The preaching and teaching ministry of Jehovah's Witnesses: A bibliographical and narrative documentary review

The greatest biblical basis for carrying out the work of preaching and teaching by Christians is the command given by Jesus Christ before he ascended to heaven, and is recorded in Matthew 28:19, 20. The beginning of such a work of preaching/instruction and teaching was on the day of Pentecost in 33 of the Common Era (after Christ), and remains until today, as prophesied by Jesus in Matthew 24:14. This article aims to present and explain how the preaching and teaching ministry of Jehovah's Witnesses is carried out worldwide, refining them based on scientific understanding and the author's theological-ministerial experiences. To this end, under the Giftedean neoperspectivist paradigm and hypothetical-deductive method, it conducts a bibliographical and narrative documentary survey, relating the preaching and teaching ministry of these religious people with their theocratic teachings, practices and procedures, based on their neo-Christian theology. It is concluded that: a) as Christians, we are exhorted, guided, ordered by Jesus to preach and teach the good news of the Kingdom to all people, without discrimination of age, socioeconomic status, clinical condition, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, color, religion, intellectual and cognitive level, profession, wherever they are; b) the preaching and teaching ministry includes formal, informal and hybrid testimonies, the characteristics of which are presented and compared throughout the article; c) as proselytizing practices of Jehovah's Witnesses, their preaching and teaching contribute to the construction of the concept of human dignity.