....Is A Community

The kingdom preaching work is a community. As one of Jehovahs’ Witnesses I take part in a world-wide preaching work. Across the globe all Jehovahs’ Witnesses are saying the same message. We are a world-wide community, but we are also a small and close-knit community. We are divided up into congregations based on location, and we work in groups of four to six. All of Jehovahs’ Witnesses make an effort to go out in the field ministry at least once a week. Our goal is to bring a hopeful and positive message from Gods’ Word to the people around us.
As a group, we are all striving after the same goal, and the united effort towards that goal is what makes us a community. Globally we are telling the world about the heavenly kingdom that is soon to be brought to Earth. We do this because of the command given at Mathew 24:14 to “preach to the entire inhabited earth…” Our love for The Bible and Jehovah is what holds our community together. We work together as harmoniously as we can because we are trying to live our lives as close to biblical guidelines as possible.
The regular preaching work that we participate in is one of our primary needs. This work is a need because by following God’s commandments we get to draw close to Him. We also need this because of the association and encouragement we receive from one another. Another need we have as a group is our weekly congregational meetings. In these meetings we have public discourses that provide spiritual encouragement. That spiritual food we receive is a need of our community. As a group we genuinely love each other, and try our best to keep each other’s chins up in the stressful times we live in. This is where the public meetings and associated come in.
Since the individuals in our community all share the same values and needs, there is very rarely ever a disturbance in how our community runs. As flawed humans though, it is possible for personal differences can get in the way of the cohesion of our community. These differences are usually about offensive statements, and are always solved between the two people very quickly. Since our focused goal is to tell people about Gods’ Kingdom, we try very hard NOT to let these personal differences get in the way. Our motives towards each other are good and because of that, minor differences never stand for long against our unity in the ministry.
I want to be a part of this community because of the biblical knowledge they share. Every question I have had, they have used the bible to answer it for me, and they have shown me the answer in my own bible. I want to live my life in harmony with Gods’ Word, and His word tells me to preach the news of his word. So that is what I do.
There are many reasons that I fit into this group. The main reason is because like the rest of my community, I have an intense, unwavering love for Jehovah. This love is what drives us to talk with the people around us. Whether we are shy, outgoing, charismatic, or awkward, we all take part in this activity because of the love for our God. So even if I may not agree with a fellow kingdom proclaimer about a minor subject, we share a deeper bond; and that is what holds our community together.