President of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

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The President of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society is the chief executive leader of the primary legal and publishing organization used by Jehovah’s Witnesses to direct their global religious and evangelizing activities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf executive office
leadership position
religious organization office
appliesTo JehovahsWitnesses
surface form: Jehovah’s Witnesses
appointedBy Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses
surface form: board of directors of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society
associatedWith Awake!
surface form: Awake! magazine

Bible and Bible-based publications
Kingdom Hall construction support
The Watchtower
surface form: Watchtower magazine
country United States of America
field nonprofit corporate management
religious administration
religious publishing
follows corporate bylaws of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society
formerlySeat Brooklyn, New York NERFINISHED
hasHistoricalImportance central leadership role in development of Jehovah’s Witnesses
hasLanguage English
inception late 19th century
jurisdiction global operations of Jehovah’s Witnesses
legalForm corporate officer
organization Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
partOf Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
legal structure of Jehovah’s Witnesses
religiousTradition JehovahsWitnesses
surface form: Jehovah’s Witnesses
reportsTo Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses
surface form: Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses

board of directors of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society
responsibleFor corporate governance of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society
implementation of policies set by the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses
oversight of administrative departments
oversight of financial management of the corporation
oversight of publishing branches
role chief executive officer of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society
corporate representative of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society
head of primary legal corporation used by Jehovah’s Witnesses
member of the corporate board of directors
oversees global evangelizing support activities
oversees publishing operations of Jehovah’s Witnesses
signing officer for corporate documents
seat Warwick, New York
subjectTo Pennsylvania corporate law
U.S. nonprofit corporation law
usedBy Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses
surface form: Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses
usedFor directing global evangelizing activities
directing global religious activities
managing legal affairs of Jehovah’s Witnesses
managing religious literature distribution
managing religious literature production

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Charles Taze Russell positionHeld President of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society