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This is the creator of jehovah witness, he and some others from Pittsburgh came together to develop a group -
He began publishing a book called Zion’s watch tower and herald of Christ’s presence to spread his own interpretation of the gospel
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He taught about the end times and that Christ would reign invisibly in heaven 1914.
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Russell had died and Joseph was elected as the new president and restructured the movement to his liking -
In 1918 members were subjected to mob violence and were put in jail later they were released and all charges against them was dropped. Then on July 26 1931 in Ohio, Rutherford hade come up with a new name for the group going based of Isaiah 43:10
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He kicked out local elected leaders and introduced what he called a theocratic organizational system. This doctrine regard life after death and talk about how only 144,000 would survive the end times and make it to heaven
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In 1942, Knorr organized a international assembly and expanded missionary