A posição publicada atualmente pela organização é que nenhuma raça é superior a outra, que o racismo é errado e que o casamento inter-racial é aprovado por Deus; sua literatura é produzida para um quadro de cerca de 9,2 milhões de pessoas que adoram em 241 países, e seu próprio site descreve as Testemunhas como vindas "from many ethnic and cultural backgrounds".
Claim ID claim-attitudes-race-current-positionConcerns 19 de setembro de 2026Explicação da organização
A afirmação e as suas provas
Explicação da organização · 19 de setembro de 2026Verificado
A posição da organização ou explicação posterior: A organização ensina que a igualdade racial será alcançada pelo Reino de Deus, e não por reformas sociais ou políticas, e que, enquanto isso, seus membros devem tratar as outras pessoas "with respect and dignity".
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Publicação primária das Testemunhas de JeováVerificado
abril de 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.
Nota de procedência e verificação for Awake!, The Bible's Viewpoint: Racism
Nota de confiança.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 de setembro de 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.
Nota de procedência e verificação for JW.org, Is Racial Equality Only a Dream?—What Does the Bible Say?
Nota de confiança.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 de setembro de 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.
Nota de procedência e verificação for JW.org (Bible Questions Answered), What Does the Bible Say About Interracial Marriage?
Nota de confiança.The article was fetched on 19 September 2026 and the full text read; the page carries no printed date, so the access date is recorded in the date field.
Consultado em. 19 de setembro de 2026 · Identificador da fonte.src-race-jw-interracial-marriage
Publicação primária das Testemunhas de JeováVerificado
19 de setembro de 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.
Nota de procedência e verificação for JW.org, Jehovah's Witnesses Around the World
Nota de confiança.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.
Consultado em. 19 de setembro de 2026 · Identificador da fonte.src-race-jw-worldwide-stats
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