The Church of Jehovah's Witnesses are selling their Kingdom Hall on Barrett St to better use their resources.

A former Taranaki trucking garage which has been used by Jehovah's Witnesses for more than 20 years is up for sale.

The building is one of two Kingdom Halls being sold by the faith group, which is combining facilities to make better use of resources.

The Kingdom Hall on Barrett Rd is for sale through Robert Angus Real Estate, and the hall in Waitara has already been sold, said elder Robert Burns.

"We've built a new building about two years ago out at Bishop Rd and up until recently the Spotswood congregation have had their own Kingdom Hall out in Barrett Rd, as with Waitara," he said.

"We realised that there really wasn't a need for three congregations to have their own place to meet when it would be a better use of resources for that money to be donated to others."

He said the congregation had been in the Barrett Rd hall since about 1994.

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It had been a trucking garage, and "they all turned up every weekend and converted it into a meeting place".

All three congregations have been meeting at the new venue on Bishop Rd for several months.

"I've been with the new Kingdom Hall right through. Both of those congregations helped us to build it.

"The Kingdom Hall out at Bishop Rd is brand new and set up with modern technology."

The former Waitara Kingdom Hall was bought by developers Richard Dreaver and wife Sharron Masters-Dreaver, who plan to turn it into a 14-room hotel.

Burns said smaller places in New Zealand could benefit from the sale money, such as the Te Kuiti Kingdom Hall, which needed a major upgrade but did not have a lot of money.

"We don't mind where it goes as long as it's being used for the greater good."

He said the sales were not a reflection of church size, with all the congregations growing.

Jehovah's Witnesses are a faith that believes the bible was inspired by God and is historically accurate.

Members do not celebrate Christian holidays or birthdays, vote or salute national flags and believe the end of the world is near.

Elder Brooke Willoughby, who was overseeing the sale of the hall, said because the number of Jehovah's Witnesses was growing exponentially worldwide, the need for new halls kept growing.

"That money would build quite a few halls, whether it is in the Philippines or Africa or even in a western country."