Jehovah Witness's Research
Jehovah Witness's is a Christian society that consists of more than 7.3 million members, and congregations reaching 105,298 globally ("Jehova's Witnesses," n.d.). The group was founded by Charles Taze Russel in the late 19th century, as a result of the emergence of a group known as the Bible Student movement. The movement also came up with the formation of Zion’s Watch Tower Tract Society. The Watch Tower has several teachings about the Bible and the end of times. The believers refer to their beliefs as “the Truth,” and the present day secular society is seen as a place of moral contamination where Satan influences its powers ("Jehova's Witnesses," n.d.). The movement object serving at the military service and they object to salute national flags brought to conflicts by governments.
In 1870, the founder, Charles Russel and other members formed an independent group that studied the Bible, and by 1879, they published the magazine called “Zion’s Watch Tower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.” These magazines highlighted biblical chronologies and concentrated on the fact that the world was in its last days ("Jehova's Witnesses," n.d.). After the death of Russel, Joseph Franklin Rutherford took over, but due to violations of Espionage Act, he was sentenced to Jain to serve for twenty years in May 1918. He was opposed to the Bible Students, causing members to cut ties with the Watch Tower Society hence forming new organizations. Those that remained choose a director in each congregation in 1918. In 1925, Rutherford overruled the editorial committee of the Watch Tower and took control of the organization following a dispute. In 1931, the name “Jehovah Witness was adopted” after a resolution of a convention in Columbus, Ohio, basing it on the writings from the Book of Isaiah 43:10 ("Jehova's Witnesses," n.d.). Rutherford overruled congregational voting and introduced a theocratic rule, which required appointments of all the congregations in the world to be made from Brooklyn, its headquarters.
Doctrines are set of beliefs that are taught by a church or a political party or any group. The movement operates based on the following doctrines that were established by the Governing Body. The doctrines changes are believed to be due to the process of progressive revelations with God, as he reveals His will and purpose to humankind. One of the doctrines is the Scripture that is considered the inerrant word of God ("Jehova's Witnesses," n.d.). The movement Witnesses accept the Bible as scientifically and historically accurate and reliable to interpret. The second doctrine is that they believe in one God, in one person, and that there is no trinity. The third doctrine is that they believe that the Holy Spirit is a force and not alive. They regard it as God’s impersonal “active force.” The fourth Doctrine is that Jesus was the first creation of Jehovah and His only-begotten Son, used by Jehovah to create all the other things in the universe. They also believe in the fifth doctrine that …
