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Taman Baca (Colportages) in Indonesia, are institutions that are designed to enhance the reading tradition for Indonesians. According to UNESCO, the reading enthusiasm of Indonesian is ranked the second lowest of the 61 countries studied in 2016. Rrecently, there have been increasing number of Colportages in Indonesia for example the Kandang Jurang Doank Library (West Java), on boat library (in South Kalimantan), and the Library for Blind people (Medan). In additon, there is the Wadas Kelir Creative House (Purwokerto) that not only focus on reading services and improving creativity, but also empowering the community through creative industry based on religious literac The purpose of this study is to understand the empowerment achievements and their implications. This is a qualitative research with a snowball sampling method and with triangulation data collection techniques (observation, documentation, and interviews). Finally, I concluded that the Rumah Kreatif Wadas Kelir has succeeded in increasing the welfare of the community and has broad implications not only for volunteers and the surrounding community, but also to the wider community to various regions in Indonesia. So, that it can be used as a model of a colportage that can improve the prosperity of the community.