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A Kingdom Hall is a place of worship used by Jehovah's Witnesses. The term was first suggested in 1935 by Joseph Franklin Rutherford , then president of the Watch Tower Society , for a building in Hawaii . [ 1 ]
The Jehovah's Witnesses are building a new Kingdom Hall south of the Des Moines International Airport, using a team made up entirely of volunteers. Work began earlier this month on the facility ...
Jehovah's Witnesses may get married at a Kingdom Hall in a simple ceremony and practices considered pagan such as wishing good luck or throwing rice are prohibited. An elder will give a talk to the congregation. [196] Once married, a husband is considered to have spiritual headship over his wife, unless he is not one of Jehovah's Witnesses. [197]
A Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Lofoten, Norway Worship at a Kingdom Hall in Portugal Meetings for worship and study are held at Kingdom Halls , and are open to the public. Witnesses are assigned to a congregation in which "territory" they reside.
Former headquarters of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society in Brooklyn, New York. Jehovah's Witnesses operate 87 branch offices worldwide, [24] under the oversight of headquarters representatives who visit each of their assigned branches every few years, auditing operations, counseling branch committee members, department heads, and missionaries, and reporting back to the Governing Body.
On 9 March 2023, a mass shooting occurred at a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Alsterdorf quarter, Hamburg, Germany. The shooter, identified as Philipp Fusz, entered the building during a service and opened fire, killing six adults and an unborn child, and injuring eight others. Fusz, a former Jehovah's Witness, killed himself ...
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses call their meeting places " Kingdom Halls " instead of churches , to indicate that the gathering of the congregation for the purpose of learning about God's Kingdom is what is important, not the physical location itself.
Since then, most written communication with congregations and individuals in the United States involves the Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, Inc.; other corporations include: Religious Order of Jehovah's Witnesses, New York, incorporated in 2000 for the administration of full-time preaching activities. Kingdom Support Services, Inc.,