Many claim that Jehovah's Witnesses baptize using the words 'in the name of the Father, the Son and Jehovah's Spirit-Directed Organization'. Is this true? No, but only because those that think this do not understand what is really taking place during the baptismal talk when they ask if the baptismal candidates have dedicated themselves. To understand what is actually taking place, let us look at the scripture text in which Jesus sent forth the apostles to baptize at Matthew 28:19. There we read: "Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you [all]." When we look at that statement, there are actually only two, not three parts of that request. The first part of the request is "make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them." The second part of the request is "teaching them....

Many people claim that the house to house work (also called "door to door" because of our canvasing apartments as well) that what Jehovah's Witnesses do is unscriptural, but if you take a look at Luke chapter 10, you will see that the house to house ministry is spelled out quite clearly by Jesus himself. It was also described at Matthew 10:5-11:1, Mark 6:7-13, and Luke 9:1-6. Jesus said: "Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you all." (Matthew 28:18-19) He also said: "And this good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations; and then the end will come." (Matthew 24:14) But he did not say these things and then just leave it to us to figure out how to do it. No, but we are given very specific instructions and an example of how it is carr...