Businesses on hold for a $4.8m labour of love

Key points

• Volunteers from across Australia and overseas are working unpaid on a $4.8 million expansion of the Brisbane Assembly Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses on Green Road in Park Ridge. More than 1000 are expected to contribute.
• Project coordinator Neil Ahles said 131 volunteers helped complete internal demolition in the first two weeks. Some have taken up to three months away from work or put their businesses on hold.
• The project includes a Bible Education Centre and accommodation, with completion expected in September 2027.