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Knock, knock: Jehovah’s Witnesses resume door-to-door work

Dan Sideris and his wife, Carrie Sideris, of Newton, Mass., wait on the steps of a front door after ringing the doorbell as they return to door-to-door visits as Jehovah's Witnesses, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm) Dan Sideris and his wife, Carrie Sideris, of Newton, Mass., walk along the sidewalk in a neighborhood as they return to door-to-door visits as Jehovah's Witnesses, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm) Carrie Sideris rings a doorbell as her husband Dan Sideris looks on as the couple returns to door-to-door visits as Jehovah's Witnesses, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm) Carrie Sideris, of Newton, Mass., talks to a resident through a window accompanied by her husband, Dan Sideris, as they return to door-to-door visits as Jehovah's Witnesses, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022, in Boston. Even in pre-pandemic times, door-knocking ministry came with anxiety because Witnesses never knew how they would be received at any given home. In 2022 that’s even more the case, and evangelizers are being advised to be mindful that lives and attitudes have changed. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm) Dan Sideris, of Newton, Mass., rings a doorbell of a home as he and his wife return to door-to-door visits as Jehovah's Witnesses, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022, in Boston. During the coronavirus pandemic, Witnesses continued their ministry by writing letters and making phone calls, but it wasn't the same because it lacked a personal touch, says Robert Hendriks, national spokesperson for the denomination. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm) Dan Sideris, center, talks with a resident on a front porch accompanied by his wife, Carrie Sideris, as the couple returns to door-to-door visits as Jehovah's Witnesses, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022, in Boston. Dan Sideris said he had been apprehensive about evangelizing in person in “a changed world,” but the experience erased any traces of doubt. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm) Dan Sideris and his wife, Carrie Sideris, of Newton, Mass., walk along a sidewalk as they return to door-to-door visits as Jehovah's Witnesses, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022, in Boston. From coast to coast, members of the Christian denomination fanned out in cities and towns Thursday to share literature and converse about God for the first time since March 2020. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm) Dan Sideris is reflected in a front storm door as he and his wife, Carrie Sideris, of Newton, Mass., return to door-to-door visits as Jehovah's Witnesses, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022, in Boston. After more than two and a half years on hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, members are reviving a religious practice that the faith considers crucial and cherished. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)
Knock, knock: Jehovah’s Witnesses resume door-to-door work