DISFELLOWSHIPPING
(See also Disassociation; Judicial Committee; Reinstatement)
(Note centered heading below: Quotations)
announcement: od 151; w96 1/15 19; om 148
appeals: od 150-151; om 147-148
association with disfellowshipped: w88 4/15 26-30; w86 3/15 18
court case over refusal: w88 4/15 26, 28-29; g87 10/22 27
relatives: mwb20.12 2-3; w17.09 5-6
value of terminating: w21.09 29; mwb20.12 3; w13 6/15 28; w11 2/15 31-32; w11 7/15 32; g87 8/22 13
benefits: w21.10 10-11; lff lesson 57; w15 4/15 30-31; kr 114-115; yb93 191; w88 4/15 27-28, 30-31
Bible basis: w21.10 11-12; w16.11 12; w06 11/15 27
children: w21.09 26-27; mwb20.12 3; od 154; om 151-152
parental relationship with: w18.03 31; w13 1/15 15-16; w07 1/15 20
parental responsibility toward: lv 208; w07 1/15 20; km 8/02 4; w01 10/1 16-17; w88 11/15 20
whether parents may sit with at meetings: w13 8/15 8
comments by historian Edward Gibbon: w88 4/15 30
discipline: w21.09 30; w21.10 10-12; it-1 629; w13 6/15 28; w03 10/1 22; w88 4/15 26-27, 29-31
Hymenaeus: it-1 1164
discussion: w22.02 5-6; ijwfq article 9; od 150-151; it-1 787-788; lvs 241; kr 114-115; w06 11/15 26-27; jv 186-187; w91 4/15 15-16; om 142-149; w88 4/15 26-31
early Christians: w88 4/15 26-27, 30; g87 10/8 27
Corinth congregation: w21.10 11-12; w88 11/15 14-15
elders visit disfellowshipped: w21.10 11; w15 4/15 31; w96 11/1 14, 16; w93 7/15 27; w91 4/15 21-23; w91 8/15 28
encouragement for disfellowshipped to return: w21.09 28; jr 145; w06 9/1 21; w06 11/15 30; w98 10/1 8-18
examples:
theft to cover investors’ losses: w97 7/15 13
experiences:
Aborigine returns to truth: w94 5/1 30
accept deservedness: w11 2/15 32; g98 3/22 30; g97 6/8 27; g96 9/8 27; w88 4/15 30-31
achieves reinstatement: w10 3/15 32
attack in media (Norway): yb12 156-157
attracted to truth because of another’s: w15 4/15 30; w92 3/15 12
chief defends Witnesses: w91 7/1 31
come to senses: yb12 157; w06 8/1 27; g01 11/22 20-22; w98 10/1 9-11
elders visit disfellowshipped: w93 7/15 27; w92 8/15 31
family member disfellowshipped: w21.09 29; w18.03 31; w16.06 15; w15 4/15 29, 31; w13 6/15 28; w12 4/15 12; w11 2/15 31-32; w11 7/15 32; w06 1/1 11; w95 12/15 28; g92 12/22 20-22; w88 4/15 26, 30; g87 8/22 13
lady impressed by: yb93 191
parents disfellowshipped: km 8/02 4; g92 10/22 19-21; w88 4/15 30
pride overcome: w18.03 26
video Never Doubt Jehovah’s Mercy: lff lesson 57
family members or relatives: w21.09 26-31
fear of: g97 1/22 12
feelings of disfellowshipped: jr 73
funeral for disfellowshipped: km 3/97 7
grounds: it-1 788; w15 4/15 29; w98 3/15 22; w92 7/1 19; w89 9/15 18; w88 4/15 26-27
absolute endangerment of mate’s spirituality: w88 11/1 22-23
apostasy: w89 10/1 19; w86 3/15 15; w86 4/1 30-31; w86 10/15 31
bestiality: it-1 292
bloodguilt: w06 9/15 30
blood transfusion: jv 183-184
brazen (loose) conduct: lvs 249; w06 7/15 30-31
dishonest practices: w86 11/15 14
drunkenness: it-1 656
employment involving gambling: w95 5/15 23
extortion: it-1 789; w89 1/15 22
extreme physical abuse of family members: lv 221; g01 11/8 12; fy 150; w88 11/1 22
fits of anger: lv 221; w10 6/15 30; g01 11/8 12; g97 6/8 20; fy 150; g93 2/8 14
fornication: it-1 863; w06 7/15 29-30
fraud: od 146; om 142-143
gambling in certain cases: w89 7/15 30
gluttony: w04 11/1 30-31
greed in relation to bride-price: w98 9/15 25
lap dancing in certain cases: w18.11 25
lying: lv 163; w09 6/15 18-19; g00 2/8 21
obscene speech: lvs 162; lv 136-137
polygamy: jv 176
pornography in certain cases: w12 3/15 31; w06 7/15 31
promoting sects: it-2 886
reviling: it-1 991; it-2 802; lvs 164; lv 138; w96 7/15 17-18
sexting in certain cases: w18.11 26
sexual abuse of children: w19.05 11; g93 10/8 10
slander: od 146; w89 10/15 14; om 142-143
subversive activity: w95 10/1 31
uncleanness when gross: lvs 249; lv 137; w12 3/15 31; w06 7/15 30-31
use of tobacco: w17.02 27-28; kr 112; w06 7/15 30-31; w95 5/15 23
whether violation of secular law is: w86 10/1 31
willful nonsupport of family: lv 220-221; w88 11/1 22
‘handing over to Satan’ (1Co 5:5; 1Ti 1:20): it-2 869-870; w08 7/15 26-27; w06 11/15 27
hearings: od 148-151; it-1 788; w92 7/1 17-19; w89 9/15 18-20; om 145-147
discerning repentance: w21.10 6; w17.11 17; w95 1/1 27-30; om 146
distinguishing between weakness and wickedness: w95 1/1 27-31
distinguishing gross uncleanness and loose conduct: w06 7/15 30-31
example of Law covenant: it-2 233-234
Jehovah’s example: it-2 233
urging wrongdoer to change: w95 1/1 30-31
how disfellowshipped can obtain literature for personal use: km 7/04 3
how to treat disfellowshipped: od 200; it-1 788; lvs 39-40; lv 34-35, 207-209; jd 147; km 8/02 3-4; w88 4/15 27-28
2 John 9-11: it-1 200; w88 4/15 27
“as a tax collector” (Mt 18:17): it-2 1070; w91 4/15 20-21
divorced noncustodial parent: g97 12/8 11-12; g91 9/22 30
family members: mwb20.12 2-3; w17.10 16
family members living at home: lv 208; w13 8/15 8; w07 1/15 20; km 8/02 3-4; w91 4/15 22; w88 4/15 28; w88 11/15 20
family members living elsewhere: lv 208-209; w13 8/15 8; w11 2/15 31-32; w11 7/15 30-32; w07 1/15 20; km 8/02 4; w88 4/15 28; g87 8/22 13
if disfellowshipped answers the phone: w95 7/15 27
relatives: mwb20.12 3; lv 208-209; w13 8/15 8; w12 4/15 12; w92 6/1 18-19; w91 4/15 22; w89 9/15 24; w88 4/15 28
seating at meetings: w13 8/15 8
trust in Jehovah: w15 4/15 27-28
how to treat family of disfellowshipped: w21.09 29-30; w15 4/15 31; jd 149-150; w95 7/15 26-27; w91 4/15 23-25
Israel (ancient): it-1 787-788
synagogue procedure: it-1 787
Jehovah’s example: it-1 787
loving provision: mwb20.12 3; mwb19.03 6; lvs 40; w15 4/15 29-31; w15 6/15 32; lv 35; g96 9/8 26-27; w95 7/15 25-27
meaning of term: w91 4/15 16
mercy in connection with: w21.10 10-12; w91 4/15 20-25
mercy toward disfellowshipped: w95 12/15 28-29; w91 4/15 17-25
modern history: kr 114
newly baptized wrongdoer: w96 1/15 19
not evidence of unforgivable sin: w95 12/15 29; w92 9/15 12
prayer about disfellowshipped: jr 139; w01 12/1 30-31
procedure: od 150-151; om 147-148
propriety: it-2 225; w11 8/15 31; w98 3/15 22-23; w88 4/15 26-31
purpose: od 150; it-1 629, 787; it-2 1150; kr 114; w11 2/15 31; w06 11/15 27; jv 186-187; yb93 191; om 146-147
cleanness of congregation: it-1 787; it-2 1150; kr 114-115; w05 9/1 30-31
discipline: w21.09 30; it-1 629; w13 6/15 28; w03 10/1 22; w88 4/15 26-27, 29-31
protection of congregation: w21.10 10-11
supporting elders’ decision: w22.02 5-6; w21.09 28-29; mwb20.12 3; w07 1/15 20; w06 9/1 20-21; w99 6/1 17-18; w92 6/1 18-19
unbaptized publishers not disfellowshipped: od 154; om 148; w88 11/15 18-19
understanding clarified (1952): kr 114; w06 5/15 24-25; jv 187
video Loyally Uphold Jehovah’s Judgments: lff lesson 57
video Loyally Uphold Jehovah’s Judgments—Shun Unrepentant Wrongdoers: mwb17.09 8
worldwide:
1985: w86 1/1 13
1986: w87 7/15 15; w87 9/15 13
1988: w89 12/1 17
1990: w91 11/15 9
wrongdoers no longer associating: w87 9/1 14
Quotations
constitutionally protected privilege: w88 4/15 29
right of every society: w88 4/15 30