Jehovah’s Witnesses

Jehovah’s Witnesses are a worldwide Christian religious association that identifies worship of Jehovah, biblical authority, and public witness as central to its life.

They emerged from the nineteenth-century Bible Student movement associated with Charles Taze Russell and later adopted the name Jehovah’s Witnesses in 1931.

They affirm the Bible as inspired, worship Jehovah as the one Almighty God, confess Jesus as God’s Son and Saviour, reject the Trinity, and teach that God’s Kingdom is a real heavenly government. Their eschatology, understanding of the soul and death, and interpretation of biblical chronology are distinctive.

Congregations meet in Kingdom Halls for Bible-based teaching, prayer, song, and ministry training. The annual Memorial of Christ’s death holds particular importance, and public ministry is a defining practice.

Congregations are connected internationally through branch offices and the Governing Body. Local elders provide pastoral oversight and ministry organisation.