Leaked 2018 convention videos celebrate anti-LGBTQ bigotry, unquestioning obedience and doomsday fear-mongering

In recent years, videos have become integral to the way Jehovah’s Witnesses receive information from their leaders the Governing Body,

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A Revealing Event: London Conference Highlights Child Abuse Among Jehovah’s Witnesses

I have sat through many Jehovah’s Witness conventions and assemblies over the years. Without exception, the time always seemed to

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Echoes of the 1930s as Governing Body asks Jehovah’s Witnesses to mobilize for letter-writing campaign

As the threat of a total ban on their activities in Russia looms closer, 8 million Jehovah’s Witnesses have been

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Bad omens for Watchtower as new Yearbook shows decreases for Canada, Australia and much of Europe

The 2017 Yearbook is now available on JW.org, and the much-anticipated figures in the “Service Year Report” tell the story

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“Pay Up Joyfully to Jehovah”: New songbook includes not-so-subtle plea for donations

On Sunday we reported on how the 2016 annual meeting was less than thrilling compared to previous years. Witnesses have grown

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