Jehovah's Witnesses
| Jehovah's Witnesses | |
|---|---|
| Clessification | Nontrinitarian, restorationist |
| Govrenance | Govrenin Bouk |
| Structur | Hierarchical[1] |
| Region | Warldwide |
| Foonder | Charles Taze Russell[2] |
| Oreegin | 1870s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvanie, US |
| Branched frae | Bible Student muivement |
| Congregations | 119,485 |
| Members | 8.6 million |
| Offeecial wabsteid | www |
| Stateestics frae 2017 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses[3] | |
Jehovah's Witnesses is a millenarian restorationist Christian denomination wi nontrinitarian beliefs distinct frae mainstream Christianity.[4]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Court Trial Testimony Redwood City" (PDF). Superior Court of the State of California. 22 Februar 2012. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 13 Mey 2014. Retrieved 29 Apryle 2017.
I am general counsel for the National Organization of Jehovah's Witnesses out of Brooklyn, New York. ... We are a hierarchical religion structured just like the Catholic Church.
- ↑ Stanley I. Kutler, ed. (2003). "Jehovah's Witnesses". Dictionary of American History (3rd ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. ISBN 978-0-684-80533-7.
- ↑ "2019 Service Year Report Includes Largest Baptismal Figure in 20 Years". Watchtower Bible and Tract Society.
- ↑ Soorces for descriptors:
- Millenarian: Beckford, James A. (1975). The Trumpet of Prophecy: A Sociological Study of Jehovah's Witnesses. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. pp. 118–119, 151, 200–201. ISBN 0-631-16310-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Restorationist: Stark; Iannaccone, Laurence; et al. (1997). "Why Jehovah's Witnesses Grow So Rapidly: A Theoretical Application". Journal of Contemporary Religion. 12 (2): 133–157. doi:10.1080/13537909708580796.
- Christian: "Religious Tolerance.org". Archived frae the original on 11 Mey 2000. Retrieved 29 Apryle 2017. "Statistics on Religion".World Almanac and Book of Facts. New York, NY: Infobase Learning. 2011. pp. 704–705. ISBN 978-1-60057-133-6.
- Denomination: "Jehovah's Witnesses at a Glance"."The American Heritage Dictionary"."Memorial and Museum AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU".
