What is the stated mission of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society?

by LDH 17 Replies latest jw friends

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  LDH

  All this time you thought it was to proclaim Jehovah's grand kingdom! Ain't you silly!

  (by the way, this information is maintained and updated by our friend JR Brown-nose!)

  I took this from a website I'm a member of and only edited out info that would reveal the source as per my subscriber terms.

  Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc. Also Known As: WTBTS 25 Columbia Hts Brooklyn, NY 11201

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  GENERAL INFORMATION

  Contact:	Mr. J. R. Brown, Office of Public Information
  Telephone:	(718) 560-5000
  E-mail:	You must be a or subscriber to view this information.
  Web Site:	www.watchtower.org

  Who We Are

  Publishes and distributes religious periodicals and Bibles

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  • This organization is a 501c3 Public Charity.
  • This organization is not required to file an annual return with the IRS because it is a church.
  • Additional narrative information in this report was last supplied by the organization on November 5, 2002.
  • Contributions are deductible, as provided by law.

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  How to Help

  This organization is seeking funds from contributions. These funds will be used for unrestricted operating expenses, special projects and building improvements.

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  Location(s) Served

  • National

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  EIN:	You must be a or subscriber to view this information.
  Year Founded:	1909
  Ruling Year:	1992
  	You must be a subscriber to view this information.
  	You must be a subscriber to view this information.
  	You must be a or subscriber to view this information.
  No. of Board Members:	7
  No. of Full-Time Employees:	0
  No. of Part-Time Employees:	0
  No. of Volunteers:	> 1000

  Chief Executive

  You must be a or subscriber to view this information.

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  BOARD OF DIRECTORS

  You must be a or subscriber to view this information.

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  MISSION AND PROGRAMS

  Mission

  To publish and distribute religious periodicals and Bibles

  Programs

  The corporation's purposes are religious, educational, and charitable and acts as a legal entity for the religious body of Christian persons in the United States as Jehovah's Witnesses.

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  GOALS AND RESULTS

  Accomplishments for Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 1999

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  FORM 990 AND EDOCS

  None Available.

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  I will be sharing other goodies from this site in weeks to come. Stay tuned!

  Lisa

  It's there, you just gotta know where to look Class
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  LDH

  Just out of curiousity you might find it interesting to note CERTAIN congregations are set up separately as 501c3's. (Assembly halls too!) for instance

  FRANKLIN CONGREGATION KINGDOM HALL OF JEHOVAH S WITNESSES 25 Parker St Franklin, NJ 07416

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  GENERAL INFORMATION

  • This organization is a 501c3 Public Charity.

  Groton Mass Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, Inc. 141 S Rd Rte 119 Pepperell, MA 01463

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  GENERAL INFORMATION

  • This organization is a 501c3Public Charity.

  INDIANAPOLIS ASSEMBLY HALL OF JEHOVAHS WITNESSES INC

  1201 N DELAWARE ST
  INDIANPOLIS, IN 46202

  ( I do have the IRS form 990s for 4 calendar years for this organization if anyone would like to host them let me know! )

  JEHOVAHS WITNESS HOLOCAUST-ERA SURVIVORS FUND INC

  144 EKNILWORTH AVE
  WEBSTER GROVE , MO 63119

  PS- who wants the OFFICIAL LIST of beneficiaries of the $400,000 that was disbursed from this "fund?"

  MILILANI ASSEMBLY HALL OF JEHOVAH WITNESSES INC

  239 PALII ST
  % KENNETH MINNER
  MILILANI , HI 96789

  Mira Loma California Assembly Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses

  3300 Cornerstone Dr
  Mira Loma, CA 91752
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  candidlynuts

  well now.. thats a wee bit different than the stated mission of the watchtower on wikipedia.. keep it coming LDH

  i guess they word things the way they need to in order to keep charitable status .. oh..regarding your other info in second post.. some of that info is available on the dunn and bradstreet website too.

  The Watchtower is used by Jehovah's Witnesses in their public preaching. The inside cover page of each issue has the following mission statement: "THE PURPOSE OF THE WATCHTOWER is to exalt Jehovah God as Sovereign Lord of the universe. It keeps watch on world events as these fulfill Bible prophecy. It comforts all peoples with the good news that God's Kingdom will soon destroy those who oppress their fellowmen and that it will turn the earth into a paradise. It encourages faith in God's now-reigning King, Jesus Christ, whose shed blood opens the way for mankind to gain eternal life. The Watchtower, published by Jehovah's Witnesses continuously since 1879, is nonpolitical. It adheres to the Bible as its authority."

  The magazine is also a major vehicle of communication from the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses to the association as a whole regarding doctrine and organizational procedures.
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  VM44

  This is all the info currently on the internet concerning the executives of the WTBTS, it is probably out of date by now.

  Is Max H. Larson, who is now about 91, still president?

  --VM44

  Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc. (Incorporated 1909)

  President:

  Max H. Larson (age 85 as of October 14, 2000 )

  Vice Presidents:

  George M. Couch,

  Lonnie R. Schilling

  Secretary/Treasurer

  Gerald F. Simonis

  Directors

  Gerald D. Grizzle,

  David G. Sinclair,

  Robert M. Pevy
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  Stealth453

  The watchliar society donns yet another mask.

  Sickening!!!
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  LDH

  well now.. thats a wee bit different than the stated mission of the watchtower on wikipedia.. keep it coming LDH

  i guess they word things the way they need to in order to keep charitable status ..

  Perhaps this is a case of....using this world to its full.
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  LDH

  What is The New York Community Trust?
  
  We are the country's largest community foundation, with assets of $1.9 billion and almost 1,800 individual charitable funds. We have been helping charitable individuals, businesses, and private foundations with their philanthropy since 1924. We make philanthropy convenient, professional, and lasting.

  So who got money from them recently?

  A Better Chance ($500), ACORN ($10,000), American Friends Service Committee ($25,000), American Jewish Committee ($5,000), American Kidney Fund ($500), American Red Cross in Greater New York ($130,450), American Red Cross, Mineola ($500), American Red Cross, White Plains ($50,000), American Red Cross, National Headquarters ($180,865), American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ($2,470), AmeriCares ($2,750), America's Second Harvest ($31,000), Arcandiana Arts Council ($1,000), Baton Rouge Area Foundation ($71,925), Catholic Relief Services ($2,500), Community Foundation of Acadiana ($25,000), Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham ($25,000), Community Foundation of Greater Jackson ($25,800), Community Foundation of South Alabama ($25,000), Direct Relief International ($500), Enterprise Corporation of the Delta ($102,000), Federation of Southern Cooperatives and Land Assistance Fund ($500), Foundation for the Mid South ($50,000), Greater New Orleans Foundation ($50,750), Gulf Coast Community Foundation ($28,000), Habitat for Humanity ($10,670), Hands On Worldwide ($25,000), Heifer Project International ($2,500), HHC Foundation of New York City ($500), Humane Society of the United States ($2,100), International Rescue Committee ($152,000), Jewish Center of the Hamptons ($500), Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation ($5,000), Ms. Foundation for Women ($5,000), NAAP ($100), New Orleans Bar Foundation ($87,000), North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System Foundation ($2,500), NYRAG ($10,000), Petsmart Charities ($1,520), Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors ($10,000), Salvation Army, Conneticut ($3,750), Salvation Army of Greater New York ($9,750), Salvation Army, Massachusetts ($100), Salvation Army of Sarasota ($1,500), Sisters of Charity of Sain Elizabeth ($20,000), Southeastern Louisiana Legal Services Corporation ($50,000), Southern Mutual Help Association ($104,400), Tipitinas Foundation ($600), Tulane Educational Fund ($2,500), Twenty-First Century Foundation ($2,000), UJA-Federation of New York ($4,660), Union for Reform Judaism ($10,000), United Jewish Communites ($250), United Methodist Church ($5,000), United Negro College Fund ($500), Unitarian Universalist Association ($500), United Way of America ($5,000), United Ways of the Texas Gulf Coast ($5,000), Vanderbilt University ($25,000), Vanguard Public Foundation ($500), Vermont Public Radio ($150), Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York ($50,000), William J. Clinton Presidential Foundation ($39,000)

  Now, you and I might wonder on what basis they requested this grant.

  That can be answered easily enough. HURRICANE KATRINA RELIEF......

  http://fdncenter.org/pnd/hurricane/foundations.jhtml;jsessionid=DMCUJO3MO4GDNTQRSI4CGXD5AAAACI2F

  So let's get this straight. If the ordinary rank and file JW sends money to the organization, they should NOT specify it's for Hurricane Katrina Relief. HOWEVER if the WBTS feels like it, they can request grant monies from charitable organizations in the specific name of Hurricane Katrina Relief efforts!!!

  Now what makes this astonishing.....When you receive grant monies, if you ever hope to get more grant monies in the future you must supply proof and documentation that this money was spent in the way you said it would be spent. Why is the WTBS not held to that same standard when it asks for money from it's follwers????

  Why would asking the WBTS to show proof of how much money they took in for Hurricane Katrina, and how it was spent, RAISE RED FLAGS if a JW asked about this?

  Lisa

  Thank you anonymous PM'er who sent me this link!!!!!
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  Big Tex

  It's a pyramid scheme that masquarades as a religion.

  What is the stated mission of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society?

  Oh.

  Dunno, something about Armageddon coming in 1875. No wait ... 1914, or was it 1925 . . . . . . . . .
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  Jankyn

  That's Lisa, preparing for her next career as a CIA operative.

  Girl, you got the connections!

  Jankyn, impressed by these investigative skills class
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  GermanXJW

  It may be a dumb question but does this mean that the WTS GOT 50,000 US$ from the trust or did they put 50,000US$ into this trust as NY residents?