{"id":35850,"date":"2025-05-14T01:05:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T01:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=35850"},"modified":"2026-09-30T14:33:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T14:33:35","slug":"are-jehovahs-witnesses-christian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/are-jehovahs-witnesses-christian\/","title":{"rendered":"Zijn Jehovah\u2019s Getuigen christelijk? Zij zeggen ja; andere kerken zeggen nee"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Jehovah&#039;s Witnesses say yes. They follow Jesus, pray in his name and call themselves Christians. Catholic, Orthodox and most Protestant churches say no, because Witnesses reject the Trinity. Witnesses teach that Jesus is God&#039;s Son and his first creation, not Almighty God, and so they do not worship him. QuestionJehovah&#039;s WitnessesCatholic, Orthodox and most Protestant churches GodThe Father alone, whose name is JehovahOne God in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit JesusGod&#039;s Son and first creation; the archangel Michael;\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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Most churches do not, because Witnesses reject the Trinity and teach that Jesus is God&#039;s first creation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[219,531],"class_list":["post-35850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-denominations-compared","series-understanding-jehovahs-witnesses"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18621,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/main-beliefs-jehovahs-witnesses-mormons\/","url_meta":{"origin":35850,"position":0},"title":"Are Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses and Mormons the Same? 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