![]() ![]() The following day, July 7, Duke returned with twenty-five men, and more gunfire was exchanged. Bliss, along with his father Tom and his brother Hardy, fled and hid in the woods. Gunshots were exchanged at the Adkisson farm-reports are inconsistent about who fired the first shot-fatally wounding Porter Hazelwood, one of the men who had accompanied the sheriff. This incident began on July 6, when Sheriff Jasper Duke and four other men attempted to serve a warrant on Bliss Adkisson for his failure to report when drafted for military service. In July of the same year, eight followers of Russell were the subjects of an intense manhunt known as the Cleburne County Draft War. Van Hoesen, these five were assaulted in jail by an angry mob and were whipped, tarred and feathered, and driven from town. Duncan, Edward French, Charles Franke, Mr. On April 29, 1918, five followers of Russell were jailed in Walnut Ridge (Lawrence County) because of their resistance to the war effort. armed forces even when they were drafted. They also were more noted for their efforts in sharing their teachings than for social ministries such as schools or hospitals.ĭuring World War I, followers of Russell refused to serve in the U.S. Because of their strong interest in preparing for the coming end times, the followers of Russell (not identified as Jehovah’s Witnesses until 1931) did not preserve historical records of their work. While their first efforts in Arkansas are not well documented, Arkansans were receiving and responding to their publications at least as early as 1887. Russell traveled around the country making speeches, and his followers distributed the Watchtower magazine throughout the country. As of 2008, they claim a world membership of 6,741,999 in 99,770 congregations, including 1,035,802 in 12,261 congregations in the United States. History did not end, but the group continued to grow and flourish. Jehovah’s Witnesses anticipated the end of history in 19. On July 26, 1931, Rutherford announced that the group was to be known as Jehovah’s Witnesses. Russell predicted that a dramatic end to history was coming in the year 1914 when World War I began in Europe that year, Russell believed that the period of history that he called the Gentile Times had come to an end.Īfter Russell’s death in 1916, Joseph Franklin Rutherford was selected to lead the group. He concluded that most Christian churches were in a state of apostasy, rejecting the teachings of Jesus and the Bible and replacing them with invented doctrines. ![]() The origin of the Jehovah’s Witnesses is closely tied to the work of Charles Taze Russell, who was strongly influenced by the Adventist movement in the United States in the nineteenth century. ![]() Jehovah’s Witnesses tend to be noted especially for their outreach through door-to-door visits (featuring distribution of their literature, Watchtower magazine) and through their occasional conflicts with society related to questions of patriotism, health, and religious observances. ![]() As of 2009, Arkansas has 110 English-speaking and 24 Spanish-speaking congregations of Jehovah’s Witnesses, with a total membership estimated at 10,000 adherents. Since early in its history, the religious movement known as Jehovah’s Witnesses (or the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society) has been represented in Arkansas. ![]()
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