Jehovah's Witnesses (English Wikipedia)

"エホバでの性被害159件申告役職者の加害、性行為の告白強制も" [159 cases of sexual abuse reported in Jehovah’s Witnesses. Perpetrators in positions of authority, forced confessions of sexual acts, etc.] (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun. November 9, 2023. Retrieved November 21, 2023.

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Michael Buchanan (July 26, 2017). "Jehovah's Witnesses let sex offender interrogate victims". BBC News. Retrieved November 20, 2017.

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Wrobel, Johannes S. (August 2006). "Jehovah's Witnesses in National Socialist concentration camps, 1933–45" (PDF). Religion, State & Society. 34 (2). Taylor & Francis: 89–125. doi:10.1080/09637490600624691. S2CID 145110013. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 21, 2012. Retrieved October 22, 2020.

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Bergman 1995, p. 33. Bergman, Jerry (1995). "The Adventist and Jehovah's Witness Branch of Protestantism". In Miller, Timothy (ed.). America's Alternative Religions. Albany, NY: SUNY Press. pp. 33–46. ISBN 978-0-7914-2397-4. Archived from the original on July 24, 2020.
Chryssides 2008, p. 100. Chryssides, George D. (2008). Historical Dictionary of Jehovah's Witnesses. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6074-2.
Chryssides 2016, pp. 139–140 Chryssides, George D. (2016). Jehovah's Witnesses: Continuity and Change. Ashgate new religions. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate Publishing. ISBN 9781409456087.
Chryssides 2008, p. xxxiv Chryssides, George D. (2008). Historical Dictionary of Jehovah's Witnesses. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6074-2.
Penton 1997, pp. 58, 61 Penton, M. James (1997). Apocalypse Delayed: The Story of Jehovah's Witnesses. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-7973-2.
Gruss, Edmond C. (2001). Jehovah's Witnesses: Their Claims, Doctrinal Changes, and Prophetic Speculation. What Does the Record Show?. Xulon Press. p. 218. ISBN 978-1-931232-30-2.
Chryssides 2008, p. 19 Chryssides, George D. (2008). Historical Dictionary of Jehovah's Witnesses. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6074-2.
Chryssides 2008, pp. 32, 112 Chryssides, George D. (2008). Historical Dictionary of Jehovah's Witnesses. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6074-2.
Chryssides 2008, p. 64 Chryssides, George D. (2008). Historical Dictionary of Jehovah's Witnesses. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6074-2.
Penton 1997, pp. 174–176 Penton, M. James (1997). Apocalypse Delayed: The Story of Jehovah's Witnesses. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-7973-2.
Chryssides 2008, pp. 17–18 Chryssides, George D. (2008). Historical Dictionary of Jehovah's Witnesses. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6074-2.
Penton, M. James (2015). Apocalypse Delayed: The Story of Jehovah's Witnesses (3rd ed.). University of Toronto Press. pp. 326, 460–461. ISBN 978-1442616059.
Chryssides 2008, p. 14 Chryssides, George D. (2008). Historical Dictionary of Jehovah's Witnesses. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6074-2.
Van Voorst, Robert E. (2012). RELG: World. Cengage Learning. p. 288. ISBN 978-1-1117-2620-1.
Chryssides 2008, p. 47. Chryssides, George D. (2008). Historical Dictionary of Jehovah's Witnesses. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6074-2.
Laqueur, Walter; Baumel, Judith Tydor (2001). The Holocaust encyclopedia. Yale University Press. pp. 346–50. ISBN 978-0-300-08432-0. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
The Routledge History of the Holocaust. Routledge. 2010. ISBN 9781136870606.
John Ankerberg; John Weldon; Dillon Burroughs (2008). The Facts on Jehovah's Witnesses. Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers. pp. 43–45. ISBN 978-0-7369-3907-2. See also John Ankerberg and John Weldon, 2003, The New World Translation of the Jehovah's Witnesses, accessible online
Chryssides 2016, p. 224. Chryssides, George D. (2016). Jehovah's Witnesses: Continuity and Change. Ashgate new religions. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate Publishing. ISBN 9781409456087.
Chryssides 2008, p. xiv. Chryssides, George D. (2008). Historical Dictionary of Jehovah's Witnesses. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6074-2.

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Joe Pompeo (September 30, 2010). "Did You Know The Most Widely Circulated Magazine In The World Is The Monthly Publication Of Jehovah's Witnesses?". Business Insider.

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Jane Doe (Candace Conti) v. The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York Inc. et al. (California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division Three April 13, 2015), Text.

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Supreme Court of Canada. "Saumur v Quebec (City of)". [1953] 2 SCR 299. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011.
Supreme Court of Canada. "Roncarelli v Duplessis". [1959] SCR 121. Archived from the original on January 12, 2013.

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Smith, Stephen. "Jehovah's Witnesses defend hospital visits that push for bloodless treatment". CBC News. Retrieved May 19, 2023.

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"Case Study 29: Transcript (day 147)" (PDF). Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. July 27, 2015. p. 16.
Shepherd the Flock of God (PDF). Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, INC. Brooklyn, New York, USA. 2010.
"Case Study 29: Jehovah's Witnesses". Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. July 27, 2015.
Public Hearing - Case Study 29 (Day 152) (PDF). Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Australia (Report). pp. 67, 72.
Public Hearing - Case Study 29 (Day 155) (PDF). Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Australia (Report). pp. 44, 45.
Report of case study no.29 (PDF). Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Australia (Report). pp. 9, 28.
Public Hearing - Case Study 29 (Day 152) (PDF). Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Australia (Report). pp. 24–26.

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Cutrer, Corrie (March 5, 2001). "Witness leaders accused of shielding molesters". Christianity Today.

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"まさかこれほど多いとは…エホバの証人で多数の二世信者が性被害に、「抑圧が逆に性加害を誘発している」との指摘も" [There are so many...Numerous Shūkyō nisei of Jehovah's Witnesses have been sexually abused, and it has been pointed out that "repression induces sexual abuse".] (in Japanese). Daily Shincho. November 16, 2023. Retrieved November 21, 2023.

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Singelenberg, Richard (1989). "It Separated the Wheat From the Chaff: The 1975 Prophecy and its Impact Among Dutch Jehovah's Witnesses". Sociological Analysis. 50 (Spring 1989): 23–40. doi:10.2307/3710916. JSTOR 3710916.
Ransom, Heather; Monk, Rebecca; Heim, Derek (2021). "Grieving the Living: The Social Death of Former Jehovah's Witnesses". Journal of Religion and Health. 61 (3): 2458–2480. doi:10.1007/s10943-020-01156-8. PMC 9142413. PMID 33469793.
Grendele, Windy; Bapir-Tardy, Savin; Flax, Maya (2023). "Experiencing Religious Shunning: Insights into the Journey From Being a Member to Leaving the Jehovah's Witnesses Community". Pastoral Pyschology. doi:10.1007/s11089-023-01074-y. S2CID 259447164.
Chryssides, George D. (2010). "How Prophecy Succeeds: The Jehovah's Witnesses and Prophetic Expectations". International Journal for the Study of New Religions. 1 (1): 27–48. doi:10.1558/ijsnr.v1i1.27. ISSN 2041-952X.
Singelenberg, Richard (1989). "The '1975'-Prophecy and Its Impact Among Dutch Jehovah's Witnesses". Sociological Analysis. 50 (1): 23–40. doi:10.2307/3710916. JSTOR 3710916. Archived from the original on October 1, 2015. Retrieved July 27, 2006. Notes a nine percent drop in total publishers (door-to-door preachers) and a 38 per cent drop in pioneers (full-time preachers) in the Netherlands.
Joel P. Engardio (December 18, 1995). "Apocalypse Later". Newsweek. Vol. 236, no. 3146. pp. 24–25. Bibcode:2017NewSc.236Q..24L. doi:10.1016/S0262-4079(17)31969-3.
Torres-Pruñonosa, Jose; Plaza-Navas, Miquel-Angel; Brown, Silas (2022). "Jehovah's Witnesses' adoption of digitally-mediated services during Covid-19 pandemic". Cogent Social Sciences. 8 (1). doi:10.1080/23311886.2022.2071034. hdl:10261/268521. S2CID 248581687.
Muramoto, O. (August 1998). "Bioethics of the refusal of blood by Jehovah's Witnesses: Part 1. Should bioethical deliberation consider dissidents' views?". Journal of Medical Ethics. 24 (4): 223–230. doi:10.1136/jme.24.4.223. PMC 1377670. PMID 9752623.
Ingersoll-Wood, Carrie S. (2022). "The Educational Identity Formation of Jehovah's Witnesses, Religion & Education". Religion & Education. 49 (3): 310–338. doi:10.1080/15507394.2022.2102875. S2CID 251542550.
Ronald Lawson (1995). "Sect-state relations: Accounting for the differing trajectories of Seventh-Day Adventists and Jehovah's Witnesses". Sociology of Religion. 56 (4): 351–377. doi:10.2307/3712195. JSTOR 3712195.
Muramoto, O. (January 6, 2001). "Bioethical aspects of the recent changes in the policy of refusal of blood by Jehovah's Witnesses". BMJ. 322 (7277): 37–39. doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7277.37. PMC 1119307. PMID 11141155.
Gohel, MS; Bulbaria, RA; Slim, FJ; Poskitt, KR; Whyman, MR (2005). "How to approach major surgery where patients refuse blood transfusion (including Jehovah's Witnesses)". Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 87 (1): 3–14. doi:10.1308/1478708051414. PMC 1963852. PMID 15720900.
Sniesinski; Chen, EP; Levy, JH; Szlam, F; Tanaka, KA; et al. (April 1, 2007). "Coagulopathy After Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Jehovah's Witness Patients: Management of Two Cases Using Fractionated Components and Factor VIIa" (PDF). Anesthesia & Analgesia. 104 (4): 763–5. doi:10.1213/01.ane.0000250913.45299.f3. PMID 17377078. S2CID 45882634. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 18, 2008. Retrieved December 30, 2008.
Jubber, Ken (1977). "The Persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in Southern Africa". Social Compass. 24 (1): 121–134. doi:10.1177/003776867702400108. S2CID 143997010.
Chu, Jolene (September 1, 2004). "God's things and Caesar's: Jehovah's Witnesses and political neutrality". Journal of Genocide Research. 6 (3). Taylor & Francis: 319–342. doi:10.1080/1462352042000265837. S2CID 71908533.
Wrobel, Johannes S. (August 2006). "Jehovah's Witnesses in National Socialist concentration camps, 1933–45" (PDF). Religion, State & Society. 34 (2). Taylor & Francis: 89–125. doi:10.1080/09637490600624691. S2CID 145110013. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 21, 2012. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
Metzger, Bruce (July 1, 1964). "Book Review: New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures". The Bible Translator. 15 (3): 151. doi:10.1177/000608446401500311. S2CID 220318160. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
Metzger, Bruce M. (April 1, 1953). "The Jehovah's Witnesses and Jesus Christ". Theology Today. 10 (1): 74. Bibcode:1998ThT....55..305G. doi:10.1177/004057365301000110. S2CID 170358762.
Haas, Samuel S. (December 1955). "Book Review: New World Translation of the Hebrew Scriptures, Vol. I by New World Bible Translation Committee". Journal of Biblical Literature. 74 (4): 282–283. doi:10.2307/3261681. JSTOR 3261681. See also Owens, John Joseph (April 1, 1956). "Book Review: New World Translation of the Hebrew Scriptures". Review & Expositor. 53 (2): 253–254. doi:10.1177/003463735605300239. S2CID 147233464.

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Stanley I. Kutler, ed. (2003). "Jehovah's Witnesses". Dictionary of American History (3rd ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. ISBN 978-0-684-80533-7.

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Reed, David (1993). "Whither the Watchtower?". Christian Research Journal: 27. Archived from the original on September 9, 2011.

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Sniesinski; Chen, EP; Levy, JH; Szlam, F; Tanaka, KA; et al. (April 1, 2007). "Coagulopathy After Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Jehovah's Witness Patients: Management of Two Cases Using Fractionated Components and Factor VIIa" (PDF). Anesthesia & Analgesia. 104 (4): 763–5. doi:10.1213/01.ane.0000250913.45299.f3. PMID 17377078. S2CID 45882634. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 18, 2008. Retrieved December 30, 2008.

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"Decision: Manchester New Moston Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses". Charity Commission for England and Wales. July 26, 2017. Retrieved November 20, 2017.

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Torres-Pruñonosa, Jose; Plaza-Navas, Miquel-Angel; Brown, Silas (2022). "Jehovah's Witnesses' adoption of digitally-mediated services during Covid-19 pandemic". Cogent Social Sciences. 8 (1). doi:10.1080/23311886.2022.2071034. hdl:10261/268521. S2CID 248581687.

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Joel P. Engardio (December 18, 1995). "Apocalypse Later". Newsweek. Vol. 236, no. 3146. pp. 24–25. Bibcode:2017NewSc.236Q..24L. doi:10.1016/S0262-4079(17)31969-3.
Metzger, Bruce M. (April 1, 1953). "The Jehovah's Witnesses and Jesus Christ". Theology Today. 10 (1): 74. Bibcode:1998ThT....55..305G. doi:10.1177/004057365301000110. S2CID 170358762.

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"Jehovah's Witnesses". Holocaust Education Foundation.
Berenbaum, Michael. "Persecution and Resistance of Jehovah's Witnesses During the Nazi-Regime".

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Smith, Peter. "Timekeepers no more, rank-and-file Jehovah's Witnesses say goodbye to tracking proselytizing hours". The Independent. Retrieved December 7, 2023.

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Singelenberg, Richard (1989). "It Separated the Wheat From the Chaff: The 1975 Prophecy and its Impact Among Dutch Jehovah's Witnesses". Sociological Analysis. 50 (Spring 1989): 23–40. doi:10.2307/3710916. JSTOR 3710916.
Singelenberg, Richard (1989). "The '1975'-Prophecy and Its Impact Among Dutch Jehovah's Witnesses". Sociological Analysis. 50 (1): 23–40. doi:10.2307/3710916. JSTOR 3710916. Archived from the original on October 1, 2015. Retrieved July 27, 2006. Notes a nine percent drop in total publishers (door-to-door preachers) and a 38 per cent drop in pioneers (full-time preachers) in the Netherlands.
Ronald Lawson (1995). "Sect-state relations: Accounting for the differing trajectories of Seventh-Day Adventists and Jehovah's Witnesses". Sociology of Religion. 56 (4): 351–377. doi:10.2307/3712195. JSTOR 3712195.
Haas, Samuel S. (December 1955). "Book Review: New World Translation of the Hebrew Scriptures, Vol. I by New World Bible Translation Committee". Journal of Biblical Literature. 74 (4): 282–283. doi:10.2307/3261681. JSTOR 3261681. See also Owens, John Joseph (April 1, 1956). "Book Review: New World Translation of the Hebrew Scriptures". Review & Expositor. 53 (2): 253–254. doi:10.1177/003463735605300239. S2CID 147233464.

jw-media.org

"Korea government promises to adopt alternative service system for conscientious objectors". Jehovah's Witnesses Official Media Web Site. Office of Public Information of Jehovah's Witnesses. October 4, 2007. Archived from the original on December 24, 2009.
"Jehovah's Witnesses Official Media Web Site: Our History and Organization: Membership". Office of Public Information of Jehovah's Witnesses. Archived from the original on December 4, 2012.

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Raymond Franz (In Search of Christian Freedom, 2007, p.449) cites various Watch Tower Society publications that stress loyalty and obedience to the organization, including:
"Following Faithful Shepherds with Life in View". The Watchtower. October 1, 1967. p. 591.
"Jehovah's Word Is Alive - Highlights From Book Five of Psalms". The Watchtower. September 1, 2006. p. 15.
"Your Reminders Are What I Am Fond Of". The Watchtower. June 15, 2006. p. 26.
"Are You Prepared for Survival?". The Watchtower. May 15, 2006. p. 22.
Worship The Only True God. Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. 2002. p. 134.
2013 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses. p. 178.
Raymond Franz cites numerous examples. In Crisis of Conscience, 2002, pg. 173, he quotes from "They Shall Know That a Prophet Was Among Them". The Watchtower. April 1, 1972. pp. 197–200. which states that God had raised Jehovah's Witnesses as a prophet "to warn (people) of dangers and declare things to come". He also cites "Identifying the Right Kind of Messenger". The Watchtower. May 1, 1997. p. 8. which identifies the Witnesses as his "true messengers ... by making the messages he delivers through them come true", in contrast to "false messengers", whose predictions fail. In In Search of Christian Freedom, 2007, he quotes Commissioned to Speak in the Divine Name. Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. 1971. pp. 70, 292. which describes Witnesses as the modern Ezekiel class, "a genuine prophet within our generation". The Watch Tower book noted: "Concerning the message faithfully delivered by the Ezekiel class, Jehovah positively states that it 'must come true' ... those who wait undecided until it does 'come true' will also have to know that a prophet himself had proved to be in the midst of them." He also cites "Execution of the Great Harlot Nears". The Watchtower. October 15, 1980. p. 17. which claims God gives the Witnesses "special knowledge that others do not have ... advance knowledge about this system's end".
"Bearers of the Fear-inspiring Name". The Watchtower. Watch Tower Society. November 1, 1961. p. 654.
"Part 1 - United States of America". 1975 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses. Watch Tower Society. 1975. p. 38.
2007 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses. Watch Tower Society. pp. 4, 6.
"How the Governing Body Is Organized". The Watchtower. May 15, 2008. p. 29.
"Seek God's Guidance in All Things". The Watchtower. April 15, 2008. p. 11.
"Preaching and Teaching Earth Wide - 2009 Grand Totals". 2010 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses. Watch Tower Society. 2010. p. 42.
"30. What You Must Do to Live Forever". You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth. Watch Tower Society. 1989. p. 255.
"You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth—But How?". The Watchtower. February 15, 1983. p. 12.
2002 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses. Watch Tower Society. 2002. p. 31.
"The Spirit Searches into the Deep Things of God". The Watchtower. July 15, 2010. p. 23.
"Do We Need Help to Understand the Bible?". The Watchtower. February 15, 1981. p. 19.
"Do You See the Evidence of God's Guidance?". The Watchtower. April 15, 2011. pp. 3–5.
"Unity Identifies True Worship". The Watchtower. September 15, 2010. p. 13.
"Overseers of Jehovah's People". The Watchtower. June 15, 1957. pp. 369–375.
"Archaeology and the Inspired Record". All Scripture is Inspired of God. Watch Tower Society. 1990. p. 336.
"All Scripture Is Inspired of God and Beneficial". All Scripture is Inspired of God. Watch Tower Society. 1990. p. 9.
"Jehovah's Witnesses". Reasoning From The Scriptures. Watch Tower Society. 1989. pp. 199–208.
"Questions From Readers". The Watchtower. April 1, 1986. pp. 30–31.
"Stay in the "City of Refuge" and Live!". The Watchtower. November 15, 1995. p. 19.
"Identifying the Wild Beast and Its Mark". The Watchtower. April 1, 2004. p. 5.
"God's Kingdom—Earth's New Rulership". The Watchtower. October 15, 2000. p. 10.
"Tell Us, When Will These Things Be?". The Watchtower. July 15, 2013. pp. 4–5.
"Highlights of the Past Year". Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses. Watch Tower Society. 2010. p. 6.
"Christian Families—"Keep Ready"". The Watchtower. May 15, 2011. p. 14.
"Keep the Word of Jehovah Moving Speedily". Our Kingdom Ministry. October 1, 1982. p. 1.
"The Bible's Viewpoint—What Does It Mean to Be the Head of the House?". Awake!. July 8, 2004. p. 26.
"Christian Weddings That Bring Joy". The Watchtower. April 15, 1984. p. 11.
"Questions From Readers". The Watchtower. March 15, 1982. p. 31.
"Adultery". Insight on the Scriptures. Vol. 1. p. 53.
"Marriage—Why Many Walk Out". Awake!. July 8, 1993. p. 6.
"When Marital Peace Is Threatened". The Watchtower. November 1, 1988. p. 22.
"When a Loved One Leaves Jehovah". The Watchtower. No. September 2021. pp. 26–31. Archived from the original on August 13, 2023.
"Display Christian Loyalty When a Relative Is Disfellowshipped". Our Kingdom Ministry. August 1, 2002. pp. 3–4.
"Disfellowshipping—How to View It". The Watchtower. September 15, 1981. p. 24.
"Worship That God Approves". What Does The Bible Really Teach?. p. 145.
"Questions From Readers". The Watchtower. November 1, 1999. p. 28.
Reasoning From The Scriptures. Watch Tower Society. p. 178.
"Keep Yourselves in God's Love". The Watchtower. August 15, 2009. p. 22.
"Work to Preserve Your Family Into God's New World". The Watchtower. October 15, 1992. p. 21.
Worship the Only True God. Watch Tower Society. 2002. p. 159.
Education. Watch Tower Society. 2002. pp. 20–23.
How Blood Can Save Your Life. Watch Tower Society. 1990. pp. 13–17.
"Question Box". Our Kingdom Ministry. Watch Tower Society. November 1, 2003. p. 3.
"Question Box-May both parents report the time used for the regular family study?". Our Kingdom Ministry. September 1, 2008. p. 3.
Jehovah's Witnesses—Proclaimers of God's Kingdom. Watch Tower Society. 1993. pp. 679–701.
"Exposing the Devil's Subtle Designs". The Watchtower. January 15, 1983. p. 27.
"Visits from Older Men Benefit God's People". The Watchtower. February 15, 1979. p. 20.
"Building a Firm Foundation in Christ". The Watchtower. May 1, 1964. pp. 277–278.
"Maintaining our Christian Oneness". The Watchtower. August 15, 1988. pp. 28–30.
"Staying Awake with the "Faithful and Discreet Slave"". The Watchtower. July 15, 1960. p. 444.
"Why So Many False Alarms?". Awake!. March 22, 1993. pp. 3–4. footnote
"To Whom Shall We Go but Jesus Christ?". The Watchtower. March 1, 1979. p. 23.

jw.org

"2023 Grand Totals". Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. 2023. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
"Missionaries "to the Most Distant Part of the Earth"". jw.org. June 1, 2021. Retrieved March 22, 2024. Currently, there are 3,090 field missionaries worldwide. These missionaries are assigned to congregations where there is a need in the preaching work. Another 1,001 field missionaries serve in the circuit work.
"What Is the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses?". Official website of Jehovah's Witnesses. Watch Tower Society.
"Annual Meeting Report". Official website of Jehovah's Witnesses. Watch Tower Society.
"Online Bible". Official website of Jehovah's Witnesses. Watch Tower Society.
"After Jesus' Resurrection, Was His Body Flesh or Spirit?". Jehovah's Witnesses—Official Website: jw.org. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
2024 Governing Body update #2. WatchTower Bible and Tract Society. Event occurs at 13:12. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
"Why Do Jehovah's Witnesses Maintain Political Neutrality?". Watch Tower Society.
"2021 Governing Body Update #10". Watch Tower Society.

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"Jehovah's Witnesses and civil rights". Knocking.org. Archived from the original on September 1, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2012.

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Stark and Iannoccone (1997). "Why the Jehovah's Witnesses Grow So Rapidly: A Theoretical Application" (PDF). Journal of Contemporary Religion: 142–143. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 12, 2019. Retrieved July 16, 2013.

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Holden, A. (2002). Cavorting With the Devil: Jehovah's Witnesses Who Abandon Their Faith (PDF). Department of Sociology, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YL, UK. p. Endnote [i]. Retrieved April 4, 2017.

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"Jehovah's Witnesses Abandon Key Tenet: Doctrine: Sect has quietly retreated from prediction that those alive in 1914 would see end of world". Los Angeles Times. November 4, 1995.

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Lisa Myers; Richard Greenberg (November 21, 2007). "New evidence in Jehovah's Witness allegations". NBC News. New York, NY.

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"At the Top / NYC Company Profiles / NYC 40". Newsday. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved July 30, 2019.

newsweek.com

Joel P. Engardio (December 18, 1995). "Apocalypse Later". Newsweek. Vol. 236, no. 3146. pp. 24–25. Bibcode:2017NewSc.236Q..24L. doi:10.1016/S0262-4079(17)31969-3.

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"Lawyers release survey on alleged Jehovah's Witness child abuse". NHK. November 20, 2023. Retrieved November 21, 2023.

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Ransom, Heather; Monk, Rebecca; Heim, Derek (2021). "Grieving the Living: The Social Death of Former Jehovah's Witnesses". Journal of Religion and Health. 61 (3): 2458–2480. doi:10.1007/s10943-020-01156-8. PMC 9142413. PMID 33469793.
Muramoto, O. (August 1998). "Bioethics of the refusal of blood by Jehovah's Witnesses: Part 1. Should bioethical deliberation consider dissidents' views?". Journal of Medical Ethics. 24 (4): 223–230. doi:10.1136/jme.24.4.223. PMC 1377670. PMID 9752623.
Muramoto, O. (January 6, 2001). "Bioethical aspects of the recent changes in the policy of refusal of blood by Jehovah's Witnesses". BMJ. 322 (7277): 37–39. doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7277.37. PMC 1119307. PMID 11141155.
Gohel, MS; Bulbaria, RA; Slim, FJ; Poskitt, KR; Whyman, MR (2005). "How to approach major surgery where patients refuse blood transfusion (including Jehovah's Witnesses)". Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 87 (1): 3–14. doi:10.1308/1478708051414. PMC 1963852. PMID 15720900.
Sniesinski; Chen, EP; Levy, JH; Szlam, F; Tanaka, KA; et al. (April 1, 2007). "Coagulopathy After Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Jehovah's Witness Patients: Management of Two Cases Using Fractionated Components and Factor VIIa" (PDF). Anesthesia & Analgesia. 104 (4): 763–5. doi:10.1213/01.ane.0000250913.45299.f3. PMID 17377078. S2CID 45882634. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 18, 2008. Retrieved December 30, 2008.

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