Jehovah's Witnesses' own 1977 Yearbook publishes this chapter, The Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses, on jw.org, recording the Governing Body's early December 1975 meeting in Brooklyn, its 4 December 1975 vote, the 12 December reading to the Bethel family, and the six standing committees that began functioning 1 January 1976.
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Reliability Tier1
The organization's own account of its own 1975 to 1976 reorganization, tier 1, used here for the exact meeting and vote dates, the six committees named, and the effective dates of 1 January and 1 February 1976, corroborated by M. James Penton's independent academic history, already live on the map, reused here rather than re-minted. NotesUsed for the December 1975 meeting and vote dates, the six committees, and the 1 January and 1 February 1976 effective dates.
Citation
PublisherWatch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
URLhttps://www.jw.org/en/library/books/1977-Yearbook-of-Jehovahs-Witnesses/The-Governing-Body-of-Jehovahs-Witnesses/
Source TypeOfficial denominational history
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This source names Jehovah's Witnesses directly: "Jehovah's Witnesses' own 1977 Yearbook publishes this chapter, The Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses, on jw.org, recording the Governing Body's early December 1975 meeting in Brooklyn, its 4..."
Source The Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses (1977 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses)
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This source backs 14 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Spread Events, 7 claims: 3 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 general references.
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