Tag: Jehovah's Witnesses

Religion Today: Kids Learning Lessons of Kindness During Ongoing Pandemic

Glistening watercolors sweep across the delicate pages of 15-year-old Breana’s hand-crafted card of encouragement to the Salinas Police Department. Grinning, 12-year-old Jenelle also sits at the kitchen table while she signs her name in colorful marker, the final touch to her masterpiece. The Manalo sisters put special effort into designing and decorating homemade cards for first responders. As a family, […]

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Religion Today: Women of Strong Faith — The Next Highlight of This Year’s Convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses

Sunday Session Turns the Spotlight on Powerful Females in the Bible A barren wife in a polygamous marriage; a prostitute who became an ancestress to kings; a young girl taken captive and entrusted with saving the life of her captor’s king — these and other historical female symbols of strength and faith will be the topic of discussion during the […]

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Jehovah’s Witnesses set to make history again with thousands getting baptized – safely & privately – despite ongoing pandemic

For the second year in a row, Jehovah’s Witnesses have moved their signature annual convention to a streaming platform, with this years’ theme being “Powerful by Faith!” The convention began in July and is continuing through August, and is being presented in more than 500 languages in 240 countries worldwide. One of the highlights of all Jehovah’s Witnesses’ conventions are […]

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Religion Today: Jehovah’s Witnesses “Uniting the World in Faith!” with Global Virtual Event in 240 lands, 500+ languages

Breaking a century-old tradition in the name of health and safety, the largest convention organization in the world has moved its annual in-person event to a virtual format for the second year in a row, canceling nearly 6,000 conventions in 240 lands. As early as 1909, cities and towns all over California have welcomed Jehovah’s Witnesses as they fill hotels […]

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Get Ready for the Unexpected With a Disaster Go Bag, an Essential Tool for Emergency Preparedness

From Religion Today: Submitted by Jehovah’s Witnesses – Public Information Desk Don’t think you need an emergency kit? Think again, say families who needed one. Jolted awake at 3 a.m. by a neighbor’s urgent knocking, Aaron and Jacqueline Pate were greeted by a horrifying sight — flames encroached on their neighborhood amid thick smoke and ash from the wildfire that […]

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Religion Today: A Lifeline Through Prison Walls

Jehovah’s Witnesses continue their ministry inside prisons without sending in ministers. The 60-cycle hum of dim fluorescent lighting was all that LeConte Hall could hear as he sat with a deaf Bible student named Derick, locked inside the tiny concrete-encased office of a prison chapel in Vacaville, California. “‘Throw all your anxiety on God, because He cares for you,’” Hall […]

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Religion Today: Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Year Without Knocking on Doors

Does your church have an event, news to share or submission you would like to see featured here in Religion Today? Contact the editor. RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. — It’s been one year since Jehovah’s Witnesses worldwide adjusted their hallmark methods of sharing comfort and hope from the scriptures due to the pandemic. For many, the change from ringing doorbells and […]

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