Together they received numerous Jehovah’s Witnesses and former Jehovah’s Witnesses in their home from many countries all over the world. Since Raymond’s expulsion (disfellowshipped) from Jehovah’s Witnesses both he and Cynthia eventually built a new life in a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia. (All of these events are chronicled in the book Crisis of Conscience by Raymond Franz.)

That meal lead to Raymond’s expulsion (disfellowshipped) from Jehovah’s Witnesses in 1981. Because Peter continued to employ both Raymond and Cynthia, they did not hesitate to accept an invitation to have a meal together at a local restaurant. Peter Gregerson decided after much study and prayer to disassociate himself from Jehovah’s Witnesses. It turned into a more turbulent time than they had imagined. It was in Alabama that they hoped to embrace a new life for themselves, along with the hope of having children. One of their dear friends was a business owner and offered Raymond and Cynthia employment. Cynthia agreed with Raymond and together the two of them decided to leave the world headquarters in 1980.Īfter leaving the world headquarters, they moved to Alabama.

His disappointment lead to his sharing with Cynthia all that he was troubled with concerning the Governing Body. As Raymond learned the inner workings of the Governing Body, he became deeply concerned that the focus was more on preserving the image of the Organization rather than on sound Biblically based decisions. In 1971 Raymond became one of the Governing Body members.

Together they continued their missionary work from 1959 to 1965, in Puerto Rico, the British Virgin Islands, and the Dominican Republic.īoth Cynthia and Raymond loved the islands however when they were invited to join the staff at the Watchtower Organization’s world headquarters in Brooklyn, New York, they accepted. In 1959, Cynthia and Raymond Franz were married. Raymond had graduated from the 3rd class of Gilead in 1945 and had been in Puerto Rico since 1946. While a missionary, Cynthia met her future husband Raymond Franz in 1957. She was influenced in her faith by her father, and learned the joy of cooking and showing hospitality from her mother.Ĭynthia graduated from the 28th class of Gilead, a missionary school for Jehovah’s Witnesses, in 1956. Cynthia Marie Badame was born in 1935 into a large, loving, Sicilian Italian family in the middle of the Great Depression.

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