by sacolton 42 Replies latest watchtower bible
In my day, up to the nineties, each congo undertook to make an annual donation to the Circuit for Assembly Hall costs. This was based on a figure per head of publishers. I remember them stressing that it should never be presented to the Bros as a price they had to pay to go to the assembly.
Have things changed? or have the posters congregation decided to put the onus on the individuals?
If a congregation votes to send money from the congregation funds to the assembly, just stop donating.
I have got to agree. While you are at it, take a new songbook and Bible from the literature counter every chance you get.
Take too many mags and pile them up until they need to be thrown away.
But seriously for those still going to the Hall, they cannot enforce such rules no matter what as long as they are running things as a tax-exempt, volunteer-donations-only organization. Say that your "giving" is private and between you and Jehovah.
There is an electric bill, water bill, let's say the parking lot has to be resurfaced every 5 years, seats need recovering every 3 years, the carpeting replaced every 10 years, toilet seats replaced every 5 years. All those costs can be broken down and averaged out, and divided by 50 weeks. Then they can estimate how much $ it costs to operate and maintain the building for each assembly.
They CAN but they DON'T. That's really the point here. They pick a number that experience tells them will more than cover the expenses so that the surplus can be sent to the Watchtower Society.
Did anyone check out the link earlier in the thread about the Surrey Assembly Hall in the UK? They regularly take in WAY more than they need. In the real world that's called PROFIT, which is something religions shouldn't be earning. And A$$embly Halls throughout the western world do the $ame thing 50 week$ out of the year.
I wish the USA had such a charity commission keeping track of how religions screw their people here.
