating private material: km 9/87 4
cleanness: cf 41; scl 86, 101; w16.11 12; kr 114-115
comfort and encouragement within: w96 1/15 22-23
commercial activities within: od 138-139; w15 7/15 29; jd 106-107
consideration for neighbors: km 2/95 7
contributions: lff lesson 55; od 124-125; it-2 1110; mwb18.11 7; w90 12/1 24; je 15
courage within: w17.09 31-32
disaster provisions: kr 214-215; km 1/07 4; km 2/97 7
discussion: lff lesson 55; br78 25; je 12-13
effect of wrongdoing within: scl 101
elderly persons: mwb24.05 16; w21.09 2-7; mwb20.06 4-5; w17.09 32; w04 5/15 10-15; km 12/02 1; w87 6/1 6-13
in nursing homes: w08 4/15 25-28; w08 8/15 29; km 4/08 6
elders: w24.06 23; w24.10 20-21; lff lesson 20; od 30-45, 203; it-2 549-551; lvs 242-243; jl lesson 15; w07 4/15 27; sh 362; w89 9/15 10-25; om 28-47, 140-142; tp 139-140; je 12-13
coordinator of body: w20.02 17; od 41; w18.09 8; km 11/08 3
group overseers: od 40-44, 102-103; km 8/09 6; km 10/08 1
overseers: scl 84-87; it-2 564-565; nwt 1706
experiences:
assisting AIDS victims: g95 7/22 11-12
Brewery Gulch (U.S.): g96 7/22 22-24
congregation prospers after applying instructions: kr 125
congregations of mostly sisters: yb96 220, 231
in homes: yb99 239
in prison: yb99 205-207
no one at meetings: w16.10 4
praised by non-Witness for comfort: w98 7/15 32
finances: od 117-118, 124-125; kr 199; km 8/03 4-5; rq 28-29; om 121-123; je 15
whether to arrange fund-raising events: km 12/06 5
finding a congregation when traveling: g98 6/22 17
first century: od 26-27; w07 4/15 22-23
apostles of congregations: it-1 129-130
first Gentile congregation: w90 6/1 19
in homes: w07 4/15 23
Jerusalem meeting place: bt 80, 118; it-2 349; w10 3/15 6-7
similarities to synagogues: it-2 1051-1052
foreign- and minority-language congregations: od 108
serving with: w21.05 24-25; w20.08 30-31; w17.05 10-11; w07 10/1 21-22; w06 3/15 17-20
foreign- and minority-language groups: od 102-103; km 11/09 5; km 1/03 3
attitude when discontinued: w23.10 10-11
foreign- and minority-language pregroups: od 101-102
foreign- and minority-language territory: od 100-101; km 7/12 4-7; km 6/08 4; km 7/03 4; km 10/90 7-8
forming new: od 67; om 77-78
application: od 67; om 77
forms for use by: km 5/03 7; km 5/02 7
helping—
Bible students: w21.03 8-13
disabled: w18.09 30; w86 10/15 18-19
elderly: mwb24.05 16; w18.09 30; w14 3/15 22-24; w08 8/15 18-19, 21; w04 5/15 19-20; w03 6/1 5-6; w02 2/1 28; w93 8/15 28-29; w93 9/1 25-26; w88 7/15 21-23; km 2/88 1-2; w87 6/1 8-13; km 9/87 3; w86 10/15 18-21
elderly parents of those in full-time ministry: w98 8/1 29
family of hospitalized child: g91 8/22 14-15
“fatherless boys”: jd 149-151; km 11/02 8
immigrants: w16.10 10-12
infirm: w18.09 30; w10 5/15 19; w09 9/15 20; w02 2/1 28; km 2/88 1-2
longtime Christians having spiritual problems: w92 11/15 20
needy: od 128; it-1 1198; km 4/95 7; km 2/94 7; jv 304-307; om 122-123; w86 10/15 15-21
new ones at meetings: km 3/88 1, 3
one’s own congregation: lff lesson 55; w16.03 23-25; w09 7/15 30-31
pioneers: km 9/90 3-4
sick: w86 10/15 18-19
single parents: g 11/12 4, 6; km 6/99 3
widows: it-1 1198; it-2 1182; w87 6/1 8-10
youths: w09 9/15 6
holiness within: w96 8/1 19
honesty within: lvs 191-193; lv 165-166, 168
humility within: km 9/03 1
Jesus’ active leadership: w18.10 25; w10 9/15 27
law of Christ within: w96 9/1 21-22
literacy classes: km 10/13 4; km 10/11 4; w92 11/1 16
literature department: od 55; om 57, 124
annual inventory: km 7/08 3
older publications: km 4/11 3
oversight by service overseer: km 7/92 3
overstocked items: km 12/05 8
literature requests:
announcement: km 8/94 7
Bibles other than New World Translation: km 7/10 4
correspondence regarding: km 7/04 3
personal items: km 8/94 7
role of congregation secretary: km 10/98 7
rush orders: km 7/03 4
love within: w25.04 14-19; w18.01 16; w18.07 26; w16.01 9, 15; w09 7/15 14; w09 11/15 20-24; w06 12/1 27-28; w04 10/1 15-16; lr 222-226; wt 144-150; kl 164-167; w91 10/1 21-22
widening out: lff lesson 56; mwb18.07 4; w17.11 30-31; w09 11/15 20-22; w07 1/1 9-11; w04 10/1 16-17; km 5/04 4; w95 12/1 16-17
loyalty to one’s congregation: w96 3/15 17-19
magazine department: om 57, 124
oversight by service overseer: km 7/92 3
when to make new issues available: km 3/09 4
meetings: ijwfq article 65; od 59-67; g 5/15 2; kr 170-174, 176-177, 179, 181; jl lessons 5-9; g 8/10 6-7; w09 2/1 20-23; w02 11/15 7-8; sh 360-362; om 60-81; pe 200-202; br78 18-19; g88 6/8 20-21; je 14-15
changes starting in 2009: mwb24.07 9; kr 175; yb09 4; km 10/08 1, 7
meetings for field service: od 65-67, 103-104; km 3/15 3-5; km 8/09 6-7; w08 7/15 10; km 10/08 1; om 77, 96-97; km 2/89 2-3; km 5/86 7
merging congregations: w22.11 24-25; w20.11 22-23
mildness within: w03 4/1 23-25
ministerial servants: w24.10 19-20; w24.11 15, 17-19; scl 84; od 53-58; it-2 409; jl lesson 16; w90 9/1 23-26; sh 362
needed by Christians: g 8/12 14-15; km 10/95 7
not isolating oneself from: cf 62-64; w19.06 18-19; w08 11/15 19; w07 4/15 28-29
not required to enforce secular law: w86 10/1 31
taxes: w94 11/15 27
not to shield lawbreakers: w90 11/1 19
number: 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; yb94 33; yb93 33; yb92 33; yb91 45; yb90 41, 253; yb89 41, 255; yb88 41; yb87 41
by 1914: w12 8/15 6
formed during year: w10 5/15 24; yb06 5
formed each day: yb13 179; w87 5/15 13
increase (1976-1992): jv 114-115
increase (1980-1987): jv 545
rate of increase: jv 318, 322, 325
organization: ijwfq article 14; od 26-28; it-1 498-500; w07 4/15 27; w01 6/1 14-15; sh 362; om 23-25; je 12-13
Paul’s counsel to Timothy: si 235-237
progressive refinement: kr 118-120, 122-124; w06 2/15 26-28
theocratic: od 29; jv 217-221
understanding clarified (1938): kr 123; w06 2/15 28; w02 7/1 17; ip-2 317; w99 2/1 18
when appointed men are absent: lvs 54; lv 43-44
owning a Kingdom Hall: km 2/06 7
personal interest within: w25.04 29; w21.06 11-12; w20.03 17; w14 6/15 30; km 6/91 1, 4; w89 11/15 15-20
possibly “inner rooms” of safety (Isa 26:20): w25.05 12-13; w23.07 7; w16.01 9; w14 11/15 26-27; kr 230; w09 5/15 8; w01 3/1 20-21; ip-1 278-279, 282-283
praising Jehovah: w07 4/15 23-24
preaching: lff lesson 22; je 16-17
problems:
aid from holy spirit: w92 2/1 16-17
apathy: re 54-56; w03 5/15 16-17
apostasy: w03 5/15 14-15; si 256-257, 259-260
assisting longtime Christians having: w92 11/15 20
class distinctions: w02 11/15 16; w97 11/15 13-14
corrupting influences: re 43-44, 48-54; w97 9/1 15-18; w90 4/1 30; si 261-263
criticism: w00 8/1 13-14
debates: w14 7/15 14-15; w00 5/1 10-12; w90 8/15 20
disturbed relationships: scl 29, 105-106; w20.03 25-27; od 141-143; w18.01 9-11; w17.11 27; w16.04 11-12; w16.05 5-7; w99 11/15 29-30; w98 9/1 12-13; om 138-140, 142-145; pe 232-237
divisions: scl 80, 121; w02 5/15 27; w97 8/1 19; yb88 205-208, 215
doing good despite: w92 9/15 31
false teachers: it-1 200; it-2 623; w97 9/1 13-18; w87 6/15 29
first love lost: re 34-35
good example of Achaicus, Fortunatus, and Stephanas: w96 6/15 28-30
gossip: w19.06 22; w17.04 21-22; w02 11/15 17-18; w96 8/1 19
how to view: w87 5/15 21-23
hurt feelings: scl 29; w21.06 21; w20.07 24-25; w18.01 10-11; lvs 38-39; w17.11 27; w16.04 6-7, 11-12; w16.06 24-27; w16.11 14-15; rj 8-9; lv 33-34; w10 6/15 17-18; w10 10/15 14-15; w06 8/15 27; jd 112-114; w01 8/15 27; w01 9/15 13-14; w99 10/15 13-14; w93 8/15 20-22
idolatry: re 43-44
immorality: re 43-44, 48-52, 54; w03 5/15 13-14; si 211
impostors: km 2/94 7
isolating oneself because of: cf 62-64; w08 11/15 19; w07 4/15 28-29
jealousy: it-1 1260; w17.11 27; w95 9/15 14-16
Jezebel influence: re 48-54; w03 5/15 16; w90 4/1 30
lukewarmness: re 66-72
personal disputes: scl 105; w22.08 22-23; od 141-143, 145-148; w16.05 6-7; om 138-145
personality admirers: it-1 1194
personality differences: w23.03 30-31; w23.07 6-7; w17.06 18-19; w89 11/15 15-16
sectarianism: re 44-45; w03 5/15 14; si 211
Titus’ example in handling: w98 11/15 29-31
trust in Jehovah during: w91 10/1 9-10
when not handled aright: w97 3/15 16-17
wrongdoing: scl 101; od 143-155; om 138-153
recognition within: w94 12/1 29-30
relationships within: it-1 55; g 8/12 14-15
assisting one another: w24.07 4-6; w19.11 7; w14 6/15 24-25, 27; w11 3/15 21; w09 4/15 9; w09 9/15 18-20; km 11/04 1
assisting others to reach full potential: mwb23.09 3; w14 6/15 28-32
consideration: w18.09 29-31
forgiveness: w25.04 17; scl 103, 106; w21.06 22-23; w21.09 23-24; w20.07 24-25; w19.11 6; w18.01 15-16; w16.01 15-16; w16.05 4-5; w16.06 27; w13 6/15 20-21; w12 10/15 16
friendship: w25.02 28-29; ijwyp article 64; mwb25.05 14; w24.07 27-28; mwb22.03 8; w21.06 11; w19.11 2-7; w09 10/15 17-21; w07 1/1 11; g 7/07 11-12; w04 10/1 17-18
knowing one another well: w20.04 16-18; km 5/04 4; km 9/98 1; km 8/94 1
new congregation: w24.07 26-29; w17.11 30-32
video series Display Unfailing Love in the Congregation: mwb24.07 7
relief work: om 123, 158-159
reports:
accounts report: w90 12/1 24
Congregation Analysis Report (S-10): km 8/94 7
Kingdom Hall construction accounts (discontinued): km 2/92 4
Literature Inventory (S-18): km 8/05 7
resolutions: od 125-126; w18.01 19; km 8/03 5; km 2/94 2
rules within: w96 9/1 20-21
avoiding making many: w19.07 13; w94 7/1 27-28; w92 8/15 12-15
seven, of Revelation: it-1 194-195; it-2 512, 945-946; w09 1/15 30; w07 8/15 11; re 18, 24, 28-32; w02 3/15 14; w89 4/1 11-12
chart “Jesus’ Pattern of Counsel”: re 34
lampstands: mwb19.11 5; it-2 198; re 28-29
maps: it-2 945; nwt 1791; w07 8/15 9; re 7, 28-29; w03 5/15 10; gl 33
messages to: w22.05 3-5; w07 2/1 20-21; w07 9/1 14-15; re 24, 28-73; w03 5/15 10-20; w02 10/1 20-22; w99 12/1 10, 15-16; si 265; w89 4/1 11-14; w88 12/15 11; w87 8/1 16
photos: it-2 945-946; re 23
stars (angels) of: mwb19.11 5; it-2 1052; w10 9/15 27; re 28-29, 33, 54-55, 136
time of major application: w89 4/1 11-12
sharing a Kingdom Hall: od 118; w04 4/15 22; km 8/03 4-5; km 1/95 7; km 8/89 7; w88 8/15 19; w88 10/1 18
meetings: od 118; w05 12/1 26
Memorial: km 1/06 7; km 1/05 7; km 1/04 3; km 1/01 3; km 1/97 7
sign language (deaf): w09 8/15 24-27; yb07 22, 154-155; w04 7/1 11; yb04 10; w02 3/15 25; yb01 196-197; km 6/01 1; yb99 22; g98 9/8 25
spirit shown: w12 2/15 18-22; w12 10/15 15-16; w08 7/15 26-27; km 11/94 2
staying close to: bt 22-24; w10 6/15 6-10; w06 5/15 25
synagogues (ancient) similar: it-1 500; it-2 1051-1052
tactfulness within: be 200; sg 72-73
telephone hookups for meetings: km 11/09 7
telephone listings: km 2/01 2; km 6/96 2
territory map: km 8/00 2
truthfulness within: w09 6/15 18-19
unity: bt 114-115; lff lesson 56; od 24, 27; w16.11 12-13; om 21-22, 24-25
humility essential: w18.01 14; it-1 1160; w15 9/15 6
using logos of Witness corporations: km 4/09 4
vessels holding fine fish (Mt 13:48): w08 7/15 20-21; w92 6/15 21
visit of circuit overseer: od 47-49, 103; jl lesson 17; km 10/08 1
circuit overseer’s expenses: od 49-50
welcoming new members: w24.07 28
which congregation to serve with: w22.02 4-5; w20.08 30; km 11/02 7; km 5/91 7
immigrant families: w20.08 30-31; w02 10/15 23-25
women: rs 432-434
congregations composed entirely of: od 67; yb02 172-173; sg 10; om 77-78
“keep silent” (1Co 14:34): w12 9/1 9; w06 3/1 28-29
meetings: od 67; it-2 1197; g 7/10 29; om 77-78
privileges: it-2 1196-1197; w07 1/15 5-6; w89 3/1 6; g87 7/8 23; w86 9/1 16
those who are a bad influence in: re 48-51, 53-54
when head covering is not required: lv 210-211
when head covering is required: od 67; it-1 1052; lvs 54, 244; lv 44, 210; w02 7/15 27; om 77; rs 434