Hendricks said the return of Witnesses to public outreach has been welcomed by non-believers. The carts have since popped up at airports, harbors and even national parks and historic sites. in 2011, a news release indicated, although commuters in New York’s Port Authority Bus Terminal had been greeted by a literature table from group members since at least the late 1970s. The literature carts were adopted as an outreach method by Jehovah’s Witnesses in the U.S. And at this point, we’re not sure that we’re there yet.” But we also recognize that that obligation is contingent upon the fact that our neighbors feel comfortable in us coming. “We do it because we love our God and we love our neighbor. “We have an obligation to knock on their door, that is our Christian obligation,” Mr. The spokesman said Witnesses believe they have a duty to show up on people’s doorsteps. He said masking and the availability of “therapeutics” for those who’ve been infected after vaccination also make the situation different from 2020.
We understand that there are vaccines and boosters available that we know are effective, and people now have a choice to take those.” “We know that it doesn’t have to be deadly. “We understand the disease a lot better,” Mr. In April, the group resumed in-person meetings, and returned to the streets earlier this month after determining such outreach would be safe. The Witnesses resorted to letter-writing, telephone calls and electronic measures such as email and video meetings to spread their message.
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That opposition was finally surmounted in 2002 when an 8-1 Supreme Court majority ruled an ordinance in Stratton, Ohio, requiring canvassers to obtain a permit from the village’s mayor, was unconstitutional on religious free exercise and free speech grounds.īut what a village’s lawmakers couldn’t halt, COVID-19 did. The Witnesses began “zealously preaching” door-to-door in 1919 through 1922, and met opposition from towns and cities that tried to outlaw the practice. Hendriks said, is something the Witnesses trace back to the New Testament, specifically in Acts 20:20. SEE ALSO: Conservatives say parents have right to know their child’s pronouns at school The church restarted in-person services in April.
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