Commentary Press

(Fourth edition, Revised and Updated – May, 2004) by Raymond Franz (with topical and Scriptural indexes), 420 pages, password-protected PDF.

A former member of the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses gives a unique insight into the authority structure of that religion. The book allows the reader a view of the decision-making sessions of a religion’s inner council, and the powerful, sometimes dramatic, impact their decisions have on people’s lives. Although initially written in 1983, the book reveals a distinctive and basic pattern, a pattern which, as the updated information in this new edition shows, continues essentially unchanged. Rather than reducing the book’s relevancy, the passage of time serves to manifest the validity of the evidence offered and the currency of the issues and principles involved.