Jehovah's Witnesses—Proclaimers of God's Kingdom (1993), “Chapter 26: Producing Bible Literature for Use in the Ministry”
“Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society was formed on February 16, 1881, with W. H. Conley as president and C. T. Russell as secretary and treasurer. ... In 1884, Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society was legally incorporated, with C. T. Russell as president, and its charter showed that it was more than a society that would direct publishing. Its real objective was religious; it was chartered for “the dissemination of Bible Truths in various languages.””
The chapter traces the Society's publishing from Russell's first article in George Storrs's Bible Examiner in 1876 to the 1918 dismantling of the Brooklyn headquarters.
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Provenance and verification note for Jehovah's Witnesses—Proclaimers of God's Kingdom (1993), Chapter 26: Producing Bible Literature for Use in the Ministry
Confidence note. Opened on the Watchtower Online Library (jv chap. 26 p. 575 – p. 602); page marker 576 precedes the passage.
Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-ctr-jv-1993-p576-society