How to Rescue Your Loved One from the Watchtower
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Techniques that Work |
Tools to Use |
Step by Step |
God's "Prophet" |
A Changing "Channel" |
Doctoring Medical Doctrines |
Strange Ideas Taught in God's Name |
"God's Visible Organization" |
Providing an Alternative |
Can This Marriage Be Saved? |
When Children Are Involved |
Warning: The Life You Save May Be Your Own |
Afterwork: Gradual Rehabilitation |
Appendix: Resources & Support Groups
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Appendix: Resources and Support Groups
Books
Bussell, Harold L., Unholy
Devotion: Why Cults Lure Christians (Zondervan Publishing House)
Chretien, Leonard
& Marjorie, Witnesses of Jehovah (Harvest House Publishers)
Eason, Jean, A Jehovah’s Witness Finds the Truth (Love
Agape Ministries Press)
Franz, Raymond V., Crisis
of Conscience (Commentary Press)
Hassan, Steven, Combatting
Cult Mind Control (Park Street Press)
Hewitt, Joe, I Was
Raised a Jehovah’s Witness (Accent Books)
Lingle, Wilber, Approaching Jehovah's Witnesses in Love (Christian
Literature Crusade)
Magnani, Duane, &
Arthur Barrett, The Watchtower Files (Bethany House Publishers)
Penton, M. James, Apocalypse
Delayed: The Story of Jehovah’s Witnesses (University of Toronto Press)
Reed,
David A., Answering Jehovah’s Witnesses Subject by
Subject (Baker Book House)
Reed,
David A., Blood on the Altar: Confessions of a
Jehovah's Witness Minister (Prometheus Books)
Reed,
David A., Index of Watch Tower Errors (Baker Book House)
Reed,
David A., Jehovah ’s
Witnesses Answered Verse by Verse (Baker Book House)
Reed,
David A., Worse than Waco: Jehovah’s Witnesses Hide a
Tragedy (BookSurge Publishing)
Sire, James W., Scripture Twisting: 20
Ways the Cults Misread the Bible (InterVarsity Press)
Note: There are many other excellent books on
Jehovah’s Witnesses and cults in general. Those listed above are a few that we
believe the average reader with a loved one in the sect will find most helpful.
Internet Forums, Ministries and Support Groups
Small ministry outreaches set up and operated by
Christian former Jehovah’s Witnesses are plentiful and can be found in many
localities. There are also a number of
internet forums and discussion groups set up to offer support for JWs who are
questioning and for those leaving the Watchtower organization. Because new ones pop up and others disappear,
any list that I could put together here would soon be obsolete. So, instead, I will suggest possible terms to
use when searching the web:
“support for ex-Jehovah's Witnesses”
“ex-JW forum”
“ex-Witness discussion group”
“former Jehovah’s Witnesses”
“EXJW”
“recovering Jehovah’s Witnesses”
“ex-Watchtower”
and so on, perhaps even naming a
state or nearby large city in the search.
Keep in mind, of course, that caution is in order. Unfortunately, some people leave the
Watchtower organization only to fall victim to other deceptions or vain
pursuits.
Support can also be found using similar search terms on
social networking sites such as Facebook, YouTube, and others.
Besides former members, help and support can often be
found though some of the larger Christian counter-cult ministries and
apologetics groups. A web search will
reveal those that are currently active.
And, of course, loving Bible-believing churches can
offer some of the best support close to home.
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