COME September 1, 2022, Jehovah's Witnesses in Lagos, Nigeria and in the over 240 lands of their existence and operations across the world would be resuming their door-to-door ministry.
This announcement was made late Wednesday, August 3, 2022, via the official website of the Christian religious group.
The message read in part, "The Governing Body is pleased to announce that the house-to-house preaching work of Jehovah's Witnesses will resume on September 1, 2022."
Following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, Jehovah's Witnesses suspended all aspects of their public meetings and ministry. This restriction was both with respect to Government directives and out of concern for the general safety of its members and the general public.
This restriction lasted until April 1, 2022, when the go-ahead was given to resume physical meetings at their various places of worship known as Kingdom Halls. Subsequently, on May 31, 2022, another directive was made permitting them to resume all forms of public ministry with the exception of house-to-house preaching.
However, with this latest announcement, the witnesses would be expected back to the doors of their neighbours to continue sharing what they term, "the good news of God's kingdom."
Meanwhile, during the pandemic and down to this time, they have been carrying out their preaching work virtually, conducting free Bible studies with interested ones through phone calls and on social media
The Covid-19 pandemic did not slow them down. In 2021, data retrieved from the official website of the group shows that they spent collectively, over 1.4 billion hours preaching to people virtually.
In Nigeria alone, there are currently over 400,000 Jehovah's Witnesses and 8.7 million, around the world, who are eager to return to the doors of people this coming September.
