A Jehovah’s Witness is a member of a Christian-based new religious movement that grew out of the larger Adventist movement in the United States during the 19th century. The movement developed from the International Bible Students Association, founded by Charles Taze Russell in Pittsburgh in 1872. Jehovah’s Witnesses are known for door-to-door evangelism, called witnessing, and for rejecting traditional Christian holidays and birthdays.
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