Hi i was wondering if anyone has the link to the site that deals in great detail with what happened leading up to Rutherford taking control of the 'society'. Im sure its a Bible Students site and it has a very detailed page with links to copies of official letters by the parties involved etc
Detailed version of split caused by Rutherford...where???
by beginnersmind 4 Replies latest watchtower bible
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startingover
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Go to the "last will" section. I found this page lays it all out:
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beginnersmind
Yes thats the one, many thanks!
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garybuss
http://www.biblestudents.net/history/
^ New by-laws were passed at the time of Rutherford's election that strengthened the President's authority. M.J. Penton. Apocalypse Delayed, p. 51. Rutherford, as chief legal counsel for the Watch Tower Society, had written the new by-laws. (See Harvest Siftings II, written by J.F. Rutherford.) Initially, the Board of Directors for the Watch Tower Society accepted this change, but four of the board members withdrew their support. Rutherford published his account of the dispute in Harvest Siftings. and Harvest Siftings II. The four directors replied to Rutherford's first booklet in Light After Darkness. The June 20, 1917 meeting of the full board of directors tabled, for one month, a proposal to return control of the Society to the board (see Rutherford's Harvest Siftings under subheading "Seeds Begin to Bring Forth"), but Rutherford prevented the board from meeting again.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses
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beginnersmind
Thanks for those links as well. Ive bookmarked them to read later.