Jehovah Guides Our Global Teaching Work -

HOW LANGUAGE HAS HELPED US

During the first century, common or Koine, Greek was widely spoken in the Roman Empire. Is there a language as widely spoken today?  Many would say that English is such a language.  The book  English as  a Global Language says:  "About a quarter of the world's population is already fluent or competent in English."  The most widely taught foreign language is English, which is used to communicate internationally for commercial, political, scientific, and technological purposes. 

The widespread use of English has helped us to advance pure worship. For years, The Watchtower and other Bible-based publications were printed first in English. It is the official language at the world headquarters of Jehovah's Witnesses. And it is generally used when teaching students at the Watchtower Educational Center at Patterson, New York, U.S.A.

Because we have the privilege  of preaching the good news of the Kingdom to people of all nations, we have translated our literature into some 700 languages. Advances in computer technology including the development of MEPS (Multi-language Electronic Publishing System), have assisted us in this vast endeavor. These efforts have helped us to spread the Kingdom message and have promoted unity among us worldwide. But we are especially unified because we speak  the more important  "pure language" of Scriptural truth. -Read Zephaniah 3:9. 

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From the Watchtower magazine, 2015