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Why did Joseph Franklin Rutherford rename the movement Jehovah’s Witnesses in 1931?
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Jehovah’s Witness
Adherents of the Jehovah's Witness movement distributing literature about their faith in Hong Kong, China.
In 1931, Joseph Franklin Rutherford renamed the movement Jehovah’s Witnesses to emphasize the members' core belief that Jehovah—also known as Yahweh—is the true God and that the Witnesses are his specially chosen followers.1