what is the year, who led them here, what were the consequences met?
2007-10-12 05:13:02 · 3 answers · asked by inochio 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It seems best to simply quote from the official history of Jehovah's Witnesses regarding this question.
Jehovah's Witnesses - Proclaimers of God's Word, page 419 [quote]
A further major effort was put forth in 1911-12 to help people of the Orient. The International Bible Students Association sent a committee of seven men, headed by C. T. Russell, to examine firsthand the conditions there. Wherever they went they spoke about God’s purpose to bring blessings to mankind by means of the Messianic Kingdom. Sometimes their audience was small, but in the Philippines and in India, there were thousands. [unquote]
Jehovah's Witnesses - Proclaimers of God's Word, page 440-441,453 [quote]
At about the same time [the early 1930's], Joseph Dos Santos, a Portuguese-American, also set out to reach untouched territory. First he witnessed on the outer islands of Hawaii; then he undertook an around-the-globe preaching tour. When he reached the Philippines, however, he received a letter from Brother Rutherford asking him to stay there to build up and organize the Kingdom-preaching activity. He did, for 15 years. ...Joseph Dos Santos, the Philippines. Had devoted 12 years as full-time proclaimer of Kingdom message before imprisonment in 1942. Revitalized the activity of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the Philippines after the war and personally continued in pioneer service until his death in 1983.
Jehovah's Witnesses - Proclaimers of God's Word, page 488-489 [quote]
Jehovah’s Witnesses in the Philippines expanded rapidly following World War II. As soon as possible after his release from prison on March 13, 1945, Joseph Dos Santos ... visited congregations personally to unify and strengthen them. That same year a national convention was held in Lingayen, Pangasinan, where instructions were given on how to teach truth-hungry people by means of home Bible studies. The following years saw a concerted effort to translate and publish more material in the local languages—Tagalog, Iloko, and Cebuano. The foundation was being laid for expansion, and it came quickly. Within a decade after the war ended, the number of Witnesses in the Philippines increased from about 2,000 to more than 24,000. In another 20 years, there were well over 78,000 praisers of Jehovah there. [unquote]
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2007-10-12 08:39:44 · answer #1 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Check out the 2003 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses, pp 151-168
2007-10-12 05:21:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I'm SURE that there is a YEARBOOK that talks about it.
2007-10-12 20:02:37 · answer #3 · answered by . 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋