Jehovah’s Witnesses Mark 70 Years Since Opening of Preacher Training School

Jehovah’s Witnesses say that members who live abroad, as well as those who relocate within their own countries, carry out their service in areas where more preachers are needed. According to a jw.org web page, Witnesses in any location work to show a spirit of evangelism and often share the Bible with others. The page states that some Witnesses move to regions of their country where more preachers are needed to help local people understand the Bible, and that others move abroad to spread their service to God. It says they do so because they are glad to fulfill what Jesus predicted, and it quotes Jesus as saying, “You are my witnesses until the end of the earth.”

The page says the organization opened a school in 1943 to train preachers for work abroad. It identifies the school as the Observatory Kilimunary School and states that more than 8,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses have been trained there since it began. It also describes a special school set up in northern New York, whose first school day was February 1, 1943. The page says thousands of people have been trained at these schools to help others come to know God, and it says the Witnesses trained there make up a group of more than 3,000 such preachers around the world.

The page raises the question of how the organization meets the needs of those preachers but does not, in the text provided, give a detailed answer. It instead describes a Jehovah’s Witness family that will travel to Australia for a week to share the Bible’s message with others and join them in this work. Training people to carry the message forward reflects a long line of passing on the faith (Hebrews 13:7).

The page also describes the group’s interactive Bible lessons. It states that these lessons are offered free of charge, that people may use any Bible translation, and that they may invite family and friends to take part.

Source: Read the original report (translated from Mandarin Chinese)