Wikipedia:WikiProject Jehovah's Witnesses/Proposed structure

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This proposed structure was approved by a vote of editors on 25 November 2005. Please help with adapting the current JW-related articles to this structure.

1 About Jehovah's Witnesses
2 Doctrines and practices of Jehovah's Witnesses
3 Organisational
4 Literature
5 Jehovah's Witnesses-related
6 People
7 Publications about Jehovah's Witnesses

[edit] About Jehovah's Witnesses

Jehovah's Witnesses -- Overall introduction to JW, with very brief summaries of topics covered in depth in separate articles.
- History of Jehovah's Witnesses -- in conjunction with the Bible Students and Bible Student movement articles.

[edit] Doctrines and practices of Jehovah's Witnesses

Doctrines and practices of Jehovah's Witnesses -- containing short summaries of doctrines and practices (since they overlap in many areas), with links to in-depth separate articles.
- Faithful and Discreet Slave -- an explanation of what the FDS is and how it works.
- Jehovah's Witnesses and apostates -- examining the JW view of apostates and their testimony.
- Jehovah's Witnesses and baptism -- explaining bible studies; the questions; irrevocability.
- Jehovah's Witnesses and Bible chronology -- examining WT view on bible chronology and differences from secular and other Christian scholars.
- Jehovah's Witnesses and blood -- also covering blood donation, use of fractions, vaccines made from blood, etc.
- Jehovah's Witnesses and Creation -- JW views on Creation, role of evolution, etc.
- Jehovah's Witnesses and disfellowshipping -- covering each of the reasons for disfellowshipping, as well as disassociation.
- Jehovah's Witnesses and education -- covering JW views on education, university, etc.
- Jehovah's Witnesses and God -- JW views on God, divine name, nature, etc.
- Jehovah's Witnesses and holiday celebrations -- covering Christmas, birthdays, Mother's, Father's, etc.
- Jehovah's Witnesses and Jesus
- Jehovah's Witnesses and neutrality -- flags, oaths, voting, etc.
- Jehovah's Witnesses and salvation -- including views on heaven, hell, paradise, 144,000, great crowd.
- Jehovah's Witnesses and sex -- examining JW views on sex, including premarital, porneia, "perverted", etc.
- Jehovah's Witnesses and gender roles -- examining JW views on headship in congregation, teaching, family, etc.
- Jehovah's Witnesses and sin -- examining JW views on sin, what is done, "serious" sins, public/private reproof.
- Jehovah's Witnesses and socialisation -- examining doctrines on "worldly" people, extra-curricular activities for JW kids, "marking" within congregation, etc.
- Jehovah's Witnesses and the Bible -- JW views on inerrancy, what forms the canon.
- Jehovah's Witnesses and the Flood -- JW views of veracity of the Flood.
- Eschatology of Jehovah's Witnesses
- Kingdom Hall -- probably incorporating Regional Building Committee
- Kingdom songs or perhaps Kingdom melodies
- Theocratic warfare -- explaining what it is, how JWs view it different from lying, examples.
- Witnessing -- covering publishers, pioneers, specials and missionaries; reports; hour requirements.
Development of Jehovah's Witnesses doctrine

Jehovah's Witnesses meetings
- Book study
- Public discourse
- Theocratic Ministry School
- Service Meeting
- Watchtower study
- Circuit assembly
- District convention
- International convention (Jehovah's Witnesses)
- Lord's Evening Meal

Jehovah's Witnesses training programs
- Kingdom Ministry School
- Pioneer Service School
- Watchtower Bible School of Gilead

[edit] Organisational

Jehovah's Witnesses governance -- covering the hierarchy of elders, MSes, COs, GB, etc.
- Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses
Organizational structure of Jehovah's Witnesses - This should cover the administrative structure, including legal instruments, Bethels, branches, etc.
- Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses
- International Bible Students Association
- Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Britain
- Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Canada
- Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
- Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Australia
- Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc.
- Jehovah's Witnesses legal instruments - These probably don't require separate articles just yet.
  - Religious Order of Jehovah's Witnesses
  - Kingdom Support Services, Inc.
  - Watchtower Export Services & Trading (West) Ltd.
  - Watchtower Enterprises Limited
  - Watchtower Enterprises, L.L.C.
  - Watchtower Associates, Ltd.
  - Watchtower Foundation, Inc.
  - Watchtower (U K) Ltd.
  - Watchtower Ltd.
Jehovah's Witnesses facilities
- Bethel (Jehovah's Witnesses)
- Beth Sarim
- Beth Shan
- Watchtower Educational Center
- Articles for branch offices around the world