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All congregations of Jehovah’s Witnesses across the world are being encouraged to begin holding in-person meetings this month.

Jared McClain, of Bellevue, Washington, has been attending meetings for 35 years. The last 11 of those years have been with a Japanese congregation, where he learned the language to serve the region’s Japanese community.

“The meetings benefit me in so many ways,” he said. “I'm a better husband, son, brother, and friend because of the lessons I learn and the examples I see there.”

For most of the last two years, the Witnesses’ buildings for worship,...