Jehovah's Witnesses: A Modern Evangelical Doomsday Cult

Crack open the door on one of the world’s most intriguing and controversial faiths: The Jehovah’s Witnesses.

Despite requiring members to give up holidays, patriotism, voting, birthday celebrations, popular music, any real chance of eternal life in heaven, and blood consumption (seriously), the church topped 8 million members in 2014 and continues to expand.

From apocalyptic roots and bold predictions to relentless evangelical hustle, find out how a tiny group of contrarian Bible students gradually built one of the largest doomsday cults on earth.

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