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{{Infobox company
| name             = Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
| logo             = Watchtower.svg
| predecessor      = Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society
| foundation       = [[Pittsburgh]], Pennsylvania ({{Start date|1884|12|15}})
| founder          = [[Charles Taze Russell]]
| location_city    = [[Brooklyn]], New York
| location_country = <br />United States
}}

{{Jehovah's Witnesses}}
Ang '''Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania''' ay isang hindi-stock, hindi-nakikinabang na organisasyon<ref name="PennsylvaniaDepartment">{{Cite web |url=https://www.corporations.state.pa.us/corp/soskb/Corp.asp?361674 |title=Pennsylvania Department of State. |access-date=2013-05-23 |archive-date=2012-05-26 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120526210458/https://www.corporations.state.pa.us/corp/soskb/Corp.asp?361674 |url-status=dead }}</ref> na naka-headquarter sa New York City borough ng  [[Brooklyn]], Estados Unidos. Ito ang pangunahing legal na entidad na ginagamit sa buong mundo ng [[Mga Saksi ni Jehova]] upang maggabay, mangasiwa at magpaunlad ng mga doktrina para sa samahang ito. Ito ay kadalasang tinatawag ng mga kasapi nito bilang  "the Society".  Ito ang magulang na organisasyon ng isang bilang ng mga subsidiyaryong Watch Tower kabilang ang [[Corporations of Jehovah's Witnesses#Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc.|Watchtower Society of New York]] and [[Corporations of Jehovah's Witnesses#International Bible Students Association|International Bible Students Association]].<ref name="WatchTower">{{harvnb|Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society| 1959|page=49}}</ref> Membership of the society is limited to between 300 and 500 "mature, active and faithful" male Jehovah's Witnesses.<ref>{{cite book|title=Jehovah's Witnesses—Proclaimers of God's Kingdom|page=229}}</ref> Ang mga 5800 Saksi ni Jehovah ay nagbibigay ng boluntaryo at hindi binabayarang trabaho bilang mga kasapi ng isang relihiyosong orden sa tatlong malalaking pasilidad ng Watch Tower Society sa [[New York]];<ref name="compcase">[http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/boroughs/jehovah-loses-comp-case-church-forced-pay-millions-article-1.611540 "Jehovahs loses comp case: Church may be forced to pay millions", ''New York Daily News'', January 6, 2006.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526141144/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/boroughs/jehovah-loses-comp-case-church-forced-pay-millions-article-1.611540 |date=Mayo 26, 2013 }} Retrieved October 3, 2009.</ref> Ang halos 15,000 ibang miyembro ng orden ay nagtatrabaho sa ibang mga pasilidad ng Watch Tower Society sa buong mundo.<ref name="compcase" /><ref name="yearbook09">''Yearbook'', Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society, 2009.</ref><ref>''Yearbook'', Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, 2012, page 55.</ref>

Ang organisasyong ito ay binuo noong 1881,<ref name="PennsylvaniaDepartment" /> bilang ''Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society'' para sa tungkuling pamamahagi ng mga traktong relihiyoso. Ang society ay ininkorpora sa [[Pittsburgh]], Pennsylvania noong 15 Disyembre 1884. Noong 1896, ang society ay muling pinangalanang ''Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society''.<ref>"Report for Fiscal Year", ''Watch Tower'', December 1, 1896, page 301, [http://www.mostholyfaith.com/Bible/reprints/Z1896DEC.asp Reprints page 2077 Retrieved 2010-03-30] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215081611/http://www.mostholyfaith.com/bible/Reprints/Z1896DEC.asp |date=2012-02-15 }}, "WATCH TOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY. REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING DEC. 1, 1896. ALTHOUGH the above has been the recognized name of our Society for some four years, it was not until this year that the Board of Directors took the proper steps to have the name legally changed from ZION'S WATCH TOWER TRACT SOCIETY to that above. The new name seems to be in every way preferable."</ref> Pagkatapos ng isang alitan sa pagkapinuno sa [[Bible Student movement]], ang Watch Tower Society ay nananatiling nauugnay sa isang sangay ng [[Bible Student movement]] na nakilala bilang mga [[Jehovah's Witnesses]]
(Mga Saksi ni Jehova). Noong 1955, ang korporasyon ay muling pinangalanang ''Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania''.<ref>"Development of the Organization Structure", ''Jehovah's Witnesses – Proclaimers of God's Kingdom'', 1993 Watch Tower, page 229, "Zion’s Watch Tower Tract Society. First formed in 1881 and then legally incorporated in the state of Pennsylvania on December 15, 1884. In 1896 its name was changed to Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society. Since 1955 it has been known as Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania."</ref> Noong 1976, ang lahat ng mga gawain ng Watch Tower Society  ay ipinailalim sa pangangasiwa ng [[Nangangasiwang Katawan ng mga Saksi ni Jehova]].<ref>{{Harvnb| Franz | 2007| pages= 80–107}}</ref>
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