disfellowshipped

Parents are still expected to give Bible instruction to a disfellowshipped minor.

A disfellowshipped person is not to be greeted either socially or at their meetings.

A disfellowshipped member retains church membership but loses certain privileges.

Disassociated members are viewed the same as disfellowshipped individuals.

A disfellowshipped member may not hold a temple recommend, serve in a church calling, or exercise the priesthood.

All of the restrictions of the disfellowshipped member also apply to excommunicated individuals.

Ones considered "truly repentant" are reproved rather than disfellowshipped.

Disfellowshipped persons can be reinstated into the congregation after demonstrating that they are repentant.

Witnesses were instructed not to greet disfellowshipped persons.

Witnesses state that avoiding interaction with disfellowshipped former adherents helps to:

Disfellowshipped individuals may be reinstated into the congregation if they are considered repentant of their previous actions and attitude.

This rules out going shopping or to a theatre with disfellowshipped persons, or even having a meal with them.

Elders are instructed to make an attempt each year to remind disfellowshipped ones of the steps they can take to qualify for reinstatement.

Parents of disfellowshipped minors living in the family may continue to attempt to convince the child of the value of the religion's ways.

Each year, congregation elders are instructed to consider meeting with disfellowshipped individuals to determine changed circumstances and encourage them to pursue reinstatement.

Disfellowshipped individuals can continue attending meetings held at the Kingdom Hall, though they are shunned by the congregation.

A threat to the faith of others, an apostate deserves to be shunned, as we were forced to shun our disfellowshipped father.

Treatment of disfellowshipped persons.

Witnesses were instructed not to eat with disfellowshipped relatives and were warned that emotional influence could soften their resolve.

If the disfellowshipped member expresses repentance and abides by the conditions imposed upon him or her, disfellowshipment usually lasts approximately one year.

In 1981, a reversal of policy occurred, with Witnesses instructed to avoid all spiritual interaction with disfellowshipped ones, including with close relatives.

It was decided that in these cases, the excommunicated or disfellowshipped apostle loses his seniority in the quorum.

The Texas convention said the Austin church had been "distanced" rather than "disfellowshipped" - the Baptist term for ousting a church.

Jehovah's Witnesses shun disfellowshipped individuals, a process Watch Tower Society publications describe as "withholding fellowship".

Elders consider each case individually, and are instructed to ensure "that sufficient time has passed for the disfellowshipped person to prove that his profession of repentance is genuine."