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Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. A reader raised by Jehovah’s Witnesses responds to our callout for ...

Nearly 5,300 Jehovah s Witnesses gathered in Billings this weekend for their Teachers of God s Word district convention. Among the highlights of the three-day gathering was a baptism Saturday morning ...

One of the largest organizers of global religious conventions will once again draw thousands to Jacksonville,In a world where bad news endlessly streams on social media, TV and radio, a three-day live ...

One by one, about 40 people stepped into the pool, completing the final step in their baptism as Jehovah’s Witnesses. Leaning back into the hands of church elders, the baptism candidates immersed ...

Last weekend Jehovah’s Witnesses around the world began their first virtual convention. Held simultaneously in countries around the globe over several weekends each summer, the event draws huge crowds ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. “No one chose this imprisonment.” That’s our latest reader pushing back ...