Charles Taze Russell (February 16, 1852 – October 31, 1916), or Pastor Russell, was an American Adventist minister from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and founder of the Bible Student movement. [1] [2] He was an early Christian Zionist. [3]

Among that group of sincere Bible students was a man named Charles Taze Russell. While Russell took the lead in the Bible education work at that time and was the first editor of The Watchtower, he was not the founder of a new religion.

Charles Taze Russell (born Feb. 16, 1852, Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S.—died Oct. 31, 1916, Pampa, Texas) was the founder of the International Bible Students Association, forerunner of the Jehovah’s Witnesses.

Jehovah's Witnesses originated as a branch of the Bible Student movement, which developed in the United States in the 1870s among followers of Christian restorationist minister Charles Taze Russell. Bible Student missionaries were sent to England in 1881 and the first overseas branch was opened in London in 1900.

After Russell died in 1916, his movement splintered, but the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society that he had founded continued under the leadership of Judge Joseph Rutherford, who changed the name of the Society in 1931 to the Jehovah's Witnesses.

Mar 24, 2023 · Charles Taze Russell was the founder of a religion that eventually became the modern-day Jehovah’s Witnesses. His example demonstrates how untrained and un-discipled people can twist Scripture to fit their own preferences and spread those errors to others.

Charles Taze Russell was an American Christian Restoration minister in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was the founder of the International Bible Students Association which is also known as the forerunner of the Jehovah’s Witness group.

May 29, 2018 · RUSSELL, CHARLES TAZE. Founder of the movement known since 1931 as jeho vah's witnesses; b. Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 16, 1852; d. Pampa, Texas, Oct. 31, 1916. He was baptized a Congregationalist, but his study of the Bible led him to deny the existence of hell and the doctrine of the Trinity and to express Arian views of the nature of Jesus Christ ...

Charles Taze Russell, a preacher and the founder of the religious movement known as Jehovah's Witnesses, was born on February 16, 1852, in Pittsburgh, in a Protestant family. His parents influenced his interest in religion. In his youth, Charles engaged in missionary work.

The history and founding of the Jehovah's Witnesses movement, including all its leaders since Charles Taze Russell first founded the Zion's Watch Tower magazine. Jehovah's Witnesses grew out of...