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Jehovah’s Witness Convention in Janesville

August 12, 2023

Janesville Asembly Hall Hosts conventions of Jehovah’s Witnesses throughout July and August JANESVILLE, Wis. – After a three-year pandemic pause, one of the largest convention organizations in the world chose Janesville, Wisconsin, as the site for one of its global three-day events on Aug. 4-6: the 2023 “Exercise Patience”! Convention. While this year was the […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Jehovahs Witnesses, Religious Conventions

Baptism Highlights Second Day of Convention at Janesville Assembly Hall

July 29, 2023

Full Immersion Baptism Marks Special Day For Many JANESVILLE, Wis. – Lexi Bigler of DeForest, Wisconsin, eagerly anticipated the second day of the Janesville convention on July 8, the day she stepped into the pool at the Assembly Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses to get baptized. “It was a very big decision,” she said, “but I […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Jehovahs Witnesses, Lexi Bigler, Religious Conventions

Jehovah’s Witness Convention Coming to Janesville

July 9, 2023

Janesville assembly hall to host convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses throughout July and August JANESVILLE, Wis. – After a three-year pandemic pause, one of the largest convention organizations in the world has chosen Janesville, Wisconsin to host its global three-day event: the 2023 “Exercise Patience”! Convention. Prior to 2020, summers were marked by Jehovah’s Witnesses filling […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Jehovahs Witnesses, Religious Conventions

Special Campaign for Russian Speaking Individuals in Illinois and Wisconsin

June 10, 2023

Volunteers from Across North America to Participate in A Russian Bible Education Initiative During the month of June, more than 500 Russian-speaking Jehovah’s Witnesses from across North America will visit communities throughout the greater Chicago and Milwaukee areas to participate in a Russian-language Bible education initiative. Together with about 250 local volunteers, they’ll share the […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Bible Education, Jehovahs Witnesses, Russians

Thousands of Jehovah’s Witnesses Among the Millions of Nazism’s Victims

January 21, 2023

On January 27, the world will mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day,[1] a symbolic date to commemorate the victims of Nazism. Murderous Nazi terror targeted millions for reasons of biology, nationality, or political ideology. But few people know that the Nazis’ victims included thousands of Jehovah’s Witnesses, who suffered for their Christian faith. Jehovah’s Witnesses, also then […]

Popular Interests In This Article: International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Jehovahs Witnesses

Jehovah’s Witnesses Back at the Chicago Marathon for the First Time in Three Years

October 15, 2022

As athletes raced past iconic skyscrapers and well-known landmarks during the 44th Chicago Marathon, they also ran past another familiar sight: Jehovah’s Witnesses standing next to mobile carts featuring colorful literature in a variety of languages. More than 800 volunteers participated in this unique work at more than 40 locations throughout Chicago this week, including […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Chicago Marathon, Jehovahs Witnesses, Videos

Witnesses Knocking on Doors Again

September 3, 2022

MADISON, WIS., JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES RETURN TO DOOR-TO-DOOR MINISTRY AFTER 30-MONTH PANDEMIC PAUSE Jehovah’s Witnesses will resume their trademark door-to-door ministry beginning Sept. 1 when a two-and-a-half-year suspension of the work is officially lifted, just in time to begin a global campaign featuring a new interactive Bible study program. The decision to resume their door-to-door ministry […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Jasmine Stansberry, Jehovahs Witnesses

Back on the Streets of Madison After Pandemic Pause

July 2, 2022

Jehovah’s Witnesses Resume Public Ministry Two Years After Going Virtual If you happen to be in Madison’s downtown Isthmus area this week, you may notice that a pre-pandemic fixture is back on the sidewalks: smiling faces standing next to colorful carts featuring a positive message and free Bible-based literature. Thousands of these carts will be […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Jehovahs Witnesses

Milwaukee Residents Reflect on the Impact of a 2002 Historic Supreme Court Ruling as 20th Anniversary Nears

June 4, 2022

While Jehovah’s Witnesses have chosen to temporarily suspend their door-to-door ministry due to the pandemic, their activity was almost permanently banned by one U.S. village in the late 1990s — that is until the United States Supreme Court stepped in with a historic 8-1 decision on June 17, 2002, declaring the local ordinance unconstitutional. As […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Door-to-Door Ministry, Free Speech, Jehovahs Witnesses

South Korea’s Alternative Civilian Service Violates International Standards

May 14, 2022

As the world prepares for International Conscientious Objector Day on May 15, over 800 Jehovah’s Witnesses in South Korea have chosen to perform alternative civilian service (ACS) instead of compulsory military duties. Under the current ACS format, these young men are prisoners by definition, because they are forced to live and work in prison facilities. […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Alternative Civilian Service, International Conscientious Objector Day, Jehovahs Witnesses, South Korea

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