What do we know about the True Faith Jehovah's Witnesses?

Sorry if this has been posted before but what do we know about the True Faith Jehovah's Witnesses? Are they only in Romania? How many are they? How do their numbers compare to actual JWs?

All I know is that they seem to sing a whole lot better than the standard JWs.

http://www.youtube.com/user/vestitorulimparatiei#p/u/18/qZ26y87sW_M

What do you mean by True Faith?

Hi moski7 - I guess that is why I am asking 

What I think I know is that they are a break away group from the standard JWs in Romainia. Apart from that I know nothing else.

haven't searched on them in a while , the last I remember on them is that they are a Bible Student style group basing their belief on the teachings of CT Russell, figure wise I wouldn't say they would be particularly large if you look at the Millennial Dawn/Laymans Home Missionary here in the UK they are very small groups

http://the-true-jw.oltenia.ro/

Hi

How did you become a JW? 

I'm curious, checking out CT Russell and found out that he disagreed with the doctrine of hell that's why he left Christianity and started the Watchtower.

moski7 , Russel did not form the Washtower he formed The Bible Students

oh ok did that then turn into the watchtower?

oh ok did that then turn into the watchtower?

I think we are going off topic here. The history of the JWs is well documented on this site. What I am not sure about is this break away group.

I'm curious how you got into the JW's?

In several former communist countries there are big breakaway JW groups.

Besides of Romania its especially in former Soviet union (Ukraine, Moldova, Russia, Kazachstan) here it was due to the succesfull work of KGB, they implemented their agents in top positions within JW structure and they were causing confussion in "what is right or wrong". The breaking point was new light in 60´ about higher authorities (Jesus or wordly goverments?) JW were so confused not knowing whom to listen that they were willing to belive that the GB in Brooklyn became apostate and separated from them. This way thousands of witnesses became independent on Brooklyn and stopped recieving new literature. Until now they read Russel, Rutherford and old WT. They call themselves "Faithfull" and consider JW as apostates. They build KH  and make conventions. The only visible difrence you will see is that they smoke (They separated before the ban on smoking...)

When I was in Ukraine, sometimes its a real mess... When you ask where are here JW - people ask you: "Which one do you mean???"

In my country once there was a brother "JW" comming from Ukraine ... one family hospitably accomodate him, fed him and when they went together to the meeting he said "what time is the break so go to smoke??" Then they couldnt figure out "WHO IS HERE THE APOSTATE???"

Albert (your expert on eastern Europe)

moski7 probably like most people ;

a) born in

b) called upon and started study

there is usually nothing out of the ordinary as why people get seduced by the lies of the WTS

As I recall, I believe they are a group of JWs who, due to persecution in Romania, lost all contact with the WTBTS some time in the late 50's or early 60's. They just re-studied the literature they had on hand, over and over and over again.

Then, when the Iron Curtain collapsed, they again got in touch with Brooklyn Bethel.

But, they found that so much doctrine had changed in the intervening 30 years, especially with regard to the "higher authorities" of Romans chapter 13, that they felt that the WTS had committed apostasy. So they "disfellowshipped" Brooklyn and declared themselves as the "true", i.e., True Faith, Jehovah's Witnesses.

I can  say for former soviet countries - some had connected back to Brooklyn, but majority is very firm and see other JW as apostates. They dont have central headquarters, they are more like christian congregations of the 1st century.

Albert

jookbeard. I take it your not a JW then. Did you used to be one? Do you still believe in God.

But they sing really good. And sisters are very strict about head covering...

http://www.youtube.com/user/vestitorulimparatiei#p/u/18/qZ26y87sW_M

Here's a good wikipedia page on it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses_splinter_groups

Pretty interesting stuff and something I'd not made myself aware of. I guess I shouldn't be suprised that these groups were never mentioned by my family or anyone else associated with the borg when I was.

moski ; no I'm not, yes I used to be one and I'm a born again agnostic with a bit of Deism thrown in, I'm an apostate and proud, this time last night I was proudly in attendance with a gathering of like minded Apostates with SweetPea's fine Apostanoodle!