WATCHTOWER HISTORY
*1852 Founder Charles Taze Russell was born
*1870’s Russell studied the doctrines of Second Adventists: George Storrs, Jonas Wendell, George Stetson and Nelson Barbour
*1879: Russell began publishing Zion’s Watchtower And Herald of Christ’s Presence (Precursor to The Watchtower magazine)
*1881: Main Legal Entity Founded - Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
*1909: Headquarters Moved to Brooklyn, New York - Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc
*1916: Charles Taze Russell died
*1917-1942: Second Watchtower President “Judge” Joseph F. Rutherford
*1931: The name “Jehovah’s Witnesses” adopted.
*1942-1977: Third Watchtower President Nathan H. Knorr
*1978-1992: Fourth Watchtower President: Frederick W. Franz
*1992-2000: Fifth Watchtower President: Milton George Henschel
*2000: Change in Organizational Structure:
**Three Corporations Formed: Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Religious Order of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Kingdom Support Services
**Watchtower “Governing Body” relinquished control of the organization to the Board of Directors, under Don A. Adams