Watchtower Study Edition August 2022 (2024)

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The weekend meeting, usually held on Sunday, comprises a 30-minute public talk by a congregation elder or ministerial servant and a one-hour question-and-answer study of a Bible-based article from The Watchtower magazine, with questions prepared by the Watch Tower Society and the answers provided in the magazine.

Summary of The Watchtower Study Edition - August 2024

“Marking” is now the responsibility of individual Jehovah's Witnesses. Both baptized wrongdoers who are minors (under 18) and baptized adults, must be shunned if they are an “unrepentant wrongdoer.” Jehovah's Witnesses are to shun and avoid apostates at all costs.

The Watchtower—Study Edition, used at congregation meetings, is published monthly.

Jehovah's Witnesses (JWs) are the followers of a Christian-based religion perhaps best known for their door-to-door evangelising and distributing the magazines, The Watchtower and Awake!

There is no tithing or collection, but all are encouraged to donate to the organization; Witnesses typically provide an opportunity for members of the public to make such donations as they encounter them in their preaching work.

If you knew them personally, you can also share some positive memories or qualities of the dead. Avoid saying anything that may contradict their beliefs, such as "he/she is in a better place" or "he/she is watching over you."

Jehovah's Witnesses believe that exactly 144,000 faithful Christians from Pentecost of 33 AD until the present day will be resurrected to heaven as immortal spirit beings to spend eternity with God and Christ. They believe that these people are "anointed" by God to become part of the spiritual "Israel of God".

The Watchtower's stated aim is to "honor Jehovah God, the Supreme Ruler of the universe". It is the most widely circulated magazine worldwide, and its companion magazine Awake! is the second most widely circulated magazine worldwide, according to the article Top 5 World's Best Magazines.

They reject Trinitarianism, inherent immortality of the soul, and hellfire, which they consider unscriptural doctrines. They do not observe Christmas, Easter, birthdays, or other holidays and customs they consider to have pagan origins incompatible with Christianity.

Both Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons identify as Christians, although their non-Trinitarian doctrine — both deny that Jesus Christ shares a single fundamental divine essence with God the Father and the Holy Spirit — has often brought them into conflict with mainline Christian tradition.

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The Jehovah's Witnesses church has no clergy-laity division. All baptized members are considered ordained ministers. Congregations are led by elders, who are spiritually mature members, or by qualified assistants who called ministerial servants.

The Witnesses refrain from celebrating birthdays because they believe that birthday feasts have pagan roots. Jehovah's witnesses believe that evil influences and spirits get the opportunity to attack the celebrant during birthdays. Also, Jehovah's witnesses argue that early believers never celebrated their birthdays.

With all of today's distractions, it is also unrealistic to ask yourself to stay focused for hours on end. It is much more realistic to stay focused for 40-60 minutes. Try to do 3-4 focused study sessions per day, 5 days per week. 30-45 minutes: Study actively and with focus in a distraction limited environment.

How much time you allocate for Bible reading really depends on you and your schedule. The Bible never tells us how long to study, it only tells us to study. However, the Bible just tells us to study. God is not concerned with QUANTITY as much as He is concerned with the QUALITY of what you read and study.

On average, evangelical leaders believe sermons should be 30 minutes and church services should be 75 minutes, based on the median response. Leith Anderson, president of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE), said, “We all have our own preferences about sermon and service length.

Groups meet weekly for about 9 months under the gentle and loving guidance of a trained leader and/or co-leader to let Christ help them reveal and deal with issues in their lives that have become heavy baggage.