Long Bible, Greek toktok wea samfala transleitim olsem “church” hem minim wanfala grup pipol wea worshipim God. Hem no minim wanfala building.

Tingim disfala example: Taem aposol Paul raet long olketa Christian wea stap long Rome, hem talem hello long datfala Christian man Aquila and waef bilong hem Priscilla, and hem sei tu: “Talem hello long church wea hipap long haos bilong tufala.” (Romans 16:5, Contemporary English Version) Paul no minim olketa shud talem hello long wanfala building. Hem laek talem hello long pipol, wea olketa nao kongregeson wea hipap long datfala haos. a

So mifala no kolem ples wea mifala hipap for worship wanfala church. Mifala kolem datwan “Kingdom Hall.”

Disfala toktok hem fitim bikos long olketa reason hia:

• Building wea mifala iusim for garem meeting hem wanfala hall. Hall hem wanfala building for pipol hipap insaed.

• Mifala hipap for worshipim Jehovah and for givim witness abaotem hem, wea minim for story abaotem hem.​—Psalm 83:18; Isaiah 43:12.

• Mifala hipap tu for story abaotem Kingdom bilong God, wea hem nao samting Jesus story abaotem staka taem.​—Matthew 6:9, 10; 24:14; Luke 4:43.

Iu welkam for kam visitim Kingdom Hall klosap long ples wea iu stap for lukim wei wea Olketa Jehovah’s Witness duim worship bilong olketa