Jehovah's Witnesses | |
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Classification | Restorationist |
Orientation | Premillennialist[1] |
Scripture | Bible (Protestant canon) |
Theology | Nontrinitarian |
Governance | Governing Body |
Structure | Hierarchical[2] |
Region | Worldwide |
Headquarters | Warwick, New York, US |
Founder | Charles Taze Russell (Bible Student movement)[3] Joseph Franklin Rutherford[4] |
Origin | 1870s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US |
Branched from | Bible Student movement, Adventism[5] |
Separations | Jehovah's Witnesses splinter groups |
Congregations | 118,117 (2023)[6] |
Members | 8.6 million (2023)[en 1][6] |
Missionaries | 4,091 (2021)[7] |
Publications | Jehovah's Witnesses publications |
Official website | jw |
Jehovah's Witnesses | |
---|---|
Classification | Restorationist |
Orientation | Premillennialist[1] |
Scripture | Bible (Protestant canon) |
Theology | Nontrinitarian |
Governance | Governing Body |
Structure | Hierarchical[2] |
Region | Worldwide |
Headquarters | Warwick, New York, US |
Founder | Charles Taze Russell (Bible Student movement)[3] Joseph Franklin Rutherford[4] |
Origin | 1870s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US |
Branched from | Bible Student movement, Adventism[5] |
Separations | Jehovah's Witnesses splinter groups |
Congregations | 118,117 (2023)[6] |
Members | 8.6 million (2023)[en 1][6] |
Missionaries | 4,091 (2021)[7] |
Publications | Jehovah's Witnesses publications |
Official website | jw |