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A letter dated 29 March 2014, published in transcript by an ex-member blog, reportedly told congregations that Kingdom Hall loans would no longer need to be repaid while instructing elders, in a postscript not to be read to the congregation, to set a monthly contribution 'at least the same amount as the current monthly loan repayment'.

Claim ID claim-authority-2014-kingdom-hall-loan-scheme-replacedConcerns 29 March 2014Independent finding
Independent finding · 29 March 2014 Unverified

A letter dated 29 March 2014, published in transcript by an ex-member blog, reportedly told congregations that Kingdom Hall loans would no longer need to be repaid while instructing elders, in a postscript not to be read to the congregation, to set a monthly contribution 'at least the same amount as the current monthly loan repayment'. JW Survey / JW Watch (blog), 7 April 2014Our Kingdom Ministry, September 1983

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JW Survey / JW Watch (blog), “Governing Body instructs congregations to pledge fixed monthly donations”

7 April 2014 · Lloyd Evans ('Cedars') · jwsurvey.org

“Letter dated 29 March 2014 to all congregations: 'Congregations and Assembly Halls will no longer be asked to repay a loan'; elders' postscript: monthly pledge should be 'at least the same amount as the current monthly loan repayment'; 'This postscript should not be read to the congregation'”

Describes the replacement of the 1983 Kingdom Hall loan scheme with a resolved fixed monthly contribution to the worldwide work, decided by 31 May 2014.

Official source

Provenance and verification note

Confidence note. Discovery source only; no scan, court exhibit or official publication of the letter located. A WOL search found no official description of the 2014 change. Do not publish as fact.

Scan provenance. No scan provided ('To protect the anonymity of my source, a scan of the letter will not be made available'); transcribed text only

Notes. The 1983 loan scheme itself is verified (km 9/83).

Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-jwsurvey-2014-0407-kingdom-hall-financing-letter

Primary JW publication Verified

Our Kingdom Ministry, “A New Program for Kingdom Hall Construction”

September 1983 · pp.3-6 · p. 5 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania

“congregations in need of funds for building Kingdom Halls … may request loans from the Society Kingdom Hall Fund. Such loans will be repaid by the congregation or congregations using the Kingdom Hall. We will continue to have the congregations pay interest on the funds loaned”

Establishes the 1983 Society Kingdom Hall Fund loan arrangement that the 2014 change (see discovery source) replaced.

Official source

Provenance and verification note

Confidence note. Opened the WOL document; header 'km 9/83 pp. 3-6'; page marker confirms p. 5.

Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-km-1983-0900-new-program-kingdom-hall-construction

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