The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society's own jw.org news article marking ninety years since the 26 July 1931 resolution adopting the name Jehovah's Witnesses at a convention in Columbus, Ohio, documenting Joseph Rutherford's presentation of the resolution, the roughly fifteen thousand attendees, the broadcast to about 450 radio stations, and the global distribution of the booklet The Kingdom, the Hope of the World that carried the new name.
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Reliability Tier1
The organization's own published account of adopting its own name, tier 1, used here for the 26 July 1931 date, location, attendance and broadcast figures, corroborated by Wikipedia's independent history of Jehovah's Witnesses below. NotesUsed for the 26 July 1931 date, Columbus, Ohio location, Joseph Rutherford's presentation of the resolution, the roughly fifteen thousand attendees, the approximately 450 radio stations and the booklet distribution figures.
Citation
PublisherWatch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
URLhttps://www.jw.org/en/news/region/global/Ninety-Years-Embracing-the-Name-Jehovahs-Witnesses/
Source TypeInstitutional
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This source names Global directly: "to about 450 radio stations, and the global distribution of the booklet The Kingdom, the Hope of the World that carried the new name."
This source names Jehovah's Witnesses directly: "July 1931 resolution adopting the name Jehovah's Witnesses at a convention in Columbus, Ohio, documenting Joseph Rutherford's presentation of the resolution, the roughly fifteen thousand attendees..."
This source names Ohio directly: "Witnesses at a convention in Columbus, Ohio, documenting Joseph Rutherford's presentation of the resolution, the roughly fifteen thousand attendees, the broadcast to about 450 radio stations, and..."
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- Sources, 9 claims: 6 well-attested, 3 holds.
- Spread Events, 7 claims: 3 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 general references.
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