Jehovah's Witnesses News

For Immediate Release
June 30, 2009

KHUJAND, Tajikistan—On the morning of June 8, 2009, Zafar Rakhimov, one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, received a summons to appear at the office of the Sughd District Committee for National Security (CNS) at 1 p.m. that same day. At the CNS office, Zafar was Read the rest of this entry »

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By Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service

Complaining of the latest closure of a mosque in Azerbaijan is Muslim rights activist Ilgar Ibrahimoglu Allahverdiev. He told Forum 18 News Service that local officials and police banned Muslims from praying at the Khazrat Fatima mosque in Baku, cut off the power and threatened to demolish the uncompleted building. Read the rest of this entry »

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By Matt Russell

On Thursday night, as in years past, an expected 200 Jehovah’s Witnesses will go to Mayo Civic Center and busy themselves cleaning Taylor Arena before starting a three-day convention.

“They’ll do a top to bottom of the arena,” said Andy Krogstad, managing director of the Mayo Civic Center. “They will do all the restrooms, they will wash windows, Read the rest of this entry »

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WARSAW, June 29 (RIA Novosti) – A popular clothes chain in Poland has announced that it will hire only Jehovah’s Witnesses, national media said on Monday.

The unusual work requirement was announced by the Occasion chain for its staff in shops in Lodz and Warsaw, the Gazeta Wyborcza has reported.

A spokesman told the Read the rest of this entry »

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This weekend marks the first of eight Jehovah’s Witness conventions that will bring tens-of- thousands of visitors into Reading. WFMZ’s Melissa Fullerton shows us why some of the out-of- towners spent today spiffing up the city.

>> REPORTER: Listen closely that’s the sound of dozens of visitors to the city of Reading saying, “thank you”. Read the rest of this entry »

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By Madison Mathews

As a Jehovah’s Witness, Zack Self believes it’s important to gather with other believers who feel the same way about God and continue to learn what they can do to live their lives best for him.

“For Jehovah’s Witnesses, it’s very important that we maintain a standard of conduct and spiritual activity in order to demonstrate that we are truly dedicated to God,” Self said. Read the rest of this entry »

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By Don Spatz

The Jehovah’s Witnesses will return to Reading on Friday as their fifth summer convention series begins in the Sovereign Center on Penn Street.

The series will run Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays for eight weekends through August, starting at 9 a.m. daily and bringing 20,000 people downtown each weekend. Read the rest of this entry »

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By JANAE FRANCIS

OGDEN — For the next two weekends, the Dee Events Center in Ogden will be packed with Jehovah’s Witnesses who will be attending two annual district conventions.

They’ve been coming to Ogden for their district conventions since 1981 and report that Ogden has been gracious to them.

This year, as always, they hope to return that graciousness by inviting many in the Read the rest of this entry »

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SUSAN ORR STAFF WRITER

Host to rock concerts, sporting events and trade shows, Roberts Stadium might seem an unlikely place to seek spiritual renewal.

But thousands of Jehovah’s Witnesses this weekend are doing just that.

Today was the first day of what will be three weekends’ worth of district conventions held at the stadium.

An estimated 5,100 Jehovah’s Witnesses Read the rest of this entry »

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BY BETH HUNDSDORFER

That’s a brave chicken that lives in the remnants of Norman Wilke’s barn.

The hen didn’t leave her nest wedged in between two wood studs near the barn’s staircase when a tornado hit Monday — its winds twisting the metal roof and shearing the walls.             Read the rest of this entry »

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