JW Survey Results for 2015 and Reflections on 2016
The year 2016 has seen a tidal wave of news, scandals and controversial topics surrounding Jehovah’s Witnesses. From horrific and
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NEWS BULLETIN: Australian Government Issues Report Condemning Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Sexual Abuse Policies
The criticisms of Jehovah’s Witnesses and their various regulations, from handling of child abuse matters to the prevention of medically
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Holy drain covers: No expense spared on new Warwick headquarters
Many of you will remember the unprecedented May 2015 JW Broadcasting episode in which Governing Body member Stephen Lett disclosed
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News Bulletin: Éloïse Dupuis Dead at 27 – Watchtower Claims Another Victim, Son Left Motherless
It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of Éloïse Dupuis, a 27-year-old Jehovah’s Witness from Quebec, Canada. Éloïse died on
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Upcoming 2017 JW Assembly Encourages Witness Youths to Lie About Homosexuality
Theocratic Warfare has long been a controversial aspect of Watchtower theology. Often dressed up in with euphemisms and wordplay to
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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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The 2016 annual meeting: The most uneventful in years?
In recent years, Jehovah’s Witnesses have come to expect much from Watchtower’s annual meeting – an ostensibly corporate event that has
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News Bulletin: UK inquiry into child sexual abuse requesting submissions
In 2015, Watchtower was brought before the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, and was found
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Sneak preview: A book that tells the story of a “reluctant apostate”
It was the winter of 2012. All the talk among ex-JWs was about the Candace Conti lawsuit, recent “new light” about
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Did Watchtower fake a 1958 speech for propaganda purposes?
[Update: Since writing this article, it is clear that Watchtower did NOT fake the recording referred to. Here is my apology.]
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Disturbing footage of convicted JW pedophile engaged in door to door work goes online
Disturbing footage has come to light that apparently shows a Jehovah’s Witness with a criminal record for sexually assaulting a
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NEWS BULLETIN: Watchtower Releases Updated Child Abuse Directive to Elders; Lack of Adequate Policy Change Continues To Endanger Jehovah’s Witness Minors
In a newly released letter to all elders dated August 1st 2016, The Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses has once
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No expense spared: Governing Body members DO fly business class
Earlier today, JWsurvey was contacted by an airline employee based at a major European airport who was willing to give
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