Jehovah's Witnesses

Denomination·Founded 1879 CE

Judaism → Christianity → Catholicism → Protestantism → Jehovah's Witnesses

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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.

The founding

Its founding is bound to Charles Taze Russell — 1879 CE.

What it holds

The divine. Jehovah — one person; the Trinity refused.

Death and after. Paradise earth for most of the saved; heaven for 144,000.

The line

descent is public here — where it came from, what left it
Judaism — c. 1000 BCE Christianity — 30 CE Catholicism Protestantism — 1517 CE Jehovah's Witnesses — 1879 CE

Keep going

Back to the overview — the living page: elements, discussion, the web The Belief room — the claims themselves, with sources and context Branch Jehovah's Witnesses — inherit everything, change what you must

Numbers count Panfaith activity only — never real-world adherence; the global following above is a stated estimate, not a Panfaith count.

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