Should't we own a part of the Kingdom Hall?

JH

Afterall, most of us spent years there. Many of us took our time and money to build the hall. Many of us renovated the hall afterwards.

Shouldn't the halls belong to the ones who built it and put money into it and who go there regularly?

cyberdyne systems 101

Yes but the WTS would lose control....

CS 101

I think once you put your money in the donation box, it is theirs. Donate to any church, later leave, and you have no stake in the property. Thats just how it works. What happens when an independant church disbands, I wonder?

OUTLAW

Jehovah`s Witness`s do own part of the Kingdom Hall..The part thats dirty..Thank god they have enough janitors and window washers to clean it up...OUTLAW

fullofdoubtnow

It's a thought, JH, but I think the wts have got that angle covered, should any dissenter try to claim ownership.

delilah

They can have my share....not interested in owning any part of a kingdom hall!!

bigmouth

We raise the funds/mortgage. We donate our labour. We donate our materials. We maintain the building. We pay the rates.

But the building is owned by the bOrg.

Honesty

They can have my share. I don't need the hassle of trying to keep up a doomed institution.

blondie

Your tax money builds roads, bridges, buildings but you don't have ownership of those things. And that is money that you don't "donate."

You are donating money to build WT buildings. If you were donating to build the Ronald McDonald House, you wouldn't have ownership of the building.

But in both cases, at least in the US, you can take it off on your tax return as a deduction.

Blondie

JH

I think I'll start a cult, and let my followers build many buildings that they will pay, and I'll be the owner.