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='''Jehovah's Witnesses Church Records'''= | |||
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*[https://www.google.com/maps/search/jehovah's+witnesses+church+guam/@13.4223547,144.6642165,12z/data=!3m1!4b1 '''Google search results for Jehovah's Witnesses churches in Guam'''] | |||
==Historical Background== | |||
The first Jehovah’s Witnesses on Guam arrived from the Philippines in the 1940s. These first Witnesses were contract workers assigned to assist with post-World War II reconstruction. While on Guam, they organized the first Micronesian congregation in 1951. By 1954, the first missionaries assigned to Guam had arrived. They were Sam and Virginia Wiger, and their congregation had grown to warrant a larger meeting place. The Wigers consequently set up the first Kingdom Hall in a vacated military mess hall. In 1969, Guam and Micronesia became part of the Hawai`i branch. Later, the Guam Branch Committee would be established.<ref>"Jehovah's Witnesses", in "Guampedia", https://www.guampedia.com/jehovahs-witnesses/, accessed 24 February 2020.</ref> | |||
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