Jehovah's Witnesses is a millenarian restorationist Christian religion with nontrinitarian beliefs distinctive from mainstream Christianity. According to August 2014 business data published in the 2015 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses, worldwide subscription exceeded 8.2 million adherents associated with evangelism, convention attendance exceeded 15 million, and annual Memorial attendance exceeded 19.9 million. Jehovah's Witnesses are routed by the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses, a group of elders in Brooklyn, New York, which sets up all doctrines based on its analyses of the Bible; they choose to utilize their very own translation, the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures. They think that the damage of today world system at Armageddon is impending, and that the establishment of God's kingdom over the earth is the only remedy for all issues faced by mankind.
The group emerged from the Bible Student motion, established in the late 1870s by Charles Taze Russell with the buildup of Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society, with substantial organizational and doctrinal changes under the management of Joseph Franklin Rutherford. The people Jehovah's witnesses, based upon Isaiah 43:10-- 12, was embraced in 1931 to identify themselves from various other Bible Student groups and symbolize a break with the legacy of Russell's traditions.
Jehovah's Witnesses are most effectively known for their door-to-door preaching, dispersing literature such as The Watchtower and Awake!, and rejecting tactical service and blood transfusions. They consider usage of the people Jehovah essential for correct worship. They deny Trinitarianism, integral everlasting life of the spirit, and hellfire, which they take into consideration to be unscriptural teachings. They do not observe Christmas, Easter, birthdays, or various other vacations and custom-mades they take into consideration to have pagan origins incompatible with Christianity. Adherents commonly refer to their body of ideas as "the reality" and consider themselves to be "in the reality". They consider secular culture to be ethically corrupt and under the impact of Satan, and most restrict their social communication with non-Witnesses.
According to August 2014 organizational stats released in the 2015 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses, around the world subscription exceeded 8.2 million adherents involved in evangelism, meeting participation exceeded 15 million, and yearly Memorial attendance exceeded 19.9 million. Jehovah's Witnesses are routed by the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses, a group of elders in Brooklyn, New York, which develops all doctrines based on its analyses of the Bible; they prefer to utilize their own translation, the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures.
The group emerged from the Bible Student activity, founded in the late 1870s by Charles Taze Russell with the development of Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society, with considerable organizational and doctrinal adjustments under the leadership of Joseph Franklin Rutherford. The people Jehovah's witnesses, based upon Isaiah 43:10-- 12, was taken on in 1931 to distinguish themselves from other Bible Student groups and symbolize a break with the heritage of Russell's customs.
Jehovah's Witnesses are best known for their door-to-door preaching, distributing literature such as The Watchtower and Awake!, and declining armed forces service and blood transfusions. They think about usage of the people Jehovah vital for proper prayer. They turn down Trinitarianism, integral eternal life of the heart, and hellfire, which they consider to be unscriptural teachings.
They do not note Christmas, Easter, birthday celebrations, or other holidays and customs they think about to have pagan sources incompatible with Christianity. [ Adherents commonly describe their physical body of ideas as "the reality" and consider themselves to be "in the truth". They take into consideration secular culture to be ethically corrupt and drunk of Satan, and most restrict their social communication with non-Witnesses.
