Dawn Bible Students Association
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The Dawn Bible Students Association is a legal entity used by a branch of the Associated Bible Students.
It was founded with the intention of becoming a publishing house to begin distributing the Studies in the Scriptures series written by Charles Taze Russell which the Watchtower Society had ceased publishing and distributing in 1928.
In 1966 the Dawn published Oh, the Blessedness; a small booklet which rejected most of Pastor Russell's views of Bible prophecy and end time predictions.
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[edit] History
In 1928 Norman Woodworth, following intense personal disagreement with the new policies of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, left to create the radio program Frank and Ernest with the help of the Brooklyn congregation of Bible Students. He had previously been responsible for producing the same radio program for the Society.
In 1932, the Dawn Publishers, Inc. was founded in Brooklyn, New York, just block away from Watch Tower headquarters, in the 1940s it was moved to Rutherford, New Jersey under its current name; Dawn Bible Students Association. The Dawn was founded, by Woodworth and others, with the intention of becoming a publishing house to begin redistributing the Studies in the Scriptures series written by Charles Taze Russell which the Watchtower Society had ceased publishing and distributing in 1928. In time, the text of the Frank and Ernest radio program was published in a brochure entitled Bible Student's Radio Echo. Soon, its name was changed to The Dawn and Herald of Christ’s Presence magazine, and its size changed to 16-pages. It began as a bi-monthly, then later monthly, journal.
[edit] Purpose
The Dawn assisted in regathering many of the Bible Students who had left the Watchtower Society after the death of Pastor Russell, when Judge Rutherford took control. As a result, new congregations of Bible Students were formed in various countries worldwide and publishing their literature in various languages.
In 1966 the Dawn published Oh, the Blessedness; a small booklet which rejected many of Pastor Russell's views on Bible prophecy and end times. This rejection polarized those Bible Students who still accepted Russell's views, and an independent movement was formed. Pastor Russell's Studies in the Scriptures and other writings never before reproduced since his death were now being republished independently of the Dawn. New radio and television programs were invented, new journals, newsletters, books and booklets were being printed by various Bible Student individuals and congregations independent of the Dawn. The most widely distributed journal produced by Bible Students is the Bible Students Newsletter which was founded as a non-doctrinal news and information source among Bible Students.
[edit] Present Day
Today the Dawn continue publication of Pastor Russell's Studies in the Scriptures, as well as booklets written by various Bible Students. They also produce radio and television programs. Over the years they have moved further away from the views of Pastor Russell and his writings.
[edit] See also
- Associated Bible Students
- Bible Students
- Bible Student Movement
- Frank and Ernest - the international broadcast by the Dawn Bible Students Association.
