Are Jehovah Witnesses Christian?
By David J. Stewart
October 2005 | Updated April 2026
NO!!! The Jehovah's Witnesses (JW's) go door-to-door, want you to do “book” studies with them, and teach doctrines not in line with the Bible. They are persistent and well trained by the Watchtower Organization based in New York city. Are the Jehovah's Witnesses Christian? No, not any any sense of the term.
JW's deny several fundamental doctrines of the Bible, including the Godhead, deity of Jesus Christ, the bodily resurrection of Christ, His bodily return, the Millennial reign of Christ, the Holy Spirit, et cetera. JW's deny a literal Hell and teach that the word “hell” (Sheol in the Old Testament) merely refers to the grave. However, Psalm 9:17 plainly states that the wicked shall be turned into Hell. If the righteous and the wicked go to the same place, then Psalm 9:17 would make no sense at all. Clearly, the righteous and the wicked go to different places after death. Hell is a literal place of torment, fire and eternal suffering.
JW's teach that Michael the archangel became Jesus. They try to steer away from this doctrine because it is one of the topics that can be used to show prospective JW's the fallacy of their religion. Most people have a problem with the idea that Michael and Jesus are the same person, and rightfully so, because it is a lie of the Devil.
JW's teach that Jesus is “a god,” but not almighty God. Jesus plainly claimed in Revelation 1:8 to be “the almighty.” John 10:33 evidences that Jesus taught men that He is God. By the way, I only use the trustworthy inspired King James Bible. JW founder, Charles Taze Russell, wrote his own corrupt Bible titled, the New World Translation (which JW's admit is based upon Brooke Westcott and Fenton Hort's corrupt 1881 Greek text). How more obvious could it be that the JW religion was created as part of the New World Order's exploitation of religion to lead the masses into apostasy?
The Jehovah's Witnesses were founded in 1874 by Russell, who was a 33rd degree Freemason. The Mormon religion was founded in 1830 by Joseph Smith, also a 33rd degree Freemason. Scientology was founded by Ron Hubbard, a 33rd degree Freemason and a devout follower of Satanist, Aleister Crowley. This is the frightening truth my friend, Satan has started many religions to mislead the masses into worshipping The Beast (Antichrist) when he comes.
JW's don't believe in owing allegiance to the government, which is unbiblical. Biblically Christians are to submit and owe allegiance to their government, even less than perfect government (Romans 13:1-7). Albeit, the Bible never commands us to remain silent, look the other way, and go along to get along when blatant crimes are being committed by our government leaders. We have a duty as Christians to rise up against wicked evildoers and stand up against the workers of iniquity (Psalm 94:16).
I don't agree with some of the teachings of the following evangelical website. For example: They teach the Irresistible Grace heresy of Calvinism, which says that God forces people to get saved. No, God never chooses anyone for salvation. Mankind has been given a freewill and it is totally our decision whether or not we receive Jesus as the Christ, the Son of God as payment for our sins. But that being said, here are numerous invaluable links exposing the false religious cult of the Jehovah's Witnesses. To God alone be all the praise, credit and glory (John 15:5). ...
Introduction
- Jehovah's Witness' Beliefs - video
- Jehovah's Witnesses in a nutshell - video
- Jehovah's Witnesses' History - video
- Is the Jehovah's Witness religion Christian? - video
Regarding Jehovah's Witnesses
- If you are a Jehovah's Witness, please read this first - video
- Jehovah's Witnesses are really "Watchtowerites." - video
- Questions for Jehovah's Witnesses - video
- Has the Jehovah's Witness' god performed the greatest act of love? - video
- Response to "Has the Jehovah's Witness' god performed the greatest act of love?"
- Arianism and Its Influence Today
- New light on the Watchtower's faithful, discreet slave
Issues and Answers
- Responding to the Jehovah’s Witness attacks on the deity of Christ
- Responding to the Jehovah's Witness' attacks on the Bible
- A Biblical Response to Jehovah's Witnesses
- The Lord's Supper and the 144,000 Anointed Class of Jehovah's Witnesses
- A.D. 1914, 607 B.C., 586 B.C. and the Jehovah's Witnesses
- Did Jesus become king in 1914?
- Why A.D. 1914 is Important to the Jehovah's Witnesses
- Jehovah's Witnesses and Mental Health
- The Jehovah's Witnesses and the Resurrection of Jesus
- Is the Jehovah's Witnesses Organization the "faithful and discreet slave?"
- Do Annihilation and Resurrection Make Sense?
- Does the Watchtower say the Bible teaches the Trinity?
- A Test: Do you have the True Jesus?
- Is the Jehovah's Witness baptism valid?
- Are blood transfusions sinful?
- God and human suffering in the Watchtower and the Bible
- Is a Mere Man a Sufficient Sacrifice for all our Sins?
- Does the doctrine of the Trinity make God the author of confusion?
- Jehovah's Witness, 1 Corinthians 15:50, and future resurrection
- Jehovah's Witnesses and the Human Soul
- Jehovah's Witnesses, the Psalms, and the state of the dead
- Jehovah's Witnesses, Ecclesiastes 9, and the state of the dead
- Jehovah's Witnesses, Isaiah, and the state of the dead
- Does Genesis 2:7 prove that a "soul" is just a physically living human?
Problems in the Watchtower Organization
- Jehovah's Witnesses and their many false prophecies
- Is the Watchtower Organization a Trustworthy Interpreter of Scripture?
- Enoch, the Watchtower, and rightly handling Scripture
- The Watchtower and the 1914 Generation
- The Watchtower and 1975
- The Watchtower, Armageddon, and the Twentieth Century
- Jehovah's Witness doctrine is not from the Bible alone
- Contradictions in Watchtower Literature
- Salvation according to the Watchtower Organization, Part 1
- Salvation according to the Watchtower Organization, Part 2
Jehovah's Witness attacks on Jesus
- If Jesus is God, then who did He pray to?
- If Jesus is God, then why did He not know the time of His return?
- If Jesus is God, why did He say the Father was greater than He?
- Did Paul think Jesus was God?
- Did Jesus rise from the dead in the same body He died in?
- Did Jesus die on a stake or a cross?
- Does the Bible identify Jesus as Jehovah?
Jehovah's Witnesses and the Bible
- Bad translations of the Jehovah's Witness Bible
- The New World Translation and "Proskuneo" (worship)
- Was the name Jehovah removed from the New Testament? Does it matter?
- Was the name Jehovah removed from the New Testament? New Testament Manuscripts
- Was the name Jehovah removed from the New Testament? Old Testament Manuscripts
- Was the name Jehovah removed from the New Testament? Jewish Tradition
- Was the name Jehovah removed from the New Testament? Jesus' words and the Father's name
- Was the name Jehovah removed from the New Testament? The Consistency Argument
- Was the name Jehovah removed from the New Testament? Names and Abbreviations
- Was the name Jehovah removed from the New Testament? Modern Scholars
- Was the name Jehovah removed from the New Testament? Modern Translators
- Using the New World Translation to refute the New World Translation: John 1:1
- Do Ancient Coptic Manuscripts Vindicate Jehovah's Witnesses at John 1:1?
Bible Verses Examined
- Does Genesis 1:26 imply that there were multiple gods involved in creation?
- 1 Chronicles 29:20, is Jesus worshipped the same way David was?
- Psalm 110:1, Does Psalm 110:1 disprove the Trinity?
- Proverbs 8:22-31, "Produced me" and "brought me forth"
- Isaiah 9:6, Jesus the Mighty God
- Does the Septuagint Vindicate the Watchtower Interpretation of Isaiah 9:6?
- Isaiah 40:3; Mal. 3:1; Matt. 3:3, Prepare the way of the Lord.
- Does Habakkuk 1:12 prove that Jesus could not be God?
- Is Matthew 24:45-47 a prophecy about the Watchtower Organization?
- Luke 23:43, Does Jesus' Promise to the Criminal indicate that humans have an enduring soul?
- John 1:1, "The word was a god."
- The Word and The Watchtower: An Exegesis of John 1:1
- John 1:1, Using the New World Translation to refute the New World Translation
- John 5:18, "...making Himself equal with God."
- John 5:30-32, "By Myself I can do nothing."
- John 8:58, "Before Abraham came into existence, I have been."
- John 8:58 and 10:30-33, "I am."
- John 10:30-33, What made the Jews want to kill Jesus?
- John 14:28, "The Father is greater than I."
- John 17:3, "The only true God."
- 1 Cor. 1:2, Call upon the name of the Lord Jesus
- 1 Cor. 15:50, "flesh and blood will not inherit the Kingdom of God"
- Col. 1:15, "firstborn of all creation"
- Col. 1:16-17 - "...all [other] things were created by him..."
- Does 1 Thessalonians 4:16 prove that Jesus is Michael the Archangel?
- Heb. 1:6, "Let the angels do obeisance to him."
- Heb. 1:8 and Psalm 45:6, "God is thy throne."
- Revelation 3:14, the beginning of creation
Jehovah's Witnesses and the Church Fathers
- Ignatius of Antioch and the Watchtower
- Justin Martyr and the Watchtower
- Tertullian and the Watchtower
- Clement of Alexandria and the Watchtower
- Irenaeus and the Watchtower
- Hippolytus and the Watchtower
- Origen and the Watchtower
- The Trinity before Nicea
Interesting Quotes from Watchtower Literature
- Does the Watchtower organization control the JW's thinking?
- Quotes Regarding the Watchtower Organization and Salvation
- The Watchtower Organization points to itself as the truth.
- Regarding the Trinity, Jesus, Adam, and the immortality of the soul
- Quotes on the anointed class (144,000) from the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
- Quotes on the great crowd from the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
- Quotes on Christendom from the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
- Quotes on the Trinity from the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
- Quotes on Jesus from the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
Documentation from Jehovah's Witness Literature
Regarding the faithful and discreet slave
- Charles Taze Russell is the faithful and discreet slave
- Charles Taze Russell never claimed to be the faithful and discreet slave
- Watchtower Organization is a faithful and discreet slave
Regarding Jesus
- Jesus is present since 1874
- Jesus is Abaddon and Apollyon, the Destroyer
- Jesus mediates only for 144,000 Jehovah's Witnesses
- Jesus became the Christ at His baptism
Regarding Salvation
- Four requirements for salvation in the Watchtower Organization
- The Jehovah's Witness must do God's will the rest of his life to be saved
- A Jehovah's Witness must become worthy of salvation
Regarding sin
Regarding the Jehovah's Witnesses and their Organization
- The Jehovah's Witness Organization is the prophet of God
- Knowing the Bible is possible only through the Jehovah's Witnesses organization
- Watchtower is necessary to understand the Bible
- The Jehovah's Witnesses are the Christ
Regarding opposers and apostates