Kingdom Hall

Kingdom Hall (English Kingdom Hall ) Jehovah is the name of sacred buildings in the community of faith of the witnesses, in which held their worship gatherings. It derives from the second article of the prayer Our Father, the Christian millenarian orientation of the witnesses emphasized Jehovah and is therefore a symbol and anticipation of belief in a coming Kingdom of Christ. Initiator of this name was the then second president Joseph Franklin Rutherford of the religious community. Since 1935, the term Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses used as a self-designation of their places of worship.

The administration of the Kingdom Halls located in Germany in principle at one of the local assemblies that use the hall; the property of Kingdom Halls in the religious community. The Kingdom Hall is typically designed as a modern, purpose built and usually involves no bell tower, as you know it from other Christian church buildings. Since about 1990 the standardized buildings in the German-speaking area by the building department of the head office in Germany ( seltzer ) are designed and the local congregations be built - through appropriate design - recommended. In every country there are so-called " regional building committee " that support the construction of halls in the country.

The space in which take place weekly services is kept rather simple and functional for 60 to 200 people. However, no religious symbols such as crucifixes or holy pictures, since they are regarded as idols. A podium with speech desk, seating and a simple room decoration as well as a library of writings of the Watchtower Society, various editions of the Bible and other religion-related and general reference books are standard equipment.

In each Kingdom Hall there is a mounted on the wall years text, a Bible verse, or part thereof, which is determined annually uniform for all meetings in the world.