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The legal title International Bible Students Association is a corporation used by Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania.

International Bible Students Association is also the present legal name of the charity used by Jehovahs Witnesses in Britain today. It was founded in 1914 by Pastor Russell in London, England, and was the first legal corporation representing Pastor Russell's ministry in Europe (Two previous such organizations, the Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society, and the People's Pulpit Association, had already existed in the USA).

Followers of the Watchtower movement worldwide had been known as International Bible Students until 1931, after which they became known as Jehovahs Witnesses. Publications such as "The Harp of God" (1921,1926) and "Jehovah" (1934), were authored by the then president of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Judge Joseph Franklin Rutherford, published by the I.B.S.A, Brooklyn, NY, USA and copyright by Peoples Pulpit Association, Brooklyn, NY, USA.

Although there is today still a following from the great schism following Pastor Russell's death in 1916 (where 75% had left the WTBS by 1928), present day followers of the Watchtower religious movement consider themselves disassociated with these groups.

External links

Bible_Student_movement main Wikipedia page on the Bible Student movement
NowThink.com a site critical of of the "Bible Student" movement
Pastor-Russell.com The official C.T. Russell website
Watchtower.org The official website of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Brooklyn, NY, USA

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 Followers of the Watchtower movement worldwide had been known as International Bible Students until 1931, after which they became known as Jehovahs Witnesses. Publications such as "The Harp of God" (1921,1926) and "Jehovah" (1934), were authored by the then president of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, [[Judge_Rutherford|Judge Joseph Franklin Rutherford]], published by the I.B.S.A, Brooklyn, NY, USA and copyright by Peoples Pulpit Association, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
-Although there is today still a following from the great schism following Pastor Russell's death in 1916 (where 75% had left the WTBS in 1918), present day followers of the Watchtower religious movement consider themselves disassociated with these groups.
+Although there is today still a following from the great schism following Pastor Russell's death in 1916 (where 75% had left the WTBS by 1928), present day followers of the Watchtower religious movement consider themselves disassociated with these groups.
 ==External links==
 *[[Bible_Student_movement]]   main Wikipedia page on the Bible Student movement
 *[http://www.nowthink.com/alternate%20religions.htm NowThink.com]  a site critical of of the "Bible Student" movement
+*[http://www.pastor-russell.com Pastor-Russell.com] The official C.T. Russell website
 *[http://www.watchtower.org Watchtower.org] The official website of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Brooklyn, NY, USA