REINSTATEMENT

(See also Disassociation; Removal From the Congregation)

announcement: od 154; om 149

congregation response: w16.05 32; km 2/00 7; w98 10/1 17

basis for: w21.10 6-7; it-1 788; w06 11/15 27-28; w88 4/15 31

benefit to congregation: it-1 788

caution about reinstating some: w24.08 29-30

Corinthian congregation: w24.08 16-18; w21.10 11-12; it-2 870; w10 6/15 13; w06 11/15 27; jd 147-148; w98 10/1 17-18

discussion: od 153-154; w91 4/15 21; om 149-150

experiences:

achieves reinstatement: w10 3/15 32

after many years: w24.04 24; w19.07 31; w14 12/15 20

video Never Doubt Jehovah’s Mercy: lff lesson 57

forgiving reinstated ones: w12 11/15 29-30; w10 6/15 13-14; jr 178; jd 147-148; w98 10/1 17-18; w91 4/15 25

“confirm your love” (2Co 2:8): w98 10/1 17; g93 12/8 19

letter requesting reinstatement: od 153

life after reinstatement:

elders assist: w24.04 7; w21.10 17

rebuilding friendship with Jehovah: w21.10 14-17

one who ran off with another’s mate: w16.08 11

reinstatement committee: od 153-154

removed from another congregation: od 153-154

steps toward: w91 4/15 23

time involved: od 153; w98 10/1 18; om 149

unbaptized wrongdoer: od 155; om 150

who reinstates: od 153-154