Reaching out to people with a Watchtower background whom you already know can expand your witnessing opportunities in another way.

If you wait for Jehovah’s Witnesses to knock on your door, the only ones you will encounter are the ones who are active in the field service ministry. But some Witnesses are relatively inactive, attending meetings sporadically and rarely, if ever, going door-to-door.

If you are going to help them, you’ll need to try to find out why they are inactive rather than making assumptions that may be completely wrong. Continue reading

Special considerations apply when we are dealing with Jehovah’s Witness children.

By “children,” I mean any minors who are still under the authority of their parents. Continue reading

A fruitful area for expanding your witnessing opportunities to Jehovah’s Witnesses is internet outreach.

Social media such as Facebook have online discussion groups involving Witnesses and ex-Witnesses. In addition, there are now support groups online for ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses and for current Jehovah’s Witnesses who suspect something is wrong with the Watchtower and are looking for answers.

These are good places to learn about how Jehovah’s Witnesses think and feel and read about people’s struggles within the Watchtower organization. Continue reading

One way to take the initiative in connecting with Jehovah’s Witnesses is to attend one or more meetings at their nearest Kingdom Hall (that’s the Watchtower version of a church building).

I would recommend this only if you have developed some experience and proficiency at witnessing to Jehovah’s Witnesses.

If you are interested in trying this, let me offer you several suggestions. Continue reading

According to Watchtower statistics, more than 165,000 literature carts have been supplied to congregations of Jehovah’s Witnesses throughout the world.[1]  Their literature is available to passersby free of charge. This method of outreach is used mainly in high foot traffic metropolitan areas.

The carts are usually staffed by two Jehovah’s Witnesses working in shifts throughout the day. They don’t usually initiate conversations with passersby, and most of the time no one talks with them.

Even if the Witnesses don’t say anything to try to draw people to the carts, they will respond to comments and questions.

If you want to expand your witnessing opportunities, take the initiative by stopping at the cart and talking with them. Continue reading