Bible Students

GPTKB entity

Statements (90)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:religious_organization
gptkbp:annualEvent gptkb:Memorial_of_Christ's_Death
gptkbp:coreBelief millennialism
restorationism
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Charles_Taze_Russell
gptkbp:foundedIn 1870s
gptkbp:hasDoctrine nontrinitarianism
rejection of military service
belief in 144,000 anointed
belief in 1914 as significant year
belief in earthly resurrection
belief in invisible return of Christ
belief in ransom sacrifice
denial of hellfire
rejection of blood transfusions (some groups)
rejection of clergy-laity distinction
rejection of holidays with pagan origins
rejection of political involvement
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bible Students
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Jehovah's_Witnesses
gptkbp:mainLine gptkb:Hebrew_Bible
gptkbp:meetingPlace gptkb:Kingdom_Hall_(historically)
gptkb:Bible_House
gptkbp:notableEvent 1917 schism
Annual conventions
Dawn Bible Students Association formation
International Bible Students Association formation
Laymen's Home Missionary Movement formation
Pastoral Bible Institute formation
Russell's death in 1916
Watch Tower Society headquarters move to Brooklyn
Watch Tower Society legal disputes
Watch Tower Society reorganization
formation of Associated Bible Students
formation of Berean Bible Students
formation of Bible Students Movement
formation of Chicago Bible Students
formation of Christian Millennial Fellowship
formation of Dawn Bible Students
formation of Dawn Bible Students Association
formation of Free Bible Students
formation of Jehovah's Witnesses
formation of Jehovah's Witnesses (offshoot)
formation of Laymen's Home Missionary Movement
formation of New Covenant Bible Students
formation of Pastoral Bible Institute
formation of Stand Fast Bible Students
formation of Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society
formation of Watch Tower Society
publication of The Finished Mystery
formation of Polish National Catholic Church (historical association)
formation of International Bible Students Association
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:John_Edgar
gptkb:A._H._Macmillan
gptkb:Alexander_Hugh_Macmillan
gptkb:E._C._Henninges
gptkb:Frederick_Lardent
gptkb:J._F._Rutherford_(split_group)
gptkb:J._Hemery
gptkb:M._L._McPhail
gptkb:Norman_Woodworth
gptkb:Paul_S._L._Johnson
gptkb:Raymond_G._Jolly
gptkb:William_E._Van_Amburgh
gptkb:Charles_Taze_Russell
Joseph Franklin Rutherford (historical)
gptkbp:organization gptkb:Associated_Bible_Students
gptkb:Bible_Students_Movement
gptkb:Chicago_Bible_Students
gptkb:Dawn_Bible_Students_Association
gptkb:Laymen's_Home_Missionary_Movement
gptkb:Pastoral_Bible_Institute
gptkb:Polish_National_Catholic_Church_(historical_association)
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Allegheny,_Pennsylvania,_USA
gptkbp:practicedIn door-to-door evangelism
tract distribution
public Bible study
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:The_Bible_Standard
gptkb:The_Divine_Plan_of_the_Ages
gptkb:The_Finished_Mystery
gptkb:The_Herald_of_Christ's_Kingdom
gptkb:The_New_Creation
gptkb:Zion's_Watch_Tower
gptkb:Studies_in_the_Scriptures
gptkb:The_Watch_Tower
gptkb:The_Dawn
gptkb:The_Present_Truth
gptkbp:separates gptkb:Adventist_movement
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jehovah's_Witness
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5