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A People for His Name: A History of Jehovah's Witnesses and an Evaluation by Tony Wills, (2006) 2nd edition. (The first edition was published under the pseudonym Timothy White.) The author, a lifelong Witness, presents an in-depth look at the Bible Student/Jehovah's Witness movement.
Jehovah's Witnesses emphasize the use of God's name, and they prefer the form Jehovah—a vocalization of God's name based on the Tetragrammaton. [ 152 ] [ 153 ] [ 154 ] They believe that Jehovah is the only true god, the creator of all things, and the "Universal Sovereign".
"Jehovah" at Exodus 6:3 [1] (King James Version). Jehovah (/ dʒ ɪ ˈ h oʊ v ə /) is a Latinization of the Hebrew יְהֹוָה Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament.
In 2016, Jehovah's Witnesses had the lowest average household income among surveyed religious groups, with approximately half of Witness households in the United States earning less than $30,000 a year. [5] As of 2016, Jehovah's Witnesses are the most racially diverse Christian denomination in the United States. [6]
1931: Adoption of the name "Jehovah's witnesses". [166] 1932: Assertion that God's Holy Spirit ceased operating on his people when "[Jesus] the Lord came to his temple, in 1918", [167] [168] at which point Jesus 'took charge of feeding the flock'. [169] 1932: Device on which Jesus was killed, previously shown as a wooden cross, depicted as a ...
Rutherford's faction of the movement retained control of the Watch Tower Society [6] and adopted the name "Jehovah's witnesses" in July 1931. [b] By the end of the 20th century, Jehovah's Witnesses claimed a membership of 6 million, [7] while other independent Bible Student groups had an estimated total of less than 75,000. [8] [9]
The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania is a non-stock, not-for-profit organization [4] headquartered in Warwick, New York.It is the main legal entity used worldwide by Jehovah's Witnesses to direct, administer, and disseminate doctrines for the group and is often referred to by members of the denomination simply as "the Society".
[125] [126] [127] An article in the January 1, 1926 Watch Tower introduced new emphasis on the importance of the name "Jehovah"; [128] from 1929 Rutherford taught that the vindication of God's name—which would ultimately occur when millions of unbelievers were destroyed at Armageddon—was the primary doctrine of Christianity and more ...