Jehovah's Witnesses are known for active evangelism and the Watchtower.

"Jehovah's Witnesses are members of a worldwide Christian religion who actively share with others information about God, whose name is Jehovah, and about his Son, Jesus Christ. They base their beliefs solely on the principles found in the Holy Bible and view first-century Christianity as their model." -- Office of Public Information of Jehovah's Witnesses

What is Jehovah's Witnesses? Who are Jehovah's Witnesses? Many people know Jehovah's Witnesses is a religion because its adherents have rung their doorbell and handed them literature like The Watchtower and Awake! And more and more, Jehovah's Witnesses' Kingdom Halls are being built in neighborhoods all around the world.

What do Jehovah's Witnesses believe? Is Jehovah's Witnesses a cult? What is the Jehovah's Witnesses' Bible? Is it the same Bible read by traditionally orthodox Christians? And why is there such a strong presence of ex Jehovah's Witnesses in literature and on the internet? ReligionFacts hopes this section will begin to answer these questions and more for our readers.

The group now known as the Jehovah's Witnesses was founded in 1879 by Charles Taze Russell, a Pennsylvania businessman. Russell's Adventist background and study of the Bible led him to conclude, among other things, that the second coming of Christ would occur in 1914, that Hellfire did not exist, and God was not a Trinity. Today, there are 6.4 million practicing Jehovah's Witnesses worldwide. Witnesses are very active in evangelism and missions, both in the group's original home of the United States and throughout the world.

Jehovah's Witnesses adhere to Russell's teachings on Hell and the Trinity and emphasize the immanent End Times, clean and moral living, the equality of all races, and adherence to the teachings of the Bible. They reject blood transfusions because of the New Testament command to "abstain from blood" and do not vote or serve in the military. Witnesses reject the symbol of the cross, do not celebrate any traditional Christian holidays, and do not celebrate birthdays.