PARTICIPATING IN INTERFAITH ACTIVITIES

Seven different actions are subsumed under the umbrella term “apostasy.” One of them refers to “interfaith activities.” The book for elders “Shepherd The Flock Of God” (2019), 39 (2) says:

Participation in Interfaith Activities: (2 Cor. 6:14, 15, 17, 18) Apostate acts include bowing before altars and images and sharing in false religious songs and prayers.— Rev 18:2, 4.

Regarding the relationship between the only true religion and other religions, The Watchtower June 1, 2010, page 27, says

The early Christians lived in a multicultural and multireligious world. Yet, when writing about the mingling of different religions, Paul asked: “What portion does a faithful person have with an unbeliever?” Then he warned Christians to “get out from among them.” (2 Corinthians 6:15, 17) Clearly, Paul was speaking against interfaith. Why did he do so?

The apostle explained that spiritual fellowship between one who is a true Christian and one who is not would be an uneven yoke, a misfit. (2 Corinthians 6:14) It could result only in harm to the Christian’s faith. Paul’s concerns were like those of a father who knows that some children in his neighborhood behave badly. As a concerned parent, he wisely sets limits on whom his child should play with. His restrictions may be unpopular. Under the circumstances, however, being separate would protect his child from bad influences. Similarly, Paul knew that being separate from other religions would protect Christians against their harmful practices.

In taking that stand, Paul was imitating Jesus. While Jesus set the greatest example in promoting peace among people, he did not practice interfaith. Many religious groups, such as the Pharisees and the Sadducees, were active during Jesus’ earthly ministry. In fact, these religious factions joined forces to challenge Jesus, going as far as to plot his death. Jesus, on the other hand, directed his followers to “watch out . . . for the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”​—Matthew 16:12.

What about today? Is the Bible’s warning against interfaith still valid? Yes, it is. This is because differing religious beliefs cannot bond through interfaith any more than oil and water can mix simply by putting them together in a pot. For instance, when people of different religions come together to pray for peace, which god is being petitioned? Christendom’s Trinitarian God? Hinduism’s Brahma? The Buddha? Or someone else?

Most of the observations in the quotation are correct. But the phrase “Paul was speaking against interfaith” is incorrect. The Online NWT13 shows that the words “Get out from among them” are a quotation from Isaiah 52:11 and were “a prophetic command for the Jews who returned to Jerusalem from Babylon in 537.”

Paul does not tell the Corinthians to get out from other religions. But he tells them to get out from among unbelievers, from those who are worshipping idols, just as the Babylonians did. Today, we can apply these words to religions in Asia and Africa, where idols are worshipped. But we can hardly apply Paul’s words to the Norwegian Lutheran  Church, the Baptists, and the Pentecostals.

Of course, these are false religions because they have doctrines that contradict the Bible, and I do not advocate that members of the true religion should take part in the religious services of these religions. My point is that Paul is not speaking about the so-called Christian religions. This means that how true Christians go about dealing with this particular category of false religion must be based on other Scriptural principles.

However, the important point in our discussion is that Paul does not discuss disfellowshipping in 2 Corinthians chapter 6, and no passage in the Christian Greek Scriptures speaks about “interfaith activities” as a disfellowshipping offense. Thus, disfellowshipping Witnesses because of interfaith activities is made up and invented by the members of the Governing Body.

THE TRUE RELIGION VERSUS OTHER RELIGIONS

When Paul in 2 Corinthians 6:17 uses the words “Get out from among them,” he referred to idolaters and unbelievers (6:14-18). What about persons who claim to be Christians but reject portions of God’s Word, the Bible? In his first letter to Timotheus 4:1-3, Paul writes:

 ¹ However, the inspired word clearly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to misleading inspired statements and teachings of demons, ² by means of the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, whose conscience is seared as with a branding iron. ³ They forbid marriage and command people to abstain from foods that God created to be partaken of with thanksgiving by those who have faith and accurately know the truth.

Paul speaks about “the faith” and “the truth” from which some “will fall away.” In his second letter to Timothy 4:3, 4 (NIV), Paul speaks in the same vein:

³ For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. ⁴ They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.

According to Paul, there is only one right religion, representing “the truth,” “the sound (or, ‘healthful’) doctrine.” This truth would not suit the desires of many people. Therefore, they would listen to teachers who said what they wanted to hear. The result would be that they would believe myths rather than sound, healthful doctrine. The two quotations above show that there is only one true church or congregation, and this is also shown by Paul in 1 Timothy 3:15 (NIV):

If I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

The word “church” is derived from the Greek word ekklēsia, which is most often translated as “congregation.” There is only one “congregation of the living God,” and it is “the pillar and foundation of the truth.” If we believe that the Bible is inspired by God, there is only one possible conclusion to draw: Of all the churches or congregations with different doctrines and different practices, only one can be the true congregation of the living God. This means that while Paul, in the context of 2 Corinthians 6:17, uses the words “Get out from among them,” in reference to unbelievers and idolaters,  true Christians must also follow this pattern in connection with all false religions that are teaching doctrines that do not accord with the Bible.

The idea that there is only one true religion is also found in prophecies in the Hebrew Scriptures. In the book of Daniel, we find the expression, “the people of the holy ones of the Most High.” (Daniel 7:27, NJB) In the last chapter of Daniel, we read that the understanding of his prophecies dealing with the time of the conclusion (end) should be sealed until this time. (Daniel 12:10–12) The angel who spoke with Daniel also showed that God would have one people. We read:

He raised his right hand and his left hand to heaven and swore by him who lives forever, ‘A time and two times, and half a time; and all these things will come true, once the crushing of the holy people’s power is over.’ (12:7, NJB)

It is obvious that for the power of the holy people to be crushed, they would have to be a tight-knit group that could be distinguished from all other groups so as to be readily identified and targeted.

A symbolic beast is described in Revelation chapter 13. This beast “was given authority to act for 42 months,” which is the same time when ‘the power of the holy people would be crushed,’ as mentioned in Daniel 12:7, and it should “wage war against the holy ones and conquer them.” (Revelation 13:5, 7, NWT13) The dragon would “wage war with the remaining ones of her [the symbolic woman mentioned in 12:1–2] offspring, who observe the commandments of God and have the work of bearing witness concerning Jesus.” (Revelation 13:17, NWT13)

The references above unquestionably show that there is only one true religion, a tight-knit group of people readily identifiable among all other peoples.  It stands to reason that members of the true religion would not take part in interfaith activities.  But how should Christians view the members of other religions?

“WE” AND “THEY“? OR JUST “WE”?

John says that “the whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one” (1 John 5:19 NWT13). On the other hand, he says, “For God loved the world so much that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16 NWT13). The real issue on this background is whether our thinking should be that “we are inside” and “they are outside”? Or should we think that we should include everyone in “we” because “we are all part of the world that God loves”? These questions do not mean that I, in some respects, advocate interfaith relationships. But the answers to the questions can help us have a balanced view of all the individuals in the world that God loves.

THE ROLE OF THE RANSOM SACRIFICE OF JESUS 

The key expression is that “everyone exercising faith in him…[will] have everlasting life.” These words show that there is no universal salvation for every member of the world that God loves; only those who exercise faith will have everlasting life. At the same time, since Jehovah, according to 1 Timothy 2:4, wants “everyone” in the world to exercise faith in Jesus and gain everlasting life, it is self-evident that he would follow up on his desire by ensuring that “everyone” gets at least a real chance to do so.

How can a person “exercise faith in him”? Paul answers in Romans 10:14, 15.

¹⁴  However, how will they call on him if they have not put faith in him? How, in turn, will they put faith in him about whom they have not heard? How, in turn, will they hear without someone to preach? ¹⁵  How, in turn, will they preach unless they have been sent out?  Just as it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who declare good news of good things!”

The only religious denomination preaching worldwide about the Kingdom of God is Jehovah’s Witnesses. This is one of the lines of evidence showing that they represent the true religion. But what is the scope of the ransom sacrifice of Jesus Christ that makes it possible for sinners to be reconciled to God? 1 Timothy 2:5, 6 (NWT13) says:

For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, a man, Christ Jesus, who gave himself a corresponding ransom for all (pas) .

The Greek word pas (“all, every”) in the phrase “ransom for all” is used in this scripture and in Romans 8:32 and 2 Corinthians 5:15.  This word can refer to all within a limited group, or it can be used in a universal sense to include all persons or all things in the whole world. Romans 5:12-21 contrasts Adam and Jesus, showing that the word pas is used in a universal sense to include all Adam’s descendants. Therefore, all descendants of Adam have been bought by Jesus. (1 Corinthians 6:20; 2 Peter 2:1)

On the basis of the scope of the ransom sacrifice—that all descendants of Adam are bought—we see a dilemma. To exercise faith in Jesus Christ is the requirement for gaining everlasting life. But most of Adam’s descendants never heard of Jesus or had the opportunity to exercise faith in him. So how does God’s righteousness compensate for this deficit? Acts 24:15 gives the answer:

¹⁵  And I have hope toward God, which hope these men also look forward to, that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.

Everything God does has a purpose, and when unrighteous persons who did not know about Jesus get a resurrection, it is for the purpose of giving them this chance when they come back to life again on this earth. During a period of one thousand years, the resurrection will occur. (Revelation 20:11-14) Every descendant of Adam is bought by Jesus, and so every descendant must get a real chance to exercise faith in Jesus or reject him. This will happen during the thousand-year reign of Jesus. But what about persons who live today in the time of the end before Jesus comes as the judge in the great tribulation? How will they get their chance?

THE RANSOM SACRIFICE OF JESUS APPLIED TO OUR TIME 

Jesus showed that his followers would preach the good news of the Kingdom to all the inhabited earth as a witness, and then the end would come. (Matthew 24:14) On the basis of this preaching by Jehovah’s Witnesses, sincere persons may “exercise faith in Jesus.” However, we note that Jesus says the preaching would be for a witness to all the nations and not for a witness to every person living on the earth.

This is important because in connection with the race to give a witness to each individual living on the earth before ‘the end comes,’ Jehovah’s Witnesses have already lost! Each year, more people who have not heard the good news of the Kingdom are added to the world’s population than the year before. The reason for this is the great increase in the population of the earth year after year. Moreover, the Corona pandemic has, for the last two years, prevented the Witnesses from preaching from house to house. And because of this, the number of persons who have not been reached with the good news of the Kingdom has increased even more.

This means that hearing the good news of the Kingdom preached by Jehovah’s Witnesses cannot be the deciding factor in who will get everlasting life. This is so because, with each passing year, fewer and fewer individuals will personally hear the preaching of the good news due to the sheer increase in the world population. Nevertheless, all persons living on the earth at any given time are bought by Jesus, not just those who died in the past. And so, based on Jehovah’s righteous standards, all persons alive on earth today must also get the same chance that the ‘resurrected unrighteous’ ones will be given—to decide whether they will serve Jehovah God and Jesus Christ or not (Acts 24:15).

My article, “The devaluation and restriction of the ransom sacrifice III The destiny of 8 billion+ people when the great tribulation comes.” (https://mybelovedreligion.no/2024/07/04/the-devaluation-and-restriction-of-the-ransom-sacrifice-iii-the-distiny-of-8-billion-people-when-the-great-tribulation-comes/) shows that 70% of the 8 billion+ that are alive when the great tribulation comes have not got the chance to accept or reject the ransom sacrifice.

THE PURPOSE OF THE PREACHING OF THE GOOD NEWS AS A WITNESS TO ALL THE NATIONS

What will be the destiny of all people who live on the earth today? No one can give a detailed answer to that question. But one thing is absolutely certain, and that is that “we,” the 12 million Jehovah’s Witnesses, will not be the only living ones who will get everlasting life, while “they,” the eight billion+ inhabitants of the earth, including older persons and children, will be everlastingly annihilated. Why is this an absolute certainty? Because of Jehovah’s righteousness, and because Jesus has bought each one of these eight billion+ people.  A study of what the Bible says about the resurrection will clarify this.

When we reflect on the great number of persons who, from our perspective, were evil, but who will get a resurrection, we should also come to the realization that the eight billion people who live today, and who, from our perspective, are evil, will not be destroyed forever in the great tribulation.

The requirement, as we have seen, is “exercising faith in him.” But at least 5 billion people who live today have not had the chance to do that. And we have no reason to believe that they are beyond repentance. Therefore, they must, in one way or another, get a real chance to take a stand for Jehovah God and his Son Jesus Christ. And what about persons who are mentally ill? Their illness prevents them from “exercising faith in Jesus.” But they are not beyond repentance. So, they must also get a real chance to decide for or against God and his Son.

We also learn from the words of Jesus that a person, who one time, two times, or five times has heard the preaching of the good news of the Kingdom, has not necessarily received his real chance. We can infer this from the fact that the inhabitants of Chorazin, Capernaum, and Betsaida saw the powerful works of Jesus and heard his preaching over a long period of time, yet still rejected him, and Jesus said that even these people were not beyond repentance because they will receive a resurrection.

Rejecting the message of Jehovah’s Witnesses is not enough to render a person beyond repentance. And if billions of evil persons will get a chance to believe after their resurrection, the billions of “evil” people living today will not just be cut off from life forever in the great tribulation without getting a real chance as well.

On the background of all these points, the contrast between “the righteous and the unrighteous,” i.e., “we” and “they” respectively, is by no means blotted out. But the contrast is much smaller and less distinct than what Jehovah’s Witnesses traditionally have been taught and believe. Members of the true religion will not take part in interfaith activities. But being a member of a false religion does not necessarily lead to eternal death. Most of the billions living today have not at present had a minimum chance to “exercise faith in him.”

According to Matthew 24:14, Jesus said:

¹⁴ 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.

The only religious denomination that fulfills these words is Jehovah’s Witnesses, where each member is a preacher of the good news of the kingdom. The purpose of this preaching must not be misunderstood. The preaching is “a witness to all the nations” and not for each person living on the earth. This indicates that the purpose of the preaching is not to separate all living persons into two groups, “we” and “they,” we who will get everlasting life, and “they” who will be everlastingly annihilated.

Here, I refer to the Greek words mē genoito (Romans 9:14), “never may that become so,” as Paul uses for emphasis!

When Jesus was on earth, his message was: “The kingdom of God has drawn near.” The purpose of this preaching was not to separate all living people into two groups, “we” who should get everlasting life and “they” who should be everlastingly annihilated. But the purpose of the preaching was to find sincere persons who could be a part of the heavenly government counting 144,000 members. All those who were not gathered to become members of the heavenly government were bought by Jesus, and those who had not sinned against the holy spirit will get a resurrection during Jesus’ thousand-year reign to get the chance “to exercise faith in him.”

In a similar way, the purpose of preaching the good news of the kingdom in our time is not to separate all living people into two groups: “we,” who should receive everlasting life, and “they,” who should be everlastingly annihilated. But the purpose is to gather the rest of the 144,000 members of the heavenly kingdom, and to gather a group of sincere persons who will survive the great tribulation, and whom God will use to cultivate the earth after the great tribulation, and to make everything ready for the resurrection of the dead. All other persons living today were bought by Jesus, and those who have not sinned against the holy spirit will get a resurrection during Jesus’ thousand-year reign to have the opportunity “to exercise faith in him.”

A NEW SITUATION OF INTERFAITH ACTIVITIES

I have no doubt that the organization of Jehovah’s Witnesses that was led by C.T. Russell, J. Rutherford, and N.H. Knorr was, and is Jehovah’s organization. As I show in chapter 1 of my book, My Beloved Religion — And The Governing Body, third edition, the basic doctrines of Jehovah’s Witnesses are based on the Bible. However, particularly over the past 40 years, the members of the Governing Body have made major changes to the basic doctrines. They have devalued and restricted the ransom sacrifice of Jesus Christ, rejected what Jesus said about the resurrection, and they no longer believe in the full inspiration of the Bible. This means that they have introduced false doctrines and have polluted “the congregation of the living God [the] pillar and support of the truth” (1 Timothy 3:15)[1]

[1]. See the articles: “The implementation of the elder arrangement was a blessing — The creation of the Governing Body has been a disaster.”(https://mybelovedreligion.no/2022/03/17/the-implementation-of-the-elder-arrangement-was-a-blessing-the-creation-of-the-governing-body-has-been-a-disaster/) “The members of the Governing Body are twisting God’s thoughts.” (https://mybelovedreligion.no/2022/04/06/the-members-of-the-governing-body-are-twisting-gods-thoughts/) “The members of the Governing Body do not believe in the full inspiration of the Bible.” (https://mybelovedreligion.no/2023/05/20/the-members-of-the-governing-body-do-not-believe-in-the-full-inspiration-of-the-bible-2/)

THE NEW AUTOCRATIC ORGANIZATION CREATED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY

Nathan H. Knorr became the president of the Watchtower Society in 1942, and until the Governing Body was formed in 1971, the organization was theocratic with Christian freedom for all Witnesses. Today, the organization has become autocratic and dictatorial, with very little Christian freedom for its members. I will now compare the situation among Jehovah’s Witnesses in 1961, when I became a Witness, with the present situation and show that certain decisions of the members of the Governing Body can be described as interfaith activities—something that Christians should avoid.

To avoid misunderstanding, I make the following qualifying comments:

Jehovah’s Witnesses preach the good news of God’s Kingdom worldwide in obedience to Jesus’ words. In the congregations, generally, there is a good spirit, and the members show love for each other. Most of the things that occur in the organization are just and good. But in the last part of the 20th century and the 21st century, important changes have occurred that violate Bible principles, leading members of congregations away from the Word of God. I will now discuss some of these changes:

• For 120 years, the Bible Students and Jehovah’s Witnesses have believed that the whole Bible is inspired by God. Each writer chose the words of his text. And each writer was borne along by holy spirit, and therefore every word is inspired by God, and all the nuances and subtleties in the original text are important.

The members of the present Governing Body have rejected the full inspiration of the Bible, and they say that large portions of the text in the Hebrew Scriptures have no meaning for us today. We can only gather principles that can help us live good Christian lives from these texts. Moreover, the nuances and subtleties of the Bible’s original text are not important. This is one of the basic doctrines that the present Governing Body has changed, and this is a fundamental false teaching.

• The members of the Governing Body have rejected the basic side of the ransom sacrifice that Jesus died for all Adam’s descendants and that he bought them all. The view is that Jesus only bought those who show faith. They also reject what Jesus said about the resurrection of the dead. Contrary to Jesus’ words, they reject the idea that the inhabitants of Chorazin, Capernaum, and Bethsaida will get a resurrection. This is the same as rejecting a part of the text of the Christian Greek Scriptures and is also a fundamental false teaching.
• When the elder arrangement was introduced in 1972, the bodies of elders were to a great degree independent of the Governing Body and made their own decisions. Each member of the congregation was also admonished to make their own decisions in various aspects of their Christian lives, guided by their conscience. After 1976, the power of the bodies of elders was gradually taken away from them and transferred to the Governing Body.

In the year 2023, the eight men of the Governing Body have all power over the doctrines, the assets, and the money. They require absolute obedience, and those who are not obedient will be disfellowshipped. This is not a theocratic organization, as was the case in 1961 and in 1972. But it is now an autocratic organization with all power concentrated at the top. This concentration of power upon a small body of leaders is a clear violation of several Bible principles. (Matthew 23:8-12)

• The personal viewpoints of the members of the Governing Body have been forthrightly expressed in the Watchtower literature. And that has restrained the individual’s Christian freedom. The crusade against higher education began in 2005 and continues to this day. Thousands of young Witnesses have been pressured not to pursue higher education, resulting in difficulties in taking care of their families.[1]

In 1951 and 1954, articles stated that the leaders of Jehovah’s Witnesses refused to give any advice regarding which kinds of work Witnesses should choose. In 1999, the Governing Body gave detailed instructions specifying which kinds of work could be chosen and which could not. In 2019, the Governing Body gave elders such power that they could decide that a Witness’s work made him an accomplice to unbiblical actions. If the Witness did not change his work within six months, he would be expelled from the congregation.[2]

• Between the years 2000 and 2010, about 20 new disfellowshipping offenses were introduced. The Elders’ book “Shepherd The Flock Of God” published in 2019, has a list of 46 disfellowshipping offenses, and 35 of these are made up and invented by the Governing Body without having any basis in the Bible.[3]

These are some of the areas where the members of the Governing Body have introduced a new organization that is different from the organization that existed in 1972 when the elder arrangement was introduced. The changes are so great that, by supporting the Governing Body’s new organization, we who supported the organization in 1972 are, in reality, engaging in interfaith activities.

Thus, interfaith activities do not exist only when a Witness supports a religious organization other than Jehovah’s Witnesses. But because the changes the Governing Body has made represent false religious changes, supporting these organizational changes also means that one is engaged in interfaith activities.

SHOULD MEMBERS OF JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES BE OBEDIENT TO THE GOVERNING BODY?

Does the introduction of false teachings mean that each Witness should engage in a rebellion against the organization and its Governing Body? Absolutely not! We have a good example from the end of the second millennium BCE. Saul was appointed by Jehovah as king of Israel, and because of this, David would not in any way harm this king. In a similar way, the eight members of the Governing Body are leading Jehovah’s organization. I will not say that they have been appointed by Jehovah to be leaders; six of them were appointed by Ted Jaracz, and the last two were appointed by those six. But the fact on the ground is that they are leading the organization.

Most of the work that occurs inside the organization is just and good. But the viewpoints I mentioned above, as well as other viewpoints and actions, violate Bible principles and represent false teachings. Therefore, each Witness should serve Jehovah within his or her congregation and be obedient to the elders. (Hebrews 11:17) But each Witness with knowledge of the situation should not engage in interfaith activities by advocating that the Bible is not fully inspired and by disfellowshipping Witnesses on the basis of the decisions of the Governing Body that are not based on the Bible. So, being engaged in interfaith activities both outside and inside Jehovah’s organization is a form of apostasy, and a part of this apostasy is created by the present members of the Governing Body.

CONCLUSION

Christians who are members of the one true religion should not participate in interfaith activities or, in one way or another, support false religions. But no passage in the Christian Greek Scriptures says that participating in interfaith activities is a disfellowshipping offense.

There is a danger for true Christians, namely, the “we” and “they” thinking. It is true that “we,” members of the true religion, have God’s approval and prospects of everlasting life. But it is not true that “they,” the eight billion+ persons who will die in the great tribulation, have no prospects of everlasting life.

This study has shown that because Jesus, with his ransom sacrifice, bought all of Adam’s descendants, and because of God’s righteousness, all these eight billion+ people will get a real chance to accept the ransom sacrifice. This means that a great number of  “they” will eventually get everlasting life.

This study has shown that there is a new situation in which Christians could participate in interfaith activities within the true religion. In the last part of the 20th century and in the 21st century, the members of the Governing Body have introduced a number of procedures and practices that contradict the Bible. By supporting these, a Witness participates in interfaith activities within this organization. Each Witness should obey the Governing Body in all things except when the Governing Body introduces something that contradicts the Bible.

[1]. Chapter 4 in my book My Beloved Religion — And The Governing Body, third edition, has a detailed discussion of what the Governing Body has said and written about higher education.

[2]. See the article “Disassociation because of the violation of Christian Neutrality” (https://mybelovedreligion.no/2025/01/17/17107/)

[3]. Chapters 5 and 6 in my book My Beloved Religion — And The Governing Body, third edition, have a detailed discussion of how the disfellowshipping practices are made up and invented by the memebers of the Governing Body violating a number of Bible principles.

CONCLUSION

Christians who are members of the one true religion should not participate in interfaith activities or, in one way or another, support false religions. But no passage in the Christian Greek Scriptures says that participating in interfaith activities is a disfellowshipping offense.

There is a danger for true Christians, namely, the “we” and “they” thinking. It is true that “we,” members of the true religion, have God’s approval and prospects of everlasting life. But it is not true that “they,” the eight billion persons living on the earth, have no prospects of everlasting life.

This study has shown that because Jesus, with his ransom sacrifice, bought all of Adam’s descendants, and because of God’s righteousness, all these eight billion persons will get a real chance to accept the ransom sacrifice. They will get this real chance either before, during, or after the great tribulation. This means that a great number of “they” eventually will get everlasting life.

This study has shown that there is a new situation where Christians could potentially take part in interfaith activities inside the true religion. In the last part of the 20th century and in the 21st century, the Governing Body has introduced  a number of procedures and practices that contradict the Bible. By supporting these, a Witness is taking part in interfaith activities inside this organization. Each Witness should obey the Governing Body in all things except when the Governing Body introduces something that contradicts the Bible.