Jehovah's Witnesses is a Christian denomination founded by Charles Taze Russell in the ninteenth century. By the usual Christian churches, it is seen as a sect. The Witnesses are known in the broader society of their door-to-door mission work.
The denomination is nontrinitarian, millenarian, and restorationist. The Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society is there to organise and print the movement's publications.
In 2024, Jehovah's Witnesses reported a peak membership of approximately 9 million worldwide.
The Witnesses (or JWs) have suffered under heavy persecution, among others during the Nazi era. Russia has even forbidden the denomination. In Europe, Norway is the most critical on the movement at this moment.
