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Why do Jehovah’s Witnesses reject the Christian Trinity?

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Three Jehovah's Witnesses stand beside literature carts, holding religious magazines, at the Star Ferry Pier under a blue sign for City Hall and MTR Station in Hong Kong. — Jehovah’s Witness Adherents of the Jehovah's Witness movement distributing literature about their faith in Hong Kong, China.

Jehovah’s Witnesses reject the Christian Trinity because their theology maintains that Jehovah is the only supreme God and the most high.1

Their non-Trinitarian stance is based on the following beliefs:

The Nature of God: They affirm that Jehovah is the sole true God.1
The Role of Jesus: They view Jesus Christ not as a coequal part of a Trinity, but as God’s agent through whom sinful humans can be reconciled to God. Early leaders of the movement specifically denied the divinity of Jesus.1
The Holy Spirit: They define the Holy Spirit as God’s active force in the world rather than a distinct person within a triune Godhead.1

This rejection of the Trinity is a core component of their restorationist goal, which seeks to return Christianity to the focus and practices they believe were held by Christ’s original followers before the development of later doctrines.1