[[Mwanzilishi]] alikuwa [[Charles Taze Russell]] pamoja na kikundi cha wanafunzi wa [[Biblia]] ([[miaka ya 1870]]). Jina la sasa lilianza kutumika mwaka [[1931]].
Kwa sasa wako milioni 8.2 katika jumuia 115,416 (kadiri ya ''2015 YearbookKitabu ofcha Jehovah'sMwaka cha Mashahidi wa WitnessesYehova''<ref>[http://downloadwww.jw.org/filessw/media_booksmachapisho/ecvitabu/2015-kitabu-cha-mwaka/yb15_E.pdf ''2015 YearbookKitabu ofcha Jehovah'sMwaka Witnesses''cha Mashahidi wa Yehova]</ref>). Ongezeko ni la asilimia 2.5 kwa mwaka.
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* Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania. ''Faith[http://www.jw.org/sw/machapisho/video/imani-yenye-matendo-sehemu-ya-1/ InMashahidi Actionwa Yehova—Imani Yenye Matendo, Sehemu ya 1: Kutoka Gizani]'' (2-DVD series; (''[http://www.jw.org/enswc/publicationsvichapo/videosvideo/faithMashahidi-inwa-actionYehova-partWatu-Wanaotenda-kwa-Imani-Sehemu-ya-1-Kutoka-Katika-Giza/ Mashahidi wa Yehova-Watu Wanaotenda kwa Imani, Sehemu ya 1.: OutKutoka ofKatika DarknessGiza]''), (''[http://www.jw.org/ensw/publicationsmachapisho/videosvideo/faithimani-inyenye-actionmatendo-partsehemu-ya-2/ 2.Mashahidi Letwa theYehova—Imani LightYenye Shine])Matendo, Sehemu ya 2: Nuru na Iangaze]'' (2010-2011) Official history of Jehovah's Witnesses.
