Jehovah witness meaning

Mnemonic Short Title Full Title (Copyright) Format ba Book for All A Book for All People (1997) Brochure be Ministry School Benefit From Theocratic Ministry School Education (2001) Book bh Bible Teach What Does the Bible Really Teach? (2005, 2014) Book bhs Teach Us What Can the Bible Teach Us? (2015) Book bi12 New World Translation New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (1984, 2006 printing) Bible bm Bible’s Message The Bible​—What Is Its Message? (2009) Brochure bp Government The Government That Will Bring Paradise (1985, 1993) Brochure br78 JW Brochure Jehovah’s Witnesses in the Twentieth Century (1979, 1989) Brochure bt Bearing Witness “Bearing Thorough Witness” About God’s Kingdom (2009, 2022) Book cf “My Follower” “Come Be My Follower” (2007, 2022) Book cl Close to Jehovah Draw Close to Jehovah (2002, 2014, 2022) Book ct Creator Is There a Creator Who Cares About You? (1998) Book dg Does God Care Does God Really Care About Us? (1992, 2001) Brochure dp Daniel’s Prophecy Pay Attention to Daniel’s Prophecy! (1999) Book dx Index Watch Tower Publications Index Periodical ed Education Jehovah’s Witnesses and Education (1995, 2002, 2015) Brochure fg Good News Good News From God! (2012) Brochure foa — From Our Archives Web article series fy Family Happiness The Secret of Family Happiness (1996) Book g — Awake! Periodical gf God’s Friend You Can Be God’s Friend! (2000) Brochure gl “Good Land” “See the Good Land” (2003) Brochure gm God’s Word The Bible​—God’s Word or Man’...

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Author • Mathew Schmalz Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross Disclosure statement Mathew Schmalz does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. Partners The Conversation UK receives funding from these organisations View the full list Languages • • English Six adults were killed March 9, 2023, in Hamburg, Germany, in what police described as The attack has put a focus on the religious group, which has some In many countries, Jehovah’s Witnesses are known for their outreach work, going door to door or standing in public areas to try to distribute religious material. But many people are unfamiliar with their beliefs, and when the group makes headlines, it is often for reasons related to So who are they? A man crosses himself outside the Jehovah’s Witnesses building in Hamburg where several people were killed during a shooting March 9, 2023. Early history The Russell and his followers looked forward to Jesus Christ establishing a “millennium” or a thousand-year period of peace on Earth. This “Golden Age” would see the Earth transformed to its original purity, with a “righteous” social system that would not have poverty or inequality. Russell died in 1916, but his group endured and grew. The name “Jehovah’s Witnesses” was formally adopted in the 1930s. Early Jehovah’s Witnesses believed They also ...

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• Also Known As: Watchtower Society; Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society. • Known For: Non-trinitarian religious denomination best known for their Kingdom Halls, door to door evangelism, and belief that only 144,000 people will go to heaven. • Founder: Charles Taze Russell • Founding: 1879, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. • Headquarters: Office of the General Counsel, Warwick (Tuxedo Park), New York, United States. • Worldwide Membership: 8.5 million worldwide. • Leadership: Governing Body: Kenneth Cook, Jr., Samuel Herd, Geoffrey Jackson, Stephen Lett, Gerrit Lösch, Anthony Morris III, Mark Sanderson, and David Splane. Nathan Homer Knorr (1905 - 1977), third president of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society (Jehovah's Witnesses) at his home in Brooklyn, New York, August 1949. Al Gretz / Stringer / Getty Images After a third failed prediction by Knorr of Christ's return in 1975, he died in 1977. But by then an administrative restructuring of the organization allowed leaders to downplay the setting of dates and concoct explanations for the failure of previous prophecies. Likewise, Jehovah’s Witnesses have always been discouraged from questioning their leaders’ teachings. Jehovah's Witnesses Today Today, Jehovah's Witnesses number 8.5 million worldwide, with the largest concentration, 1.2 million, in the United States. The religion has more than 105,000 congregations with a presence in 236 countries. The church's texts include the New World Translation of the Bible, The Watc...

Beliefs Witnesses hold a number of traditional Christian views but also many that are unique to them. They affirm that God—Jehovah—is the most high. The Witnesses’ teachings stress strict The Witnesses’ distrust of contemporary institutions extends to other religious denominations, from which they remain separate. They disavow terms such as minister and church. The leaders of some mainstream Christian churches have denounced the Witnesses for doctrinal deviation (especially their non-Trinitarian teachings) and have condemned them as a “cult.” Witnesses also oppose certain medical practices that they believe violate Scripture. In particular, they oppose blood transfusions, because of the scriptural In the early years of the movement, members met in rented halls, but under Rutherford the Witnesses began to purchase facilities that they designated Kingdom Halls. Members of local congregations, known as “publishers,” meet at Kingdom Halls and engage in doorstep preaching. “Pioneers” hold part-time secular jobs and devote a greater amount of time to religious service. “Special pioneers” are full-time salaried employees of the society. Each The Watch Tower Society publishes millions of books, tracts, recordings, and periodicals in more than 700 languages. Its chief publications are a semimonthly magazine, the Watchtower, and its companion magazine, Awake!. Work is carried out throughout the world by more than eight million Witnesses.

• Also Known As: Watchtower Society; Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society. • Known For: Non-trinitarian religious denomination best known for their Kingdom Halls, door to door evangelism, and belief that only 144,000 people will go to heaven. • Founder: Charles Taze Russell • Founding: 1879, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. • Headquarters: Office of the General Counsel, Warwick (Tuxedo Park), New York, United States. • Worldwide Membership: 8.5 million worldwide. • Leadership: Governing Body: Kenneth Cook, Jr., Samuel Herd, Geoffrey Jackson, Stephen Lett, Gerrit Lösch, Anthony Morris III, Mark Sanderson, and David Splane. Nathan Homer Knorr (1905 - 1977), third president of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society (Jehovah's Witnesses) at his home in Brooklyn, New York, August 1949. Al Gretz / Stringer / Getty Images After a third failed prediction by Knorr of Christ's return in 1975, he died in 1977. But by then an administrative restructuring of the organization allowed leaders to downplay the setting of dates and concoct explanations for the failure of previous prophecies. Likewise, Jehovah’s Witnesses have always been discouraged from questioning their leaders’ teachings. Jehovah's Witnesses Today Today, Jehovah's Witnesses number 8.5 million worldwide, with the largest concentration, 1.2 million, in the United States. The religion has more than 105,000 congregations with a presence in 236 countries. The church's texts include the New World Translation of the Bible, The Watc...

Beliefs Witnesses hold a number of traditional Christian views but also many that are unique to them. They affirm that God—Jehovah—is the most high. The Witnesses’ teachings stress strict The Witnesses’ distrust of contemporary institutions extends to other religious denominations, from which they remain separate. They disavow terms such as minister and church. The leaders of some mainstream Christian churches have denounced the Witnesses for doctrinal deviation (especially their non-Trinitarian teachings) and have condemned them as a “cult.” Witnesses also oppose certain medical practices that they believe violate Scripture. In particular, they oppose blood transfusions, because of the scriptural In the early years of the movement, members met in rented halls, but under Rutherford the Witnesses began to purchase facilities that they designated Kingdom Halls. Members of local congregations, known as “publishers,” meet at Kingdom Halls and engage in doorstep preaching. “Pioneers” hold part-time secular jobs and devote a greater amount of time to religious service. “Special pioneers” are full-time salaried employees of the society. Each The Watch Tower Society publishes millions of books, tracts, recordings, and periodicals in more than 700 languages. Its chief publications are a semimonthly magazine, the Watchtower, and its companion magazine, Awake!. Work is carried out throughout the world by more than eight million Witnesses.

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• العربية • Беларуская • Català • Čeština • Dansk • Deutsch • ދިވެހިބަސް • Eesti • Ελληνικά • Español • Esperanto • Français • 한국어 • Bahasa Indonesia • Italiano • Lietuvių • Magyar • Malagasy • മലയാളം • Nederlands • 日本語 • Norsk bokmål • Polski • Português • Română • Русский • Simple English • Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски • Suomi • Svenska • Tagalog • Türkçe • Українська • 中文 This article relies excessively on Please improve this article by adding Find sources: · · · · ( June 2020) ( The Watchtower Categories Religious Public Edition: 36.3 million annually Publisher First issue July1879 ;143years ago ( 1879-07) (as Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence) Company Country Based in Language 418 languages Website The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah's Kingdom is an illustrated religious The Watchtower—Public Edition, along with its companion magazine, The Watch Tower Society reports circulation of 36.3 million per issue for The Watchtower—Public Edition in 419 languages, with one new issue produced annually. The Watchtower—Study Edition, used at congregation meetings, is published monthly. Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence, October 1, 1907 The magazine was started by Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence. According to its first issue, the magazine's original purpose was to draw attention to Russell's belief that people of the time were "living 'in the last days' 'the day of the Lord'—'the end' of the Gospel age," and that "the dawn of t...