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Ninety Years Embracing the Name Jehovah's Witnesses (jw.org)

Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society's own jw.org news article marking ninety years since the 26 July 1931 resolution adopting the name Jehovah's Witnesses at a convention in Columbus, Ohio, documenting Joseph Rutherford's presentation of the resolution, the roughly fifteen thousand attendees, the broadcast to about 450 radio stations, and the global distribution of the booklet The Kingdom, the Hope of the World that carried the new name.

Facts
Assessment
Reliability Tier
1
The organization's own published account of adopting its own name, tier 1, used here for the 26 July 1931 date, location, attendance and broadcast figures, corroborated by Wikipedia's independent history of Jehovah's Witnesses below.
Notes
Used for the 26 July 1931 date, Columbus, Ohio location, Joseph Rutherford's presentation of the resolution, the roughly fifteen thousand attendees, the approximately 450 radio stations and the booklet distribution figures.
Citation
Publisher
Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
URL
https://www.jw.org/en/news/region/global/Ninety-Years-Embracing-the-Name-Jehovahs-Witnesses/
Source Type
Institutional
Connections

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Global, Continents

This source names Global directly: "to about 450 radio stations, and the global distribution of the booklet The Kingdom, the Hope of the World that carried the new name."

Source Ninety Years Embracing the Name Jehovah's Witnesses (jw.org)
Jehovah's Witnesses, Denominations

This source names Jehovah's Witnesses directly: "July 1931 resolution adopting the name Jehovah's Witnesses at a convention in Columbus, Ohio, documenting Joseph Rutherford's presentation of the resolution, the roughly fifteen thousand attendees..."

Source Ninety Years Embracing the Name Jehovah's Witnesses (jw.org)
Ohio, States & Territories

This source names Ohio directly: "Witnesses at a convention in Columbus, Ohio, documenting Joseph Rutherford's presentation of the resolution, the roughly fifteen thousand attendees, the broadcast to about 450 radio stations, and..."

Source Ninety Years Embracing the Name Jehovah's Witnesses (jw.org)
Claims Backed By This Source (16 claims)

This source backs 16 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 6 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Sources, 9 claims: 6 well-attested, 3 holds.
  • Spread Events, 7 claims: 3 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 general references.
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