Jehovah’s Witnesses

Some recommended resources for further research, both from a Witness’ perspective and from a Christian perspective.

For my engagement project, I attended the mid-week service at the local Kingdom Hall to observe their practices. My initial impression upon entering was that the environment was incredibly reminiscent of the Fundamentalist Baptist church I grew up in. The entire congregation dressed in formal attire and the interactions between members seemed to imply a…

A presentation on the demographics and primary resources for Jehovah’s Witnesses that delves into the global and local presence of the group.

While often considered by unbelievers to be almost identical to Christianity, the doctrines of Jehovah’s Witnesses contain many notable differences from orthodox Christianity. These differences are freely admitted by Jehovah’s Witnesses, who claim that orthodox Christianity, or as the Witnesses refer to it, “Christendom,” has “strayed far from the teachings and practices of early Christianity.”…

One of the distinctive characteristics of the Jehovah’s Witnesses is the astonishingly large body of writings published by the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, the authoritative source for the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Their most popular magazine, The Watchtower, is reported to have 21.7 million copies per circulated issue in 444 languages worldwide. To say that…

A timeline of the major historical events for the Jehovah’s Witnesses spanning from 1852 to the present day.