Charles Taze Russell’s Will vs. Rutherford’s Actions in 1917

After Charles Taze Russell died on October 31, 1916, the Watch Tower Society faced the most significant leadership transition in its history. Russell had anticipated this moment years earlier and carefully outlined, in his Last Will and Testament, how the Society's publications and affairs should continue after his death. Rather than appointing a single successor, he established a system of shared oversight involving an Editorial Committee, a Board of Directors, and trustees who would safeguard the Society's voting interests.

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