For some former Jehovah's Witnesses, leaving the faith is not just the mark of losing your religion - it can also mean losing your loved ones. In many cases, friends and family are told to cut all ...

A coach involved in a crash in which a motorist died was carrying Jehovah's Witnesses home from a Christmas meeting. A spokesman for the Christian sect said the passengers had been visiting its ...

Jehovah's Witnesses also opposes the baptism of children, and believe that only adults should be baptised as Christians. Unlike many Christian sects, Witnesses does not accept any book other the ...

'I was controlled by a male cult as a teen - now I host a community of women fighting for change' ...

Nikolai Makhalichev was detained on 21 February in Haradok, northeast Belarus, and is now at imminent risk of extradition to Russia. As a Jehovah’s Witness, he is facing unfounded charges of ...

On 25 June, the prosecution appealed the court decision of 23 June to release Jehovah’s Witness Dennis Christensen, a Danish national living in Russia. On 26 June, the penal colony authorities put him ...

For eight years until he turned 18, a man raised as a third-generation Jehovah's Witness suffered because he couldn't have heart surgery due to his parents' refusal to allow a blood transfusion.

Former Jehovah’s Witnesses said they are still troubled by intrusive questions about their sexual experiences they were asked as a teenager by leaders of the religious organization. At the ...

Jehovah’s Witnesses will present their 2024 “Declare the Good News”! convention series beginning the weekend of July 5-7. The free event is expected to draw thousands of attendees from ...

The Olympia man who damaged and destroyed several area Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Halls was sentenced Friday to 11 years in prison for the 2018 crime spree, U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman announced.