Jehovah's Witnesses

Jehovah's Witnesses
Classification	Millenarian
Orientation	Restorationist
Structure	Hierarchical
Region	Worldwide
Founder	Charles Taze Russell (founded Bible Student movement)
Origin	1876: Bible Students founded 1931: Named Jehovah's witnesses Pennsylvania and New York, USA
Separations	See Jehovah's Witnesses splinter groups
Congregations	119,485
Members	8.6 million
Official website	http://www.jw.org
Statistics from 2019 Service Year Report Includes Largest Baptismal Figure in 20 Years

Jehovah's Witnesses is a religious group with more than eight million members around the world.

They believe that God (who they call Jehovah) will end crime, violence, sickness and death by destroying all badness in the world. They say God's kingdom will restore God's original purpose for the earth: to bring about peace for all humans who live by the Bible's standards.

Some of their beliefs are very different than most other Christian churches'. This is especially true with beliefs about who God is, and what his plans are for humans and the earth. Jehovah's Witnesses believe that only 144,000 people will go to heaven, and that all the other people who obey God will live forever in paradise on earth.

They do not believe that God is a Trinity. They believe Jesus died on a single pole rather than a cross. They do not use images or symbols such as the cross. They teach that when people die, they remain in the grave until God resurrects them when God's kingdom rules over earth.

Jehovah's Witnesses are best known for preaching from door-to-door and in other public places, and offering their magazines, The Watchtower and Awake! They are also well known for refusing to join armies and refusing blood transfusions.