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To the Minister of Jehovah's Kingdom

This booklet, Preaching Together in Unity, is written for

those who are dedicated to the service of the Sovereign Ruler

of the universe, Jehovah God. By your study of the Bible and

such Bible helps as are distributed by the Watch Tower Bible

and Tract Society you can fully appreciate that Jehovah has

a theocratic organization. In times past we have seen that

Jehovah has worked with an organization for the accomplish-

ment of his purposes. Today he is doing the same thing.

Jehovah's witnesses are his name people and these have been

given the responsibility of preaching "this gospel of the

Jehovah God know that over 1900 years ago the Sovc

eign Ruler of the universe sent his only-begotten Son in

the world so that those believing on him might have everla

ing life. This Son, Christ Jesus, became Jehovah's chi

Minister and Witness and fulfilled the prophecy of Isai

61:1, 2 (AS): "The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon m

because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidin

unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokt

hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the openi

of the prison to them that are bound; to proclaim the ye

of Jehovah's favor, and the day of vengeance of our Go

to comfort all that mourn." This Christ Jesus surely did aft_-

his baptism in the river Jordan. It was there that he symbol-

ized his dedication to the service of Jehovah, his Father.

2 Now that we have dedicated our lives we must study the

pattern that Christ Jesus set and then walk in his footsteps.

Outstanding in his ministry was the proclamation: "The

kingdom of the heavens has drawn near." (Matt. 4:17, NW)

Jesus knew that his followers must spread this good news

of the Kingdom far and wide, to all nations, and he com-

manded them: "Go therefore and make disciples of people

of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father

and of the Son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to ob-

serve all the things I have commanded you. And, look! I am

with you all the days until the consummation of the system

of things!' (Matt. 28:19, 20, NW) His faithfuI followers right

down to this day have followed out this command.

3 Now at the consummation of the system of things we see

Jehovah God raising up a great crowd of people known as

Jehovah's witnesses, and these are formed into a New World

society. They are commissioned to "preach the word." Christ

Jesus has come again and he is on his throne in the kingdom

of the heavens. That is why Paul was so sincere in speaking

to the young man Timothy, as recorded in 2 Timothy 4:1, 2

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kingdom . . . in all the world for a witness!' To all persons

who have taken up the service of God and who have dedi-

cated their lives to God's ministry and symbolized it by water

immersion this booklet is issued.

All Jehovah's witnesses do desire to preach together in

unity, and so that each one may appreciate the harmonious

arrangement of Jehovah's visible organization, every dedi-

cated person should read this booklet carefully, study it and

then see to it that he individually works in harmony with

these arrangements and this organization. When all of God's

ministers understand the various responsibilities of those in

the organization the whole organization will run with great-

er smoothness and all will be able to co-operate better with

those who have responsibilities as to the direction of the

work. Individually every one of us wants to praise Jehovah's

name and bless it every day, and we know that greater ac-

complishment will come if we do our preaching together in

unity, to the honor and glory of Jehovah's name.

From time to time this booklet should be studied in the

service meetings of the congregation so that all can review

and keep the theocratic organization clearly in mind, for

Jehovah is using this organization in this day to fulfill his

purpose.

This booklet has been issued to:

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PREACHING TOG! IN UNI ITY

A LL men and women who have dedicated themselves

INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY

MAKE PUBLIC DECLARATION

(NW): "I earnestly beg you before God and Christ Jesus,

who is destined to judge the living and the dead, and by his

manifestation and his kingdom, Preach the word, be at it

urgently in favorable season, in troublesome season."

must not forsake the gathering of ourselves together, be-

cause by so doing we shall be able to incite others to love and

right works. (Heb. 10:25, NW) We must press on to maturity

(Heb. 6:1, NW) The attendance at meetings of Jehovah's

people is essential.

7 Co-operation with the service agency of Jehovah's wit-

nesses, the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, is neces-

sary. This Society has been dispensing knowledge to the

household of faith for many years and Jehovah's blessing on

that arrangement is very manifest. Support the local congre-

gation arrangements for Bible study and field service activi-

ty, which is carried on under the supervision of the Society

and under the direction of the appointed servants. The Watch

Tower Bible and Tract Society is interested in only one thing:

the preaching of Jehovah's kingdom world-wide, which is in

vindication of Jehovah's name and Word.

8 God's Word tells us: "Pay constant attention to yourself

and to your teaching." (1 Tim. 4:16, NW) A minister teaches

and in order to teach it will be each one's responsibility to go

from house to house and preach this good news of the King-

dom. On finding interested persons make back-calls on them,

and if they are truly delighted with the message of the King-

dom start a home Bible study with them. If you have paid

constant attention to yourself by attending all the meetings

of the Society's local congregation, you will be a fine, well-

qualified teacher and can help these other sheep to see their

own res~onsibilityin these last days of the present system

REACHING THOSE WHO WANT TO HEAR

4No matter what conditions exist throughout the world

Jehovah's witnesses continue to go forth preaching together

in unity and announcing that Jehovah's kingdom is the only

hope for all mankind. Because of their earnest efforts and

their fulfilling of Jehovah's command, the "other sheep" that

Jesus said would be gathered are being brought together into

one flock under one Shepherd in the New World society. All

these dedicated servants of Jehovah God are ministers and

+hey want to preach together in unity.-1 PC

John

VIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY

=Theworld will not like our message, because it is God's

message, and Satan "has blinded the minds of the unbeliev-

ers, that the illumination of the glorious good news about the

Christ, who is the image of God, might not shine through."

(2 Cor. 4:4, NW) Therefore persecution and great pressure

will be brought to bear on persons who preach this good news

of the Kingdom by those who oppose the message. No matter

what happens the responsibility is upon us to go forward

preaching the good news, because we have dedicated our lives

to serve Jehovah. "Now we are not the kind that shrink back

to destruction, but the kind that have faith to the preserving

alive of the soul." (Heb. 10: 39, NW) We have declared our-

selves as Jehovah's witnesses and therefore we must continue

to preach as such. Jehovah himself has declared, "Ye are my

witnesses!' Therefore we will joyfully go forward bearing

our own responsibilities within Jehovah's theocratic organi-

zation.-Tsa. 43:s-12.

of th ings.

TH THE : MOUTH ONE MAKES PUBLl [C DECLA

Q If we seek first the Kingdom and want to tell other people

about it, it will require time in Jehovah's service-time in

going from house to house so that we can publicly declare

the Word of God by our mouths. It is essential that each one

make public declaration for salvation. (Rom. 10:9, 10, NW)

In addition to making this public declaration by word of

mouth the Society has published printed sermons in book

and booklet form and also in the form of two magazines,

These, along with God's Word, the Bible, should be presented

to the people so that, while the minister is not at the home

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GAINING MATURITY

re many things that we must do in order to prove

our ministry and be able to carry out our preaching work to-

gether in unity with the others of Jehovah's witnesses in the

theocratic organization. We must obey the Word of God. We

MAKE PUBLIC DECLARATION 6

to do the talking, the persons interested in God's Word can

read and study on their own.

1oAll Jehovah's witnesses are interested in using the

same method of teaching and preaching as that employed by

Jesus and his disciples 1900 years ago. Jehovah's chief Wit-

ness preached the kingdom of God at the homes of the people

and publicly. It made no difference to him whether few were

in his hearing or many. (Matt. 9:35; Mark 6:32-34; Lube

5: 1-3;8: 1) Jesus having set the pattern, the disciples followed

him by preaching in the same manner. (Luke 10:l-5; Acts

5:42; 20:20, 21) Jehovah's witnesses today can do no better,

for the best way for them to preach this good news is to go

directly to the people's homes, call again and again if they

show interest and start a free home Bible study. If the per-

sons we find are other sheep and are to be gathered to Jeho-

vah's New World society, then we should continue to call on

them, having the same idea in mind that Paul had, namely,

a "view to the training of the holy ones for ministerial work."

(Eph. 4:12, NW) Thousands upon thousands of persons upon

whom we call will appreciate that "this undeserved kindness

was given, that Ctheyl should declare to the nations the

good news."-Eph. 3:8, NW.

11It is not our purpose as Jehovah's witnesses to convert

the world. Jehovah's witnesses fully realize that it is impossi-

ble to do this and that their burden of responsibility is to

proclaim the Kingdom message throughout all the inhabited

earth for a witness and seek to help persons who are of good

will toward God and upright in heart so that they, too, may

learn of Jehovah's purposes. (Ps. 64:lO; Matt. 24:14) In doing

this work Jehovah's witnesses are not salesmen or peddlers

of the Word of God but they do use Bibles, books, booklets,

magazines, tracts and other printed material, leaving these

with interested persons for a small contribution sufficient to

cover the cost of printing and handling these publications.

Many of the persons met in the witnessing work are unable

to contribute, and so millions of copies of booklets, maga-

zines and tracts are given away yearly so that they, too, can

be comforted. The work of the Watch Tower Society and

Jehovah's witnesses is not a commercial work. The publica-

tions are printed so that we can carry out to a fuller extent

our responsibility of preaching this good news of the King-

dom in all the world for a witness.-2 Cor. 2:17, NW.

l2 Having this glorious treasure of service and having the

privilege of acting as ambassadors for Jehovah God, Jeho-

vah's witnesses will at all times conduct themselves as minis-

ters in a manner befitting their representation of the Sover-

eign Ruler of the universe and his kingdom. Therefore their

appearance will always be one of neatness and cleanliness.

Their words will be gracious and they will speak kindly to

the people. They will always have in mind that they are his

representatives and will act as such: "In no way are we giv-

ing any cause for stumbling, that our ministry might not be

found fault with!' (2 Cor. 6:3, NW) Our message and deport-

ment will be as "ambassadors substituting for Christ, as

though God were making entreaty through us!'-2

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13 E assigned a

certain secuon 01 me ( congrega-

tion's territory. The congregatlon snoula see to it that this

territory is worked thoroughly as many times through the

year as it is possible to do so. An effort should be made to

witness to the occupants of every home in the territory.

14 Tndividuals, that is, congregation publishers and pio-

, may have assignments to cover within the congrega-

territory. The congregation should divide its territory

small sections, and if any individual publisher wants

one of these sections to work himself he can have it if it is

not assigned to someone else.

l5The magazine-territory servant will issue all territory,

assigning it either as an individual assignment or to a con-

gregation book study conductor, who will always hold terri-

tory convenient to the service center. A service center is a

place where a congregation book study is held once each

week. Those persons attending a congregation book study

and who want to work in group witnessing can receive terri-

tory from the study conductor at the service center. The

study conductor will be the overseer, the one responsible for

seeing that all the territory is properly covered. It is hoped

that all territory will be covered once every four months.

16 All the territory assigned to a congregation, towns, cities,

rurals and the business sections within cities, should be

worked in the most practical and systematic manner. It is

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