Die gegenwärtig veröffentlichte Position der Organisation ist, dass keine Rasse einer anderen überlegen ist, dass Rassismus falsch ist und dass die Ehe zwischen den Rassen von Gott gebilligt wird; ihre Literatur wird für eine Mitgliedschaft von etwa 9,2 Millionen Menschen hergestellt, die in 241 Ländern Gott anbeten, und ihre eigene Website beschreibt Zeugen Jehovas als Menschen, die „from many ethnic and cultural backgrounds“ kommen.
Claim ID claim-attitudes-race-current-positionConcerns 19. September 2026Erklärung der Organisation
Die Aussage und ihre Belege
Erklärung der Organisation · 19. September 2026Geprüft
Die Position der Organisation oder ihre spätere Erklärung: Die Organisation lehrt, dass die Gleichheit der Rassen durch Gottes Königreich erreicht wird und nicht durch gesellschaftliche oder politische Reformen, und dass ihre Mitglieder andere in der Zwischenzeit „with respect and dignity“ behandeln sollten.
April 2014 · pp.14-15 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society
“Acts 10:34, 35 states: “God is not partial, but in every nation the man who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.” For this reason, nobody can rightly consider one race to be superior to another. … Jesus set the standard for Christians when he said to his disciples: “All of you are brothers.” (Matthew 23:8) He prayed that his followers be united and be “perfected into one,” not divided or segregated.”
A two-page article answering three questions: the origin of the races, whether any race is superior, and whether racism will end. It cites the UNESCO Declaration on Race and Racial Prejudice of 1978 and teaches that all humans descend from Adam and Eve and from Noah's sons.
Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for Awake!, The Bible's Viewpoint: Racism
Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe.Opened on the Watchtower Online Library on 19 September 2026, read in full from the document’s own HTML and re-checked independently; the page markers read 14 and 15, the printed citation line reads “g 4/14 pp. 14-15” and the series label above the title reads “THE BIBLE’S VIEWPOINT”. The two sentences quoted stand in consecutive paragraphs.
19. September 2026 · pp.mrt article 71 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
“The Bible reveals that all humans are related and that God accepts people of every race. … Equality will be realized by God's Kingdom, a heavenly government. That government will teach people how to treat others in the right way. People will learn how to overcome any feelings of racism they may have.”
A current article in the "More Topics" series on jw.org. It opens by quoting the UN Secretary-General on racism as a driver of persistent inequality, cites Acts 17:26 and Acts 10:34, 35, and presents God's Kingdom rather than social reform as the remedy.
Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for JW.org, Is Racial Equality Only a Dream?—What Does the Bible Say?
Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe.The page was fetched on 19 September 2026 and the body text read verbatim from the page's own HTML, not from a summary. The article carries the publication code "mrt article 71" and no printed date.
19. September 2026 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
“God approves of marriage between a man and a woman of different races because all races are equal in his sight. … While interracial marriage is perfectly acceptable to God, not all people share his view. If you are considering marrying someone of another race, you and your prospective mate should discuss the following: How will you deal with the pressures you might face from your community or family? How will you help your children to deal with prejudice?”
The current official answer on jw.org. The cautions about community pressure and about children facing prejudice are the same two practical points raised in 1960 and 1973, but the article no longer mentions the effect on the preaching work or any duty to obey laws forbidding such marriages.
Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for JW.org (Bible Questions Answered), What Does the Bible Say About Interracial Marriage?
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Abgerufen. 19. September 2026 · Quellenkennung.src-race-jw-interracial-marriage
19. September 2026 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
“241—Lands where Jehovah's Witnesses worship. 9,205,326—Jehovah's Witnesses. … 119,652—Congregations. … We live around the world and come from many ethnic and cultural backgrounds.”
The "Fast Facts—Worldwide" panel on the organisation's own website, drawn from the 2025 Service Year Report covering September 2024 to August 2025. The site's own language menu lists several hundred languages, including many African, Asian, Pacific and indigenous American languages and more than thirty sign languages.
Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for JW.org, Jehovah's Witnesses Around the World
Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe.The page was fetched on 19 September 2026 and the figures read verbatim from its own HTML. The language count was not stated numerically anywhere on the page, so no figure for languages is asserted here.
Notes.Recorded so that the present-day scale and spread of the membership can be stated from the organisation's own figures rather than estimated.
Abgerufen. 19. September 2026 · Quellenkennung.src-race-jw-worldwide-stats
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