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Former Jehovah's Witness and former Governing Body member Raymond Franz claimed there was no evidence Rutherford engaged in door-to-door ministry despite his assertion that it was a requirement and sacred duty of all Witnesses.

Franz claimed to have heard Rutherford's associates say his responsibilities as president " do not permit his engaging in this activity ".

Macmillan, however, related details of Rutherford's home preaching in 1905 or 1906 when he was baptized, and a 1975 article quoted several Witnesses relating their experiences with Rutherford in the house-to-house ministry in the 1920s.

The official history of Jehovah's Witnesses also notes, " Rutherford personally shared with other conventioners as they engaged in the work of Kingdom proclamation from house to house.

" On August 2, 1928 in a meeting with the Bible Student elders who had attended a general convention in Detroit, Michigan Rutherford listed his responsibilities and concluded " when I have attended to many other details, I have not had very much time to go from door to door.