The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, established in 1884, was formed by people from what religion?
Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania "mature, active and faithful" male Jehovah's Witnesses. About 5800 Jehovah's Witnesses provide voluntary unpaid labour, as members of a religious order, in three large Watch Tower Society facilities in New York; nearly 15,000 other members of the order work at the Watch Tower Society's other facilities worldwide. The organization was formed in 1881 as "Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society" for the purpose of distributing religious tracts. The society was incorporated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on December 15, 1884. In 1896, the society was renamed "Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society". Following a leadership dispute in the Bible Student movement, the Watch
Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania journal was "Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christs Presence", first published in 1879 by Russell, founder of the Bible Student movement. Other early writers for the Watch Tower Society included J. H. Paton and W. I. Mann. Formation of the society was announced in the April 1881 issue of "Zion's Watch Tower". That year, the society received donations of $35,391.18. On December 15, 1884, the society was incorporated as Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society in Pennsylvania as a non-profit, non-stock corporation with Russell as president. The corporation was located in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. In its charter, written by Russell, the