The Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses is the ruling council of Jehovah's Witnesses, based in the denomination's Warwick, New York, headquarters. The body formulates doctrines, oversees the product
Samuel Herd (to the left)
The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania is a non-stock, not-for-profit organization headquartered in Warwick, New York. It is the main legal entity used worldwide by Jehovah's Witnesse
Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses
…1974–1975, 1977–1979) members, all of them men. New members of the Governing Body are selected by existing members. Since its incorporation in 1884, the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania has been directed by a president and board of directors. Until January 1976, the president exercised complete control of doctrines, publications and…
Charles Taze Russell, president (1884–1916) of the Watch Tower Society and founder of the Bible Student movement; colorized
Joseph Franklin Rutherford, president of the Watch Tower Society (1917–1942)
The former Watch Tower Society headquarters in Columbia Heights, Brooklyn.