International Bible Students Association

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The International Bible Students Association is a religious organization that emerged in the late 19th century as a movement of Bible study groups that later gave rise to Jehovah’s Witnesses.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bible Student movement organization
religious organization
abbreviation IBSA
activity holding conventions
organizing Bible study classes
publishing religious literature
associatedWith Bible Student movement
Zion’s Watch Tower Tract Society
classification Christian denomination precursor
religious non-profit corporation
countryOfOrigin United States
doctrine belief in imminent establishment of God’s Kingdom on earth
emphasis on literal Bible interpretation
rejection of the Trinity
founded early 20th century
foundedBy Charles Taze Russell
governance directed by Bible Students associated with the Watch Tower Society
hasPublication Bible study booklets
The Watch Tower
headquartersLocation Brooklyn, New York NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
historicalPrecursorOf Jehovah’s Witnesses
influenced Jehovah’s Witnesses doctrinal development
Jehovah’s Witnesses organizational structure
Jehovah’s Witnesses preaching methods
language English
legalFunction holding property for Bible Student congregations
managing funds for evangelism and publishing
legalStatus corporate entity for Bible Students
mainOrgan Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of New York
Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
meetingPlace local Bible study classes
membership Bible Students affiliated with the Watch Tower Society
name International Bible Students Association
parentOrganization Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of New York
Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
purpose Bible study
evangelism
religious education
regionServed international
relatedMovement Bible Students (independent groups)
Russellite movement
religion Christianity
theologicalOrientation Millenarianism
Nontrinitarianism
Restorationist Christianity


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