Kingdom Hall

A Kingdom Hall is a place of worship used by Jehovah's Witnesses. The term was first suggested in 1935 by Joseph Franklin Rutherford, then president of the Watch Tower Society, for a building in Hawaii.^[1] Rutherford's reasoning was that these buildings would be used for "preaching the good news of the Kingdom".^[2]

Jehovah's Witnesses use Kingdom Halls for the majority of their worship and Bible instruction. Witnesses prefer the term "Kingdom Hall" over "church", noting that the term often translated "church" in the Bible refers to the congregation of people rather than a structure.^[3]

^ Jehovah's Witnesses – Proclaimers of God's Kingdom chap. 20 p. 319, 721
^ Jehovah's Witnesses – Proclaimers of God's Kingdom chap. 20 p. 319 Building Together on a Global Scale
^ "Should We Go to Christian Meetings?", Awake!, March 8, 2001, page 12

[1] Jehovah's Witnesses – Proclaimers of God's Kingdom chap. 20 p. 319, 721

[2] Jehovah's Witnesses – Proclaimers of God's Kingdom chap. 20 p. 319 Building Together on a Global Scale

[3] "Should We Go to Christian Meetings?", Awake!, March 8, 2001, page 12

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