Lay Home Missionary Movement

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The Laity Home Mission Movement is an international Christian religious community . It was founded in 1920 by the American Paul SL Johnson . The community belongs to the so-called Bible Students' Movement and has its origin in the schism of the International Bible Students ( Jehovah's Witnesses ) of the Watchtower Society after the death of Charles Taze Russell in 1916.

history

The name of the religious community, in English "Laymen", is based on the term for lay people and lay movement . After Russell's death, the presidency and the leadership of the Watchtower Society and the related religious community were transferred to Joseph Franklin Rutherford . Johnson and others were relieved of their duties in society because of their opposition to the majority elected Rutherford. Not accepting this fact at all, the so relieved, as ostensible continuers of Russell's work, tried to gather a certain following around them. This group of opponents in turn divided into groups.

Teaching and membership

Lay Home Missionary Movement in the World
  •  - more than 1000 members
  •  - several hundred members

    • The doctrine of the various classes of mankind, which is differentiated according to the degree of consecration and the time at which they were called, is peculiar to the lay home mission movement:

    1. The small herd. This class at the top was completed with the Johnson being the founder of the community.
    2. The great crowd (crown losers or palm bearers)
    3. The old ones
    4. The young ones
    5. The general Israelites
    6. The restitutionists
    7. The repentant fallen angels

    The number of members is unknown. The most recent annual report published in The Present Truth magazine provides clues for membership in the USA , namely that for 2010. Under the heading Summary of the Work in the USA , it states that The Bible Standard has 16,356 subscribers. In the same year, a total of 10,752 people were present at community meetings. The “German Report” for 2009 does not give any figures.

    Responsible person in Germany Wolfgang Janke.

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ Seven classes redeemed. (pdf, 633 kB) In: The Present Truth. Issue 19 (July – September 1998), pp. 34–41 , accessed on November 12, 2019 .
    2. ↑ Summary of the work in the USA: Annual total for January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010. (pdf, 924 kB) In: The Present Truth. Issue 70 (Spring 2011), p. 11 , accessed on November 12, 2019 .
    3. ↑ Summary of the work in the USA: Pilgrim and Evangelist Service. (pdf, 924 kB) In: The Present Truth. Issue 70 (Spring 2011), p. 12 , accessed on November 12, 2019 .
    4. ↑ Janusz Puzdrowski: German Report 2009. (pdf, 919 kB) In: The Present Truth. Issue 68 (autumn 2010), p. 39 , accessed on November 12, 2019 .
    5. ↑ Imprint. (pdf, 1.2 MB) In: The Present Truth. Issue 92 (summer 2019), p. 18 , accessed on November 12, 2019 .