Jehovah witness

The death of superstar musician Prince has prompted many reflections on his life – including Jehovah’s Witnesses, who make up Demographics Jehovah’s Witnesses are among the most Most Jehovah’s Witnesses – roughly two-thirds (65%) – are women, while only 35% are men. Compared with other U.S. religious groups, Jehovah’s Witnesses tend to be Jehovah’s Witnesses have a On the flip side, about two-thirds (65%) of current adult Jehovah’s Witnesses are converts – like Prince, they were raised in another faith. Religious beliefs and practices Jehovah’s Witnesses identify as Christians, but their beliefs are By traditional measures of religious commitment, Jehovah’s Witnesses are one of the most highly religious major U.S. religious groups. Nine-in-ten Jehovah’s Witnesses (90%) say religion is very important in their lives, while similar shares say they believe in God with absolute certainty (90%) and that the Bible is the word of God (94%). Compared with U.S. Christians overall, Jehovah’s Witnesses are especially likely to say they attend religious services at least once a week (85%, compared with 47% of all U.S. Christians), pray daily (90% of Jehovah’s Witnesses vs. 68% of all U.S. Christians) and – perhaps not surprisingly – share their faith with others at least once a week (76% vs. 26%). They also are more likely than U.S. Christians overall to participate in prayer or scripture study groups and to read scripture at least weekly, among Social and political views Like many oth...

Main article: In 1984, Canada released a number of previously classified documents which revealed that in the 1940s, "able bodied young Jehovah's Witnesses" were sent to "camps", and "entire families who practiced the religion were imprisoned". China [ ] Jehovah's Witnesses' activities in China are considered illegal. Former Canadian-American Jehovah's Witness missionary Cuba [ ] See also: Prior to In the 1990s and 2000s, the French government included Jehovah's Witnesses on its list of " Jehovah's Witnesses in France have reported hundreds of criminal attacks against their adherents and places of worship. French dependencies [ ] During the ban of The Watchtower in France, publication of the magazine continued in various French territories. In La Sentinelle, though it was later learned that The Watchtower had not been banned locally. Bulletin intérieur. Georgia [ ] In 1996, a year after In 2004, On May 3, 2007, the South Ossetia [ ] In July 2017, the Supreme Court of Germany [ ] Main article: During 1931 and 1932, more than 2000 legal actions were instigated against Jehovah's Witnesses in Germany and members of the group were dismissed from employment. On October 4, 1934, congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses in Germany sent telegrams of protest and warning to Hitler. The Watch Tower Society reported that according to Karl R. A. Wittig, a government officer in Germany at the time, Hitler was shown a number of telegrams protesting the Third Reich's persecution of the Bible S...

(RNS) — Four Jehovah’s Witnesses have been charged with sexually abusing 19 children in their congregations, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced in a news conference Thursday morning (Oct. 27). The alleged crimes of the four defendants are separate, but all took place in Jehovah’s Witness communities in Pennsylvania. The charges include indecent assault, rape and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse. “The cases that we are here to announce are deeply disturbing, the allegations hard to imagine, while all sharing one common tie,” Shapiro said at the news conference. “Most of these defendants used their faith and church to gain access to their victims to build their trust and then molested them.” The charges are the result of a three-year investigation involving dozens of witnesses and hundreds of hours of grand jury testimony. The investigation began with a referral from a local district attorney’s office in 2019. Three of the defendants have been taken into custody — the fourth took his life when officers attempted to arrest him early Thursday, authorities said. “Children have a right to grow up in a safe community but were defiled by members of their own congregations. Some defendants only looked as far as their own families to commit their abuse,” said Shapiro. “My office will not stop until these defendants are held accountable for the crimes against innocent children.” In an email to RNS, Jarrod Lopes, a spokesperson for the Jehovah’s Witnesses, said...

Meetings for worship and study are held at Sociologist Andrew Holden claims meetings create an atmosphere of uniformity for Witnesses, intensify their sense of belonging to a religious community, and reinforce the plausibility of the organization's belief system. The Watchtower, one role of the frequency and length of meetings is to protect Witnesses from becoming "involved in the affairs of the world". The form and content of the meetings is established by the denomination's New York headquarters, generally involving a consideration of the same subject matter worldwide each week. Kingdom Halls are typically functional in character, and do not contain religious symbols. During the Weekend meeting [ ] The weekend meeting, usually held on Sunday, comprises a 30-minute public talk by a congregation Midweek meeting [ ] The midweek meeting, typically held in the evening, includes a question-and-answer session based on Watch Tower Society publications, Family Worship evening [ ] In addition to the two weekly scheduled meetings, the Watch Tower Society recommends that Witnesses maintain a weekly "Family Worship evening"—using the time previously allocated for a third weekly meeting—for family and personal study. Memorial of Christ's death [ ] See also: Jehovah's Witnesses commemorate Christ's death as a ransom or "propitiatory sacrifice" by observing the Lord's Evening Meal, or Memorial. Of those who attend the Memorial, a small minority worldwide partake of the unleavened bread ...

Hurt feelings can be likened to physical wounds. Some are minor; others are serious. For example, when we open an envelope, we might get a slight paper cut on our finger. That can really hurt, but after a day or two, perhaps we do not even recall where the cut was. Similarly, some offenses are minor. For example, a friend may say or do something thoughtless that hurts us, but we are able to forgive him easily. But if we have a deeper wound, a doctor may have to stitch the wound and bind it in bandages. If we were to keep poking or picking at the wound, we would only harm ourselves. Sadly, a person might be doing something similar when he is deeply offended. He may constantly think about the emotional injury he suffered and the hurt the other person caused him. But those who hold a grudge hurt only themselves. How much better it is to obey the counsel found in today’s text. w21.12 12 ¶15

Eight million Jehovah's Witnesses around the globe believe that Armageddon is imminent, and the only path to survival is to follow the organisation's strict rules. A US-based Governing Body of eight men sits at the pinnacle of the Jehovah's Witnesses organisation. Jehovah's Witnesses believe these men are anointed as the voice of God on Earth. All Witnesses are expected to obey instructions and doctrines that influence every aspect of life: Women are considered subservient to men, higher education is discouraged and homosexuality is not permitted. Doomsday images from Jehovah's Witnesses publications. ( Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania) The organisation's in-house production studio and publications pump out fear-driven content that keeps followers afraid that the end is coming and that they are being persecuted by the outside world. Witnesses are also taught to distrust everyone outside the group. The Governing Body oversees a vast global real estate portfolio, including Kingdom Halls built by congregations around the world. They are scarred by what allegedly happened to Amy as an 11-year-old girl growing up in the remote Queensland town of Mount Isa. Amy said she was abused by a trusted member of the congregation, inside the home her family shared with another Jehovah's Witnesses family. "The job of an elder is to shepherd the congregation, to look after the flock, to keep them safe. That's their job because we're Jehovah's people and it's their job to ...

State % of adults (2014) Total State Sample Alabama < 1% 511 Alaska < 1% 310 Arizona 1% 653 Arkansas < 1% 311 California 1% 3,697 Colorado < 1% 504 Connecticut < 1% 377 Delaware < 1% 301 District of Columbia < 1% 303 Florida 1% 2,020 Georgia 2% 968 Hawaii 1% 312 Idaho < 1% 320 Illinois 1% 1,326 Indiana < 1% 654 Iowa < 1% 330 Kansas 1% 307 Kentucky < 1% 439 Louisiana 1% 465 Maine < 1% 303 Maryland < 1% 644 Massachusetts < 1% 704 Michigan 1% 982 Minnesota < 1% 563 Mississippi < 1% 309 Missouri < 1% 642 Montana 1% 312 Nebraska < 1% 312 Nevada 1% 314 New Hampshire 2% 303 New Jersey 1% 886 New Mexico 1% 312 New York 1% 1,966 North Carolina 1% 1,022 North Dakota < 1% 338 Ohio 1% 1,132 Oklahoma < 1% 391 Oregon < 1% 419 Pennsylvania 1% 1,366 Rhode Island 2% 305 South Carolina 1% 495 South Dakota < 1% 305 Tennessee 1% 661 Texas 1% 2,535 Utah < 1% 315 Vermont < 1% 306 Virginia < 1% 882 Washington 2% 714 West Virginia < 1% 309 Wisconsin 1% 600 Wyoming 3% 316

Meetings for worship and study are held at Sociologist Andrew Holden claims meetings create an atmosphere of uniformity for Witnesses, intensify their sense of belonging to a religious community, and reinforce the plausibility of the organization's belief system. The Watchtower, one role of the frequency and length of meetings is to protect Witnesses from becoming "involved in the affairs of the world". The form and content of the meetings is established by the denomination's New York headquarters, generally involving a consideration of the same subject matter worldwide each week. Kingdom Halls are typically functional in character, and do not contain religious symbols. During the Weekend meeting [ ] The weekend meeting, usually held on Sunday, comprises a 30-minute public talk by a congregation Midweek meeting [ ] The midweek meeting, typically held in the evening, includes a question-and-answer session based on Watch Tower Society publications, Family Worship evening [ ] In addition to the two weekly scheduled meetings, the Watch Tower Society recommends that Witnesses maintain a weekly "Family Worship evening"—using the time previously allocated for a third weekly meeting—for family and personal study. Memorial of Christ's death [ ] See also: Jehovah's Witnesses commemorate Christ's death as a ransom or "propitiatory sacrifice" by observing the Lord's Evening Meal, or Memorial. Of those who attend the Memorial, a small minority worldwide partake of the unleavened bread ...

Main article: In 1984, Canada released a number of previously classified documents which revealed that in the 1940s, "able bodied young Jehovah's Witnesses" were sent to "camps", and "entire families who practiced the religion were imprisoned". China [ ] Jehovah's Witnesses' activities in China are considered illegal. Former Canadian-American Jehovah's Witness missionary Cuba [ ] See also: Prior to In the 1990s and 2000s, the French government included Jehovah's Witnesses on its list of " Jehovah's Witnesses in France have reported hundreds of criminal attacks against their adherents and places of worship. French dependencies [ ] During the ban of The Watchtower in France, publication of the magazine continued in various French territories. In La Sentinelle, though it was later learned that The Watchtower had not been banned locally. Bulletin intérieur. Georgia [ ] In 1996, a year after In 2004, On May 3, 2007, the South Ossetia [ ] In July 2017, the Supreme Court of Germany [ ] Main article: During 1931 and 1932, more than 2000 legal actions were instigated against Jehovah's Witnesses in Germany and members of the group were dismissed from employment. On October 4, 1934, congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses in Germany sent telegrams of protest and warning to Hitler. The Watch Tower Society reported that according to Karl R. A. Wittig, a government officer in Germany at the time, Hitler was shown a number of telegrams protesting the Third Reich's persecution of the Bible S...

State % of adults (2014) Total State Sample Alabama < 1% 511 Alaska < 1% 310 Arizona 1% 653 Arkansas < 1% 311 California 1% 3,697 Colorado < 1% 504 Connecticut < 1% 377 Delaware < 1% 301 District of Columbia < 1% 303 Florida 1% 2,020 Georgia 2% 968 Hawaii 1% 312 Idaho < 1% 320 Illinois 1% 1,326 Indiana < 1% 654 Iowa < 1% 330 Kansas 1% 307 Kentucky < 1% 439 Louisiana 1% 465 Maine < 1% 303 Maryland < 1% 644 Massachusetts < 1% 704 Michigan 1% 982 Minnesota < 1% 563 Mississippi < 1% 309 Missouri < 1% 642 Montana 1% 312 Nebraska < 1% 312 Nevada 1% 314 New Hampshire 2% 303 New Jersey 1% 886 New Mexico 1% 312 New York 1% 1,966 North Carolina 1% 1,022 North Dakota < 1% 338 Ohio 1% 1,132 Oklahoma < 1% 391 Oregon < 1% 419 Pennsylvania 1% 1,366 Rhode Island 2% 305 South Carolina 1% 495 South Dakota < 1% 305 Tennessee 1% 661 Texas 1% 2,535 Utah < 1% 315 Vermont < 1% 306 Virginia < 1% 882 Washington 2% 714 West Virginia < 1% 309 Wisconsin 1% 600 Wyoming 3% 316