Witnesses bring God to your doorstep

[Musky]

Witnesses bring God to your doorstep

 

 

I'm sure most of us are familiar with them: men, women, even children, neatly dressed, often carrying a briefcase or satchel full of literature. They ring doorbells and politely offer to share the Word of God with the residents who answer.

 

These are Jehovah's Witnesses, a worldwide group of dedicated believers: 7.9 million members in 239 lands, making up 114,000 congregations that meet in buildings called Kingdom Halls.

 

Every baptized member is a “Preacher of the Good News” and can spend up to 70 hours per month voluntarily calling door-to-door, leading neighborhood Bible Studies or performing other types of evangelism while still working a secular job. Love of neighbor impels them to take seriously Jesus' prophecy in Matthew 24:124: “This good news of the Kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.”

 

Morgan Hill resident Clark Bolivar, who has been a Witness since 1958, points out that the church has adapted its ministry to go beyond the traditional doorstep visits. Usually both parents in a household work now and long commutes have lengthened the workday. Thus, Witnesses often bring sample literature to farmers' markets to reach people who might like to know more about God. They also often set up in the train station parking lot to offer literature to passing commuters.

 

The biggest innovation, however, is a state-of-the-art website: JW.org. Here everyone has access to extensive information from the privacy of home.

 

Read more here:

 

http://www.gilroydispatch.com/lifestyles/columnists/chuck_flagg/witnesses-bring-god-to-your-doorstep/article_137013fc-8a33-11e4-a5e4-9b054f6c0377.html#user-comment-area

 

[SUNRAY]

Very nice article..is Chuck Flagg a Witness?

[rocket]

Be wary of the comments section. I think every apostate in the country is trolling the comment section.

[Brother Arellano]

Hey look at that he fixed the web address. Yesterday he had it as JH.org. I emailed him about it.

[AH173]

Very nice article. Thanks for posting. ☺