The religion sect I chose was Jehovah's Witnesses. The person I interviewed was Miles Carrington, who is an Elder of the church Kingdom Hall. I will first begin talking about the background of the Jehovah's Witnesses and then elaborate on the interview I conducted with Elder Carrington. .
Jehovah comes from the ancient manuscript that states God's name is Jehovah. In Hebrew it is written as YHWH, which means Jehovah. As in Hebrew, it is read from right to left. Witnesses which is said in Isaiah chapter 43 verse 10, "You are my witnesses, it tells people what to do. It describes what there purpose is and describes what they should do." And in Revelations chapter 3 verse 14, it says that Jesus Christ is the prime witness of his father Jehovah. The basis of the Jehovah Witnesses comes from second Timothy chapter 3 verses 16-17 "that all scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness that the man of God may be fully competent, completely equipped for every good work.".
Their church meetings are held three times a week regularly. The first meeting is held on Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. untill about 9:20 p.m. The beginning subject of the meeting is called the Theocratic Ministry School where speakers speak about specific topics of religion. This service meeting also teaches people how to preach the Gospel. The second meeting is on Sunday from 12:30 p.m. untill 2:30 p.m. The meetings are about an hour long including song and prayer. The beginning portion is called the public meeting which is designed to talk about a vital topic such as family, future, problems, etc. This runs about 45 minutes long. The next part deals with the a magazine that Jehovah Witnesses have called the "Watch Tower", which talks about different subjects dealing with similar issues of entertainment, family, etc. During this part of the Sunday meeting they read and discuss articles from the magazine.
