"Keep on Holding Fast What You Have"/PHILADELPHIA - Helping Many Bow Down

 

Of the 144,000 anointed ones that are to inherit the heavenly Kingdom, it appears that a remnant, the John class, of less than 9,000 have yet to complete their course on earth.  At the same time, the great crowd has expanded into a multitude of 6,600,000 and more.  (Revelation 7:4, 9)  What has helped  to bring about this vast increase? The various schools operated by Jehovah's Witnesses have made a big contribution. Far different from the seminaries of Christendom that teach worldly philosophies  and downgrade the Bible, these Witness schools inculcate deep faith in God's Word.  They show its practical application as to clean, moral living and dedicated service to God.  Worldwide since 1943, each congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses conducts in its Kingdom Hall a local Theocratic Ministry Schoo.  Millions attend this school each week, following a unified program of Bible educations.

Since 1959, Jehovah's Witnesses have also conducted Kingdom Ministry Schools for  the training of elders and  ministerial servants.  And since 1977 the Pioneer Service Schools have trained hundreds of thousands of brothers  and sisters, who, with  true Philadelphian spirit serve Jehovah full-time in the preaching work.  In 1987 the Ministerial Training School was started for training male Witnesses for special assignments in the world field. 

Outstanding among  the schools operated by Jehovah's Witnesses has been the Watchtower Bible School of Gilead.  Since 1943 this missionary school, located in New York State has graduated two groups of students every year.  Altogether, it has trained more than 7,000 members of Jehovah for foreign missionary service. The graduates of this school have  served in more  than a hundred lands, in many of which they were instrumental in opening up the Kingdom work. After about 60 years, some of the early missionaries are still on the job, sharing with newer missionaries in advancing the global expansion of Jehovah's organizatio. What a marvelous expansioon that has been!

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