Isn Charles Taze Russell the Founder of the Jehovahs Witnesses?
That is a misconception. Pastor Russell was the organizer of the International Bible Students Association. It was this loosely formed association that helped published the [Zion’s] Watch Tower and Herald of Christ’s Presence journal, and the [Zion’s] Watch Tower Tract Society. This Society was an organizer of Bible Student conventions and other activities, but it did not dictate any creeds or rules to the independent congregations, known as Associated Bible Students. After Pastor Russell’s death, The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society began to rise as a hierarchy over the once independent congregations. Many refused to surrender their Christian liberty and here started the work of separation. As early as 1917 this exodus from the Society began, and those who appreciated the wonderful harmony of the Bible as taught by Pastor Russell are today known as Associated Bible Students. By 1930, the Society no longer resembled that of its former self. Many Bible Students abandoned the Society,
That is a misconception. Pastor Russell was the organizer of the International Bible Students Association. It was this loosely formed association that helped published the [Zion’s] Watch Tower and Herald of Christ’s Presence journal, and the [Zion’s] Watch Tower Society. This Society was an organizer of Bible Student conventions and other activities, but it did not dictate any creeds or rules to the independent congregations. After Pastor Russell’s death, The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society began to rise as a hierarchy over the once independent congregations. Many refused to surrender their Christian liberty and here started the work of separation. As early as 1917 this exodus from the Society began, and those who appreciated the wonderful harmony of the Bible as taught by Pastor Russell are today known as Associated Bible Students. By 1930, the Society no longer resembled that of its former self.
