He is fully human, a perfect man, rather than God incarnate. Jesus is believed to be the Son of God and the saviour but not part of a Trinity. They believe in God, whom they refer to as Jehovah, and the complete Bible as his “inspired message”. Jehovah’s Witnesses are a millennial, restorationist, and non-trinitarian Christian movement. Growth is largely through conversion rather than “internal growth”, with the fastest-growing membership populations currently in Africa, Asia and South America. They can, however, hold senior positions as administrators and researchers in a bethel - a “house of God”, or branch office of the religion - and at its headquarters. Women are not able to join the governing body and are not eligible to hold office within congregations (as either elders or ministerial servants), as women are not permitted to teach or to hold authority over men. Corkern (born 1951) - presidents of the New York and Pennsylvania Societies, respectively. The current presidents of the Jehovah’s Witnesses (who are not members of the governing body) are Robert Ciranko (born 1947) and Harold L. In 2019, it was composed of eight men, although this is not a fixed number and has changed over the years. The Jehovah’s Witnesses’ governing body has overall authority for the movement. The names Jehovah’s Witnesses and Watch Tower Society are sometimes used interchangeably. “Watch Tower Society” is commonly used to refer to the organisation of Jehovah’s Witnesses as a whole. Both are registered charities individual congregations are also registered charities. In Britain, there are also two organisations: the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Britain and the International Bible Students Association (IBSA). The Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses (CCJW) is responsible for disseminating official policy. Jehovah’s Witnesses have two main legally incorporated institutions in the United States - the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania and the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York. It is the version of the Bible that most Jehovah’s Witnesses use today, primarily in its 2013 revision.
Knorr oversaw the 1961 publication of the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures, a modern English Bible. In 1942 Rutherford was succeeded by Nathan Homer Knorr (1905-77), who began a training programme for office-bearers that won the movement more converts. Rutherford introduced many of the distinctive features of JWs including the acceleration of house-to-house evangelism, not participating in politics and military service, and not celebrating Christmas. Russell was succeeded by a lawyer, Joseph Franklin Rutherford (1869-1942), who became the second president of the Watch Tower Society and who coined the name Jehovah’s Witnesses in 1931. In 1909, the headquarters moved from Pittsburgh to Brooklyn, New York, where it remained until it moved to Warwick, New York, in 2017. In the early 1880s, Russell established the Zion’s Watch Tower Tract Society. In 1879, Russell published the magazine Zion’s Watch Tower and Herald of Christ’s Presence, which would become the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ main publication, The Watchtower. This was a Bible study group in the Adventist tradition, although Russell claimed never to have been an Adventist and was not a part of Ellen G. In the early 1870s, Russell established a Bible study movement - which heralded the International Bible Students Association - in his home town of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Jehovah’s Witnesses originated in the United States in the latter half of the 19th century with the teachings of Charles Taze Russell (1852-1916).
In the 2011 Census, 63,073 people in England and Wales, 8,543 in Scotland and 1,728 in Northern Ireland identified as Jehovah’s Witnesses. In 2019, there were just over 8.5 million Jehovah’s Witnesses in 240 “lands and territories”. In Isaiah 43:10 God says: “You are my witnesses.” The name Jehovah’s Witnesses is said to identify both God and their mission. Jehovah’s Witnesses are also known for their refusal of blood transfusions for not participating in politics or bearing arms and for not celebrating Christmas, Easter or birthdays. It is a millennialist religion, with followers believing that we are living in the last days and that Armageddon is approaching fast. Jehovah’s Witnesses (JWs) are the followers of a Christian-based religion perhaps best known for their door-to-door evangelising and distributing the magazines, The Watchtower and Awake! By Sarah Harvey Jehovah’s Witnesses believe we are living in the last days before Armageddon and are known for their door-to-door evangelising and their refusal of blood transfusions
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