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Jehovah's Witnesses: Encyclopedia Ii - Jehovah's Witnesses - History
Jehovah's Witnesses believe that some time after the death of the last apostle, the Church gradually diverged, in a "Great Apostasy", fro...
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Jehovah's Witnesses: Encyclopedia Ii - Jehovah's Witnesses - Beliefs And Doctrines
Jehovah's Witnesses claim reliance on the Bible for their theology and that it forms the basis for their beliefs. Many beliefs and practi...
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Jehovah's Witnesses: Encyclopedia Ii - Jehovah's Witnesses - Opposition To Jehovah's Witnesses
Throughout their history, their beliefs, doctrines and practices have met controversy and opposition from governments, communities, and r...
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Jehovah's Witnesses: Encyclopedia Ii - Jehovah's Witnesses - Eschatology
Since their formation in the 1870s, leaders of the organization have sought to identify dates for end-time events such as the enthronemen...
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Jehovah's Witnesses: Encyclopedia Ii - Jehovah's Witnesses - Jehovah's Witnesses And Governments
Jehovah's Witnesses exhort their members to obey all the laws, including the paying of taxes, of the country in which they reside, so lon...
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Jehovah's Witnesses: Encyclopedia Ii - Jehovah's Witnesses - Practices
Jehovah's Witnesses - Worship.
Jehovah's Witnesses have five meetings per week, which are made up of five program parts (totaling appro...
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Jehovah's Witnesses: Encyclopedia Ii - Jehovah's Witnesses - Membership
As of August 2005, Jehovah's Witnesses have a practicing membership of more than 6.6 million, according to data reported in the Annual Wo...
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Jehovah's Witnesses: Encyclopedia Ii - Jehovah's Witnesses - Organizational Structure
Jehovah's Witnesses are currently led by a small, ecclesiastical Governing Body. Jehovah's Witnesses believe the role of the Governing Bo...
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