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Bible Student movement - Wikipedia. A simplified chart of historical developments of major groups within Bible Students. The Bible Student movement is the name adopted by a Millennialist[1]Restorationist. Christian movement that emerged from the teachings and ministry of Charles Taze Russell, also known as Pastor Russell.

Members of the movement have variously referred to themselves as Bible Students, International Bible Students, Associated Bible Students, or Independent Bible Students. The origins of the movement are associated with the formation of Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society in 1. A number of schisms developed within the congregations of Bible Students associated with the Watch Tower Society between 1. The most significant split began in 1. Joseph Franklin Rutherford as president of the Watch Tower Society two months after Russell's death.

The schism began with Rutherford's controversial replacement of four of the Society's board of directors and publication of The Finished Mystery. Thousands of members left congregations of Bible Students associated with the Watch Tower Society throughout the 1. Rutherford's failed predictions for the year 1. William Schnell, author and former Jehovah's Witness, claims that three- quarters of the original Bible Students who had been associating with the Watch Tower Society in 1.

In 1. 93. 0 Rutherford stated that "the total number of those who have withdrawn from the Society.. Between 1. 91. 8 and 1.

Stand Fast Movement, the Pastoral Bible Institute, the Laymen's Home Missionary Movement founded by PSL Johnson, and the Dawn Bible Students Association. These groups range from conservative, claiming to be Russell's true followers, to more liberal, claiming that Russell's role is not as important as once believed. Rutherford's faction of the movement retained control of the Watch Tower Society and adopted the name Jehovah's witnesses in July 1. By the end of the 2. Jehovah's Witnesses claimed a membership of 6 million,[9] while other independent Bible Student groups were estimated to total less than 7.

Foundation[edit]In 1. Charles Russell viewed a presentation by Advent Christian preacher Jonas Wendell[1. Millerites) and soon after began attending an Adventist Bible study group in Allegheny, Pennsylvania led by George Stetson.

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Russell acknowledged the influence of Adventist ministers including George Storrs, an old acquaintance of William Miller and semi- regular attendee at the Bible study group in Allegheny.[1. In early January 1. Russell met independent Adventist preachers Nelson H. Barbour and John H. Paton, publishers of the Herald of the Morning, who convinced him that Christ had returned invisibly in 1. Russell provided financial backing for Barbour and became co- editor of Barbour's magazine, Herald of the Morning; the pair jointly issued Three Worlds and the Harvest of This World (1.

Barbour.[f][2. 0] Various concepts in the book are still taught by the Bible Student movement and Jehovah's Witnesses, including a 2. Gentile Times" predicted to end in 1. Deviating from most Second Adventists the book taught that the earth would not be burned up when Christ returned, but that humankind since Adam would eventually be resurrected to the earth and given the opportunity to attain eternal perfect human life if obedient. It also revealed an expectation that all of the "saints" would be taken to heaven in April, 1.

Russell continued to develop his interpretations of biblical chronology. In 1. 87. 7, he published 5. The Object and Manner of Our Lord's Return, teaching that Christ would return invisibly before the battle of Armageddon. By 1. 87. 8 he was teaching the Adventist view that the "time of the end" had begun in 1. Christ had returned invisibly in 1. Russell believed that 1. Christians who had died up to that time) and the "fall of Babylon" which he taught to be God's final judgment of unfaithful Christendom.[2.

October 1. 91. 4 was held as the end of a harvest period that would culminate in the beginning of Armageddon, manifested by the emergence of worldwide anarchy and the decline and destruction of civilized society.[2. Russell broke with Barbour in July 1. Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence (now known as The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah's Kingdom), and the pair competed through their rival publications for the minds of their readers.[2. Semi- monthly publication of the magazine began in 1. In early 1. 88. 1, Russell predicted that the churches ('Babylon') would begin to fall apart and that the rapture of the saints would take place that year, although they would remain on earth as materialized spirit beings.[2. In 1. 88. 2 he outlined his nontrinitarian views concluding that the doctrine is not taught in the Bible.[2. Readers of Zion's Watch Tower formed thirty Bible study groups in seven states in the United States in 1.

In 1. 88. 0 Russell visited the congregations to conduct six- hour study sessions, teaching each congregation how to carry out topical Bible study.[2. Watch Tower Society[edit]In 1. Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society was formed as an unincorporated administrative agency for the purpose of disseminating tracts, papers, doctrinal treatises and Bibles, with Russell as secretary and William Henry Conley as president.[3. Three years later, on December 1. Russell became president of the society when it was legally incorporated in Pennsylvania.[3. The society was renamed Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society in September 1.

Russell wrote many articles, books, pamphlets and sermons, which by his death totaled 5. In 1. 88. 6, he wrote the first of what would become a six- volume Bible textbook series called Millennial Dawn, later renamed Studies in the Scriptures,[3. As a consequence, the Bible Students were sometimes called Millennial Dawnists. Russell advertised for 1. Christ" to preach to their neighbors, to gather the "little flock" of saints while the vast majority of mankind would be given the opportunity to gain salvation during Christ's 1. Russell's supporters gathered as autonomous congregations to study the Bible and his writings. Russell rejected the concept of a formal organization as "wholly unnecessary" for his followers and declared that his group had no record of its members' names, no creeds, and no sectarian name.

He wrote in February 1. By whatsoever names men may call us, it matters not to us.. Christians."[3. 6] Elders and deacons were elected by congregations and Russell tolerated a great latitude of belief among members.

He opposed formal disciplinary procedures by congregation elders, claiming this was beyond their authority,[3. Disfellowshipping did not mean the wrongdoer was to be shunned in all social circumstances or by all Bible Students, though fellowship would be limited. From 1. 89. 5, Russell encouraged congregations to study his Bible textbook series, Studies in the Scriptures, paragraph by paragraph to properly discern God's plan for humanity. In 1. 90. 5 he recommended replacing verse- by- verse Bible studies with what he called "Berean Studies" of topics he chose. The Watch Tower Society opened overseas branches in London (1. Germany (1. 90. 3), and Australia and Switzerland (1.

The Society's headquarters were transferred to Brooklyn, New York in 1. Watch The Lion King Online The Lion King Full Movie Online. In January 1. 91.

Bible Students began public showings of The Photo- Drama of Creation.[4. It presented Russell's views of God's plan from the creation of the earth through to the establishment and administration of God's kingdom on earth.

The Photo- Drama represented a significant advancement in film production, as the first major presentation to synchronize motion pictures with audio by use of phonograph records.[4. Worldwide attendance in 1. Watch Swat Kats Full Episodes Free.

International Bible Students Association[edit]In 1. Russell introduced the name International Bible Students Association as a means of identifying his worldwide community of Bible study groups.