by Ephraim Jamin Vasquez Jr 12 Replies latest jw friends
Greetings Fellow Brothers and Sisters,
I'm looking to visit Cuba and was thinking of traveling to San Miguel, Cuba and I was wondering if anyone has Kingdom Hall addresses (phone/address/location) want to visit my brothers there. I do hope someone can help me, i'm out of options :)
your fellow brother
Ephraim
Hi Ephraim
See below for details, taken from jw.org website. This is a website for ex-jw's so coming here you run the risk of finding out the real truth behind the Watch Tower Society.
George
Queen's Hwy Kemps Bay SA
GPS Coordinates: 24.019655 -77.532791
English:
English:
I think you've took a wrong turn somewhere and ended up here.
Careful getting to Cuba - you're likely to end up in Jamaica with direction sense like that.
I'm afraid we're not much better. The congregation listed in the second post is in South Andros in the BAHAMAS. Good luck getting to Cuba from there
My god, this thread is getting so hilarious, it already made my day.
dropoffyourkeylee: I'm afraid we're not much better. The congregation listed in the second post is in South Andros in the BAHAMAS. Good luck getting to Cuba from there
<sigh>
You will need to ask one of your elders or ministerial servants to look it up for you when they've logged-in to jw . org.
While the vast majority of Kingdom Hall/Congregation Meeting times and places are publicly listed on jw . org - there are a few that are NOT. These other - Additional Congregation Meeting Places - can be searched for by an elder or m/s that is logged-in to jw . org AND has been given permission.
It was all explained around five years ago in the following letter:
Letter April 5, 2012 - Re: Searching for congregation meeting locations and times on jw . org
PS to body of elders:
At the next Service Meeting, please arrange for an announcement to be made to the congregation that a letter on the above-noted subject has been posted on the information board. For some time, this jw . org feature has been available only to jw . org users with the Search for Congregation Meetings role. Although it will no longer be necessary to log in to jw . org in order to search for congregation meeting information, meeting information of some congregations will not display to the public. Therefore, the Search for Congregation Meetings role has been renamed “Search for Additional Congregation Meeting Places.” Only logged-in users with the Search for Additional Congregation Meeting Places role will be able to access congregation information that is not available to the public. Only ministerial servants or elders with a jw . org account should be given this role. Any jw . org users currently assigned the Search for Congregation Meetings role have automatically been assigned the Search for Additional Congregation Meeting Places role.
READ FULL LETTER: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwqmWMK7dwtlY0RXVkhJQlhkYkE/view
From what I gathered here and from trying to do the search on the JW site, you must log in as an elder or servant to find a Kingdom Hall in Cuba. I don't know that you would find it even then.
Catholicism is the predominate belief, Santeria has survived but is mostly blended with Catholicism. Protestants and a few others are there. Jehovah's Witnesses are there. But because the government banned open religion for so long, groups are cautious.
I would suggest enjoying Cuba without the Kingdom Hall. If you visit during the Memorial, you are only required to attend if you you are "anointed" and need to eat the crackers and sip the wine, but isn't that something someone so spiritual knows how to do on their own?
.....or just go and hope to run into the JW's with their cart. I mean- preaching the word is so important. Of course you will find them doing that work. They will tell you where the Hall is.
When you realize you're in the wrong place.
OnTheWayOut: Catholicism is the predominate belief, Santeria has survived but is mostly blended with Catholicism. Protestants and a few others are there. Jehovah's Witnesses are there. But because the government banned open religion for so long, groups are cautious.
There's actually quite alot of JWs 'over there'
Cuba has been a featured picture onthe front page of the jw . org website:
Havana, Cuba—Preaching from house to house in Old Havana
11,258,597 - Population
96,487 - Ministers who teach the Bible
1,524 - Congregations
1-to-117 - Ratio of JWs to pop (compare: USA is 1-in-263, UK is 1-in-471)
Also....
The article listed below about the JWs in Cuba, is the one with the 'infamous' GB/bible signing photo
Watchtower 15 May 1999, pages 7 to 9
A Historic Visit Makes an Island Rejoice
Also....
Visit the Bethel in Cuba:
https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/offices/cuba/
Address:
Ave. 15 #4608 e/ 46 y 48
PLAYA, LA HABANA, CUBA
Tours:
Monday to Friday
9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Duration 1 hour
Picture of Cuban Bethel:
