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Charles Taze Russell - Wikipedia. Charles Taze Russell (February 1. October 3. 1, 1. 91. Pastor Russell, was an American early 2. Christian restorationistminister from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and founder of what is now known as the Bible Student movement.[1][2] After his death, Jehovah's Witnesses and numerous independent Bible Student groups developed from this base.

In July 1. 87. 9, Russell began publishing a monthly religious journal, Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence. In 1. 88. 1 he co- founded Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society with William Henry Conley as president; in 1. Russell as president. Russell wrote many articles, books, tracts, pamphlets and sermons, totaling approximately 5. From 1. 88. 6 to 1. Bible study series originally entitled Millennial Dawn, later renamed Studies in the Scriptures, nearly 2. A seventh volume was commissioned by his successor as society president, Joseph Rutherford, and published in 1.

The Watch Tower Society ceased publication of Russell's writings in 1. After Russell's death, a crisis arose surrounding Rutherford's leadership of the society, culminating in a movement- wide schism. As many as three- quarters of the approximately 5.

Bible Students who had been associating in 1. This shift resulted in the formation of several groups that retained variations on the name Bible Students. Those who maintained fellowship with the Watch Tower Society adopted the name Jehovah's witnesses in 1. Society formed their own groups including the Pastoral Bible Institute in 1. Laymen's Home Missionary Movement in 1.

Dawn Bible Students Association in 1. Early life[edit]Charles Taze Russell was born to Scottish- Irish parents,[6] immigrant Joseph Lytel Russell (d. December 1. 7, 1. Ann Eliza Birney (d. January 2. 5, 1. 86.

February 1. 6, 1. Allegheny, Pennsylvania. Russell was the second of five children, of whom two survived into adulthood.

His mother died when he was 9 years old.[7]The Russells lived for a time in Philadelphia before moving to Pittsburgh, where they became members of the Presbyterian Church. When Charles was in his early teens, his father made him partner of his Pittsburgh haberdashery store. By age twelve, Russell was writing business contracts for customers and given charge of some of his father's other clothing stores.[8] At age thirteen, Russell left the Presbyterian Church to join the Congregational Church.

In his youth he was known to chalk Bible verses on fence boards and city sidewalks in an attempt to convert unbelievers; he particularly noted the punishment of hell awaiting the unfaithful.[9]At age sixteen, a discussion with a childhood friend on faults perceived in Christianity (such as contradictions in creeds, along with medieval traditions) led Russell to question his faith. He investigated various other religions, but concluded that they did not provide the answers he was seeking.[1. In 1. 87. 0, at age eighteen, he attended a presentation by Adventist minister Jonas Wendell. Russell later said that, although he had not entirely agreed with Wendell's arguments, the presentation had inspired him with a renewed zeal and belief that the Bible is the word of God.[1.

Marriage[edit]On March 1. Russell married Maria Frances Ackley (; 1. The couple separated in 1. Russell blamed the marriage breakup on disagreements over Maria Russell's insistence on a greater editorial role in Zion's Watch Tower magazine.[1. A later court judgment noted that he had labelled the marriage "a mistake" three years before the dispute over her editorial ambitions had arisen.[1. Maria Russell filed a suit for legal separation in the Court of Common Pleas at Pittsburgh in June 1. She was granted a divorce, with alimony, in 1.

Maria Russell died at the age of 8. St. Petersburg, Florida on March 1. Hodgkin's disease.[1. Ministry[edit]Russell was a charismatic figure, but claimed no special revelation or vision for his teachings and no special authority on his own behalf.[1.

He stated that he did not seek to found a new denomination, but intended to gather together those who were seeking the truth of God's Word "during this harvest time".[1. He wrote that the "clear unfolding of truth" within his teachings was due to "the simple fact that God's due time has come; and if I did not speak, and no other agent could be found, the very stones would cry out."[2.

He viewed himself—and all other Christians anointed with the Holy Spirit—as "God's mouthpiece" and an ambassador of Christ.[2. Later in his career he accepted without protest that many Bible Students viewed him as the "faithful and wise servant" of Matthew 2. After his death, the Watch Tower said that he had been made "ruler of all the Lord's goods".[2.

Beginnings[edit]About 1. Russell and his father established a group with a number of acquaintances to undertake an analytical study of the Bible and the origins of Christian doctrine, creed, and tradition.

The group, strongly influenced by the writings of Millerite. Adventist ministers George Storrs and George Stetson, who were also frequent attendees, concluded that many of the primary doctrines of the established churches, including the Trinity, hellfire, and inherent immortality of the soul, were not substantiated by the scriptures.[2. Around January 1. Russell received a copy of Nelson Barbour's Herald of the Morning in the mail.

Barbour was an influential Adventist writer and publisher. Russell telegraphed Barbour to set up a meeting. Strangerland Full Movie Online Free.

Barbour and John Henry Paton visited in Allegheny in March 1. Russell's expense so that he could hear their arguments, and compare the conclusions that each side had made in their studies. Russell sponsored a speech by Barbour in St. Watch Cars Online.

George's Hall, Philadelphia in August 1. Barbour. Among the teachings Barbour introduced was the view that Christians who had died would be raised in April 1. Russell, who had previously rejected prophetic chronology, was moved to devote his life to what he was convinced were now the last two years before the invisible, spiritual return of Christ. He sold his five clothing stores for approximately $3.

With Russell's encouragement and financial backing, Barbour wrote an outline of their views in Three Worlds and the Harvest of This World, published in 1. A text Russell had previously written, entitled The Object and Manner of our Lord's Return, was published concurrently through the offices of the Herald of the Morning.[2. Watch Wrecked Online Free HD on this page. Russell was eager to lead a Christian revival and called two separate meetings of Christian leaders in Pittsburgh.