Joseph Franklin Rutherford (edit name/settings)

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• Joseph Franklin Rutherford, also known as "Judge" Rutherford, was the second president of the incorporated Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society. He played a primary role in the organization and doctrinal development of Jehovah's Witnesses, which emerged from the Bible Student movement established by Charles Taze Russell.

  Rutherford began a career in law, working as a court stenographer, trial lawyer and prosecutor. He developed an interest in the doctrines of Watch Tower Society president Charles Taze Russell, which led to his joining the Bible Student movement and was baptized in 1906. He was appointed the legal counsel for the Watch Tower Society in 1907, as well as a traveling representative prior to his election as president in 1917

nx74defiant changed Joseph Franklin Rutherford's author image Tuesday, April 3, 2012.

nx74defiant edited the bio of Joseph Franklin Rutherford Saturday, March 31, 2012.

• Edited Legal Name: Joseph Franklin Rutherford
• Edited Date of Birth: November 8, 1869
• Edited Place of Birth: ,Missouri,United States of America
• Edited Date of Death: January 8, 1942
• Edited Gender: Male
• Edited Nationality: American
• Genres: Religious