God's name known, God's kingdom preached.
The Bible Students who became Jehovah's Witnesses: God is one person named Jehovah — the Trinity is refused — his Kingdom is an actual government soon to replace all others, and every member is a minister of that news, door to door.
DeitiesJehovah — one person; the Trinity refused
Founded1879 CE · Pittsburgh
FounderCharles Taze Russell
AfterlifeParadise earth for most of the saved; heaven for 144,000
TextsBible — New World Translation
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God's name is Jehovah, and he is one person.
The divine name restored to the text; Jesus honored as God's first creation, not God himself.
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God's Kingdom is a real government.
Established, Witnesses hold, in 1914 — soon to replace every human rule. The good news is an announcement of state.
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Every Witness is a minister.
The knock on the door: preaching is not a clergy's job, because there is no clergy.
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The ministry.
Door to door with scripture: the practice that makes the name literal.
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