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wHY DID BONHAM BREAK AWAY?
by badboy 12 Replies latest jw friends
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metatron
I don't know the whole story. There was a dispute over who owned the hall and accusations of apostasy.
I also heard rumors about bugging and surveillance of elder's meetings there.
metatron
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fleaman uk
Whose Bonham??
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metatron
It's a town in Texas in which a legal battle took place over who owned a Kingdom Hall. There was some sort of breakup
in the congregation and 'apostates' claimed the hall. The Society claimed in court, that elders are a 'hierarchy' - so it was one
of those hypocritical situations where they deny that elders are actually clergy - except , of course, where money is involved.
I think the dissident group ended up with the hall.
metatron
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upside/down
If that's true it's funny.
Ah the irony! "We're not clergy!.... we are clergy... are not...are so... not .... are... not... are"
u/d (of the can't have it both ways class)
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AK - Jeff
That seems significant to me. Have other halls ended up in hands outside the organization? If I understand the legals here, most halls are set up with local administration, but legal ownership is held by the WTS or one of the corporations.
I always thought that is wrong, since the local cong pays for the place. Kinda like selling a house to someone who will hand over the title when it is payed for.
One for the little guys!
Jeff
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wednesday
I remember that well. Of course all the info I have has been filtered from the elders and nothing really too official was ever announced from the platforms. The apostates got the hall. And the WTS built a huge and very nice KH for the Cong of Bonham (which was really falling apart ). lots of people were DF and many just stopped going to the KH . The info was very hush hush and u had to know someone to find out anything at all.
weds
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BrendaCloutier
So I suppose they are now called the Bonhamites?
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melmac
And I thought it wa John Bonham from Led Zep...
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Kaput
wednesday, don't you mean the WTS built them a new stairway to heaven?