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Jehovah's Witnesses is a nontrinitarian, millenarian, restorationist Christian denomination. [8] The group grew out of the Bible Student movement founded by Charles Taze Russell in the nineteenth century. [3] In 2024, Jehovah's Witnesses reported a peak membership of approximately 9 million worldwide.
Jehovah's Witnesses base all of their beliefs on the Bible, as interpreted by the Governing Body. [ 53 ] However, Jehovah's Witnesses use the terms "Hebrew-Aramaic scriptures" and "Greek-Christian scriptures" as substitutes for "Old Testament" and "New Testament" respectively.
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]
A look at the history, beliefs and worldwide reach of the Jehovah's Witnesses. Who are they? What do they believe?
[163] [164] Jehovah's Witnesses were the first Christian denomination to be banned and the most extensively persecuted Christian group during the Nazi era. [165] Witnesses in Japan were imprisoned and tortured. [166] Members in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and Britain were imprisoned as conscientious objectors.
The various denominations of Christianity fall into several large families, shaped both by culture and history. Christianity arose in the first century AD after Rome had conquered much of the western parts of the fragmented Hellenistic empire created by Alexander the Great. The linguistic and cultural divisions of the first century AD Roman ...
In terms of number of adherents, nontrinitarian denominations comprise a small minority of modern Christians. After the denominations in the Oneness Pentecostal movement, the largest nontrinitarian Christian denominations are the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Jehovah's Witnesses, La Luz del Mundo, and Iglesia ni Cristo.
Bible Students who submitted to Rutherford's leadership of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society became known as Jehovah's witnesses in 1931. The Watch Tower Society remains the denomination's primary administrative body, and their beliefs and organizational structure have diverged considerably from Russell's teachings. [75]