JW off-shoot list (page 2)

unclebruce

WOOO! ..A First Resurrection! It's a miracle!

There were many offshoots after the Rutherfords coup following Russells death. In my old congregation there were a few who turned up faithfully every memorial. One lovely old couple beamed christian virtue but me, as a young pioneer literally peddling my literature each and every day, couldn't help wondering why this couple were treated so well and expected to 'get through armagedon'. When I asked who they were it was whispered "they're Russellites".

Russells woldwide radio program created a faithful scattering that continues to today - quite amazing really . I remember a whispering campaign against an old Dutch bro in 1985. His spiritual welfare was thought to be in jeopardy due to his freindship with a Russellite couple.

Being a Russelite would be cool - a bloke could still celebrate birthdays, xmas and stuff and everybody gets a drink at the memorial

unclebruce

LittleToe

Romania has "The Real JWs" (??) and Nigeria has "Gods Kingdom Society" (which number several million).

Both of these groups view the WTS as an apostacy - LOL.

unclebruce

lol scotsperson,

I love it that Russell wanted to call his new religion the Church of Christ but the name was already taken.

unclebruce

under74

Geez...that was a close call. I thought for sure this thread was done.

Glad you get some use from it Gill.

Strange unclebruce, I was totally oblivious to all this....might have something to do with me being raised in it (sheltered) and never coming into contact with "Russellites."

LT- Thanks for that. Interesting. Several millon in Nigeria? I'm going to have to look this group up.
........lol, apostates

Kenneson

Africa ( Zaire) has also produced another group; it is called Kitawala.

The link I provided is not working. Just do a search for Kitawala and you should find it. Sorry.

badboy

Who are these Nigerians?

kwintestal

I'm not sure if they're associated but they look similar.

http://www.truebiblecode.com/

They call themselves the Lord's Witnesses!?!?

They're looney.

Kwin

badboy

The founder of the Lord's Witnesses was a jw who wrote to the A GB member setting out his theories.

M.J.

There were many offshoots after the Rutherfords coup following Russells death. In my old congregation there were a few who turned up faithfully every memorial. One lovely old couple beamed christian virtue but me, as a young pioneer literally peddling my literature each and every day, couldn't help wondering why this couple were treated so well and expected to 'get through armagedon'. When I asked who they were it was whispered "they're Russellites".

Wow, this is news to me. Russellites are welcomed and treated with respect? Are they acknowledged by JWs to have a shot at surviving the big A???? I thought in all cases they were considered the "evil slave" and Apostates.

under74

Well, I was trying to edit the list in my first post to add but it keeps showing an error message so here's an updated list in case anyone cares. I added JWs and Kitwala (that's an interesting movement) and the Lord's Witnesses.

Littletoe-I can't find anything on the Romanian group....the Nigerian group sounds an awful lot like JWs but I can't find a direct link. Maybe they're an offshoot of Kitwala or the original group that was called Watchtower? I read that Kitwala spread all over Belguim Congo and into other regions.....it was very anti-colonial.

Laymen's Home Missionary Movement
Epiphany Bible Students Association
Laodicean Home Missionary Movement
Pastoral Bible Institute, Inc.
Watchers of the Morning
Dawn Bible Students Association
Christian Millennial Fellowship, Inc.
Stand Fast Bible Students Association
Elijah Voice Society
Servants of Yah
Bible Fellowship Union
New Jerusalem Fellowship
Old Paths Publications
Forest Gate Church
Bible Students Publishing Company
Goshen Fellowship
Institute of Pyramidology
Angel of Jehovah Bible and Tract Society
Berean Bible Institute
New Covenant Fellowship
Christian Truth Institute
New Covenant Believers
Associated Bible Students
Kitwala
Lord's Witnesses

If anyone comes up with any others let me know.
Thanks to everybody for their input.

JW off-shoot list

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