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The Watchtower
''The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah's Kingdom'' is an illustrated religious magazine, published semimonthly in 254 languages〔(The Watchtower, December 1, 2015, page 2 )〕 by Jehovah's Witnesses via the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania and printed in various branch offices around the world. Along with its companion magazine, ''Awake!'', Jehovah's Witnesses distribute ''The Watchtower—Public Edition'' in their door-to-door ministry.〔(【引用サイトリンク】journal=The Watchtower )〕 ''The Watchtower—Public Edition'' is the most widely circulated magazine in the world, with an average print run of nearly 59,000,000 copies bimonthly, starting in 2016. "The Watchtower - Public Edition" was monthly between 2008-2015. ''The Watchtower—Study Edition'' is used at congregation meetings, with an average monthly print run of 15,252,000.〔(The Watchtower Study Edition, January, 2016, page 2 (russian) )〕
== History ==
The publication was started by Charles Taze Russell on July 1, 1879 under the title ''Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence''. According to its first issue, the magazine's purpose was to draw attention to Russell's belief that people of the time were "living 'in the last days' 'the day of the Lord'—'the end' of the Gospel age," and that "the dawn of the 'new' age, are facts not only discernible by the close student of the Word, led by the spirit, but the outward signs recognizable by the world bear the same testimony."〔''Watch Tower'', July 1, 1879〕
In 1908 the name was changed to ''The Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence''. In 1920, the Watch Tower Society reprinted all issues from 1879–1919 in seven volumes, known as the ''Watchtower Reprints'', which have since been reprinted by various Bible Student groups. On 15 October 1931, the magazine was renamed ''The Watchtower and Herald of Christ's Presence''; in January 1939, ''The Watchtower and Herald of Christ's Kingdom''; from March 1939 until the present, its full name has been ''The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah's Kingdom''.〔''Watch Tower Publications'', Watchtower Publications Index, 2008〕
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