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". Archived frae the original on 13 Mey 2015. Retrieved 29 Apryle 2017.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".
