Jehovah's Witnesses are the worldwide Christian society of people who actively bear witness regarding Jehovah God and his purposes affecting mankind. They base their beliefs solely upon the Bible.
The modern-day history of Jehovah's Witnesses began with the forming of a group for Bible study by Charles Taze Russell in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, in the early 1870's. At first they were known only as Bible Students, but in 1931 they adopted the Scriptural name Jehovah's Witnesses. (Isaiah 43:10-12) Their beliefs and practices are not new but are a restoration of first-century Christianity.
An outstanding identifying mark of Jehovah's Witnesses is their zealous preaching from house to house. They do this because Jesus Christ foretold that his disciples would be doing this when he said: "This good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations; and then the end will come." He also instructed his followers: "Go . . . and make disciples of people of all the nations." (Matt. 24:14; 28:19)
The message that the Witnesses proclaim involves the lives of people; they want to be careful to miss no one. Their calls are motivated by love -- first for God, and also for their neighbor.
copyrighted 1989 by Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania.
Jehovah's Witnesses Lakewood Congregations
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17526 Madison Avenue
Lakewood Ohio 44107
(216) 521-5100 or (216) 221-3252
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