Frank and Ernest (broadcast)
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Frank and Ernest is the name of an international religious broadcast by the Dawn Bible Students Association
that has been heard on many stations including Radio Luxembourg
. The program followed the format of a personal dialogue where either "Frank" asked "Ernest" a question (or vice versa) and a reply given in order to expound upon the Bible
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In 1928 Norman Woodworth, following intense personal disagreement with the new policies and practices of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, left to create the radio program Frank and Ernest with the help of the Brooklyn, New York congregation of Bible Students. He had previously been responsible for producing the same radio program for the Society.
The Dawn Bible Students Association was formed as a printing house by Bible Students who had left association from the Watch Tower Society.
Dawn Bible Students Association
The Dawn Bible Students Association is a legal entity used by a branch of the Bible Student Movement.It was founded with the intention of becoming a publishing house to begin printing and distributing the first six volumes of the Studies in the Scriptures series that were written by Charles Taze...
that has been heard on many stations including Radio Luxembourg
Radio Luxembourg (English)
Radio Luxembourg is a commercial broadcaster in many languages from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. It is nowadays known in most non-English languages as RTL ....
. The program followed the format of a personal dialogue where either "Frank" asked "Ernest" a question (or vice versa) and a reply given in order to expound upon the Bible
Bible
The Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
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In 1928 Norman Woodworth, following intense personal disagreement with the new policies and practices of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, left to create the radio program Frank and Ernest with the help of the Brooklyn, New York congregation of Bible Students. He had previously been responsible for producing the same radio program for the Society.
The Dawn Bible Students Association was formed as a printing house by Bible Students who had left association from the Watch Tower Society.