Yeah, I'm skeptical about all the empty halls also. Maybe in some places but not in others. The hall by me seems to have a full parking lot when I drive by. They did get rid of one of the old buildings in the area but they still have a few congregations they just meet in one hall. That seems like a good move honestly.
Even with recent changes it’s a struggle to get people to attend
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Vanderhoven7
You can check the box by just staying home and saying a prayer for an ex-jw.
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a watcher
My double Hall has 5 congregations meeting there and a COs residence. Our parking lot overflows and some of us have to park on the street. We're packed!
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Vanderhoven7
Sad to hear it A Watcher. How many KHs were sold to pack 5 congregations into one venue?
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Vidiot
Yeah, just sounds to me like the Org’s little temporary stopgap tactic of (over)consolidating halls to give the surface impression of higher growth/attendance is kinda working in this instance.
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no-zombie
The thing is ... all the changes that are blowing our minds at the moment ... mean nothing to people in the world.
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Vidiot
That’s OK.
Means something to us, and that’s enough.
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Beth Sarim
You can just check the box for doing nothing & saying that you did something.
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NotFormer
Carla, the local Kingdom Hall carpark was full on the Tuesday night I went past it. Anecdotally, I don't see any dying WT. The literature trolley is still manned in town on most days.
That doesn't mean that some areas aren't going downhill. I suppose it's all in the long game.
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Hellothere
Who knows why parking is full. Maeby some event nearby and people used kingdom hall parking. Family used both cars. Congregation merged. Annual report said its was -1 increase in the USA. So you have in black and white things are bad for Watchtower.