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	Disfellowshipping - Is it Discipline or Punishment?
		It is true, those who are expelled, or disfellowshipped today from the congregation can repent and return, as was the case with the immoral man in Corinth, but that should not be the intention, the reason behind expelling anyone.
		Disfellowshipping is for those who no longer let themselves be corrected, who have become independent and no longer have a place in God's congregation.
		Disfellowshipping is an arrangement put in place by Jehovah, and he has set us the example by expelling Adam and Eve, their son Cain, Satan and his angels, and also removing wicked persons from among his people in the time of the Israelites.
	perimeno.ca /Disfellowshipping.htm (4755 words)

	Social Death: The Practice of Disfellowshipping/Shunning - Lady Lee
		The Witness practice of disfellowshipping errant members is a form of social death to the member who is disfellowshipped as well as to family and friends of that person.
		It seems that for the disfellowshipped person the cutting off is so severe that the person must grieve the loss of friends, a social support system, the religious community, family as well as their own spiritual life and identity in the community, a complete sense of social death.
		Witnesses maintain that the practice of disfellowshipping is scriptural sound and necessary to protect the congregation and their beliefs and to discipline the errant member.
	www.unsolvedmysteries.com /usm270615.html (5131 words)

	Opposition to Jehovah's Witnesses - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Disfellowshipping occurs when a member unrepentantly or repetitiously violates the moral or doctrinal standards of the Bible that Jehovah's Witnesses try to uphold.
		When a member is disfellowshipped, their believing friends and family are advised by elders to not speak to or associate with them, except in cases of necessity, e.g.
		Members of the congregation who unnecessarily associate with disfellowshipped individuals could be disfelowshipped as well.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Opposition_to_Jehovah's_Witnesses (1056 words)

	Jehovah's Witnesses :: 'Disfellowshipped' Jehovah's Witnesses speak out against practice
		Shirley Jackson was "disfellowshipped," or excommunicated, from the Jehovah's Witnesses in 1995 after being associated with the church for 30 years.
		Disfellowshipping is among the Witnesses' highest forms of discipline, reserved for those who disobey religious teachings and will not repent.
		Jehovah's Witnesses believe disfellowshipping is an act of love, intended to inspire sinners to change their ways so they eventually can apply to be readmitted to the faith.
	www.religionnewsblog.com /archives/00000658.html (1595 words)

	Watchtower Disfellowshipping: A Biblical Perspective
		The process of disfellowshipping is initiated to supposedly keep the local congregation spiritually and morally pure, and is usually done after a group of it's elders have convened a judicial committee to decide on whether or not to expel an errant member.
		The Society teaches that the disfellowshipped face the grim prospect of being consigned to a bleak existence outside of the organization, in a world that the organization has taught is filled with demons, evil and destruction.
		Disfellowshipped Witnesses live in a state of guilt, since redemption from their wrongdoings can only be received from the Watchtower - thus self-condemnation is a never-ending scourge in their lives.
	www.spiritwatch.org /jwdfing.htm (4859 words)

	Disfellowshipping
		Yet of the hundreds of cases of disfellowshipping that I have heard about I am as yet to be made aware of a single person to be disfellowshipped for being a glutton or grossly overweight.
		A disfellowshipped person is not to be associated with under any social circumstances; in fact the word ‘Hello’ should not even be uttered to these ones, even in the kingdom hall.
		Satan’s influence through the disfellowshiped member of the family will be to cause the other member or members of the family who are in the truth to join the disfellowshiped member in his course or in his position toward God’s organization.
	jwfacts.com /index_files/disfellowship.htm (10477 words)

	Jehovah's Witness' Beliefs Printer Friendly Version
		Jehovah's Witnesses claim that Disfellowshipping is a loving act but in fact it is their most important control mechanism.
		Disfellowshipping has a devastating effect because the individual's entire religious, family and social life are rooted in the Society.
		Keep in mind Jehovah’s Witnesses who are disfellowshipped are no longer part of the Watchtower Society and have, therefore, lost all hope of salvation until they can prove themselves worthy of being accepted back into the Watchtower Organization by their works.
	www.towerwatch.com /Witnesses/Beliefs/their_beliefs_pfv.htm (1693 words)

	Untitled
		Disfellowshipping is a formal process for expelling dissenting or immoral members from both their congregations and the Watch Tower Society.
		Although husbands and wives had to continue rendering marriage dues to disfellowshipped mates and parents were to provide for minor children, except in cases of extreme illness or emergency, disfellowshipped family members were to be shunned.
		This paper has attempted to describe the disfellowshipping and shunning practices of JWs and to present possible remedial actions which might be taken by an individual to address the injury he or she is caused by these practices.
	www.caic.org.au /jws/organization/parlim.htm (5216 words)

	Wikinfo \| Excommunication
		As an lighter penalty, a Latter-day Saint may be disfellowshipped, which means that they do not lose their membership in the church, but they may not participate in the Sacrament or in church meetings, and they may not wear Temple garments.
		Jehovah's Witnesses resort to disfellowshipping in cases where a person has seriously violated the group's moral standards, based on their understanding of the Bible.
		Disfellowshipped persons may be reintegrated into the congregation if they cease the activities that led to their disfellowshipping and give evidence of having repented; they will not, however, be considered eligible for special privileges, such as being a congregation elder, for a number of years after their reinstatement.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Excommunication (1012 words)

	Disfellowshipping - Is it Discipline or Punishment
		It is true, those who are expelled, or disfellowshipped today from the congregation can repent and return, as was the case with the immoral man in Corinth, but that should not be the intention, the reason behind expelling anyone.
		Disfellowshipping is for those who no longer let themselves be corrected, who have become independent and no longer have a place in God's congregation.
		Disfellowshipping is an arrangement put in place by Jehovah, and he has set us the example by expelling Adam and Eve, their son Cain, Satan and his angels, and also removing wicked persons from among his people in the time of the Israelites.
	members.shaw.ca /comedropin/print_Disfellowshipping.htm (4609 words)

	Practices of Jehovah's Witnesses - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Members not of marriageable age are strongly discouraged from courting, which, the Witnesses believe, is for those considering marriage only and should be avoided until both members are prepared for marriage.
		Shunning is also practised when written letters of disassociation have been submitted by an individual, or if it is believed that a person has disassociated by their actions, such as by attending another religion's services; thus Jehovah's Witnesses refer to these as "disassociated".
		If a disfellowshipped person repents of his former conduct, he may be reinstated into the congregation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Practices_of_Jehovah's_Witnesses (3850 words)

	Cult News.com: Jehovah's Witnesses often use "disfellowshipping" as a means to quell dissent
		The discipline of disfellowshipping seems to be a tool employed by the Witness hierarchy to excise its troublesome members who raise critical questions about its doctrines and practices.
		Witnesses have been disfellowshipped for questioning and/or somehow opposing the organization's admonishment not to accept blood transfusions.
		Disfellowshipping essentially often replaces the need for leaders to have any meaningful dialog with members that don't agree with them.
	www.cultnews.com /archives/000045.html (457 words)

	Disfellowshipping and Marking
		Disfellowshipping is quite different as it always involves a member of our fellowship, and the Church may or may not be told about the action.
		People have been disfellowshipped temporarily for some ongoing sin and have returned weeks or months later without their congregation ever knowing about it.
		Marking and Disfellowshipping are two different practices, but both are used for the heath and protection of the Church.
	www.giveshare.org /BibleStudy/182.disfellowship.html (1129 words)

	Jehovah's Witnesses congregation in Othello sued in sex abuse case
		She said when she reported the abuse to church elders, the man was removed as an elder but not disfellowshipped from the church.
		Although Beliz was disfellowshipped from the church, he was reinstated as an elder shortly before the trial.
		Disfellowshipping means the congregation -- including family members and friends -- shuns the culprit, who becomes invisible to them.
	www.rickross.com /reference/jw/jw67.html (731 words)

	Chapter 5
		Obliged to present hard, unyielding faces to sinners, they could not smile at "anti-Christs." A mother whose daughter was disfellowshipped and did not live under her roof could not, under pain of expulsion, speak to her child, unless dire emergency made it necessary.
		Witnesses are now permitted to speak with those disfellowshipped, but not, unless they are elders, on "spiritual matters." Witnesses who have disfellowshipped minor children are told to "use God's word or other publications that discuss the Bible.
		A disfellowshipped person must confess publicly, and announce and demonstrate to the satisfaction of the elders his intention to change his ways.
	www.exjws.net /vg5.htm (5371 words)

	Letter from Watchtower regarding disfellowshipping in 1987.
		A disfellowshipped person may be reinstated in the congregation when giving clear' evidence of repentance, demonstrating that he or she has abandoned the sinful course of conduct, and is desirous of having a good relationship with Jehovah and his organization.
		The elders are careful to allow sufficient time, perhaps many months, a year or even longer, for the disfellowshipped person to prove the genuineness of his or her profession of repentance.
		When the body of elders receives a written plea for reinstatement the original judicial committee that disfellowshipped the person would, if possible, be the committee that speaks with that individual, evaluating the evidence and works of godly repentance on the person's part, and decides whether to reinstate the person at that time or not.
	www.randytv.com /secret/dfletter1987.htm (3198 words)

	Is Disfellowshipping a Christian Practice?
		As a result of this disfellowshipment, members are asked not to fellowship with Mr Smith.
		Most often the suspension turned into disfellowshipment and further alienation to the point where that person no longer was even heard from and was soon forgotten.
		Disfellowshipping was one of those things we didn.t want happening to us.
	www.servantsnews.com /docs/disfel01.htm (6635 words)

	Shunning :: Many religions remove members
		For Witnesses, disfellowshipping is the most severe of a range of disciplines intended to correct behavior at variance with scripture, national spokesman J.R. Brown said.
		The decision of whether to disfellowship rests with an official judicial committee composed of elders from the local congregation.
		Disfellowshipping is not the most radical practice out there, Colorado College professor David Weddle said.
	www.religionnewsblog.com /archives/00002562.html (568 words)

	Lee Marsh Abuse Recovery Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The disfellowshipped person is no longer welcome at the homes of other Witnesses and can no longer participate in the celebration of the Lord's Evening Meal (Easter).
		As a result of the lack of social support from the outside and the shunning from the Witnesses themselves she was left in a position of no social support whatsoever.
		It seems that for the disfellowshipped person the cutting off is so severe that the person must grieve the loss of friends, a social support system, the religious community, family as well as their own spiritual life and identity in the community, a complete sense of social death.
	members.tripod.com /Lee_Hardiman/soc-death.html (2897 words)

	Disfellowshipping: The Watchtower Society Tightens Its Control \|Jehovah’s Witnesses: Watchtower Information ...
		For example, if the husband is disfellowshiped, his wife and children will not be comfortable with him conducting a family Bible study or leading in Bible reading and prayer.
		Relatives Not in the Household: “The situation is different if the disfellowshipped or disassociated one is a relative living, outside the immediate family circle and home,” states The Watchtower of April 15, 1988, page 28.
		For example, a disfellowshiped parent may be sick or no longer able to care for himself financially or physically.
	www.watchtowerinformationservice.org /index.php/doctrine-changes/disfellowshiping-the-watchtower-society-tightens-its-control (2455 words)

	SR.com: Cut off by faith
		Many religions use various methods to ensure morality and keep their followers in line, but some – including the Jehovah's Witnesses – use the more formal practice of disfellowshipping, which entails kicking the "sinner" out to protect the rest of the congregation and shunning that person until he or she seeks repentance.
		Followers of the faith consider disfellowshipping a loving act, but Jahn and others who have been shunned say it's a method of control that not only uses fear and guilt, but also tears families apart.
		While the whole disfellowshipping has been hard on Jahn's elderly mother, Andrea Jahn, his sister-in-law, said she was relieved when Joel Jahn was officially excommunicated.
	www.spokesmanreview.com /tools/story_pf.asp?ID=96267 (1318 words)

	Discipline That Can Yield Peaceable Fruit - Jehovah's Witnesses Official Web Site
		The situation is different if the disfellowshipped or disassociated one is a relative living outside the immediate family circle and home.
		Anyone who is feeling the sadness and pain that the disfellowshipped relative has thus caused may find comfort and be encouraged by the example set by some of Korah's relatives.
		You may want to know the outcome of the court case involving a woman who was upset because former acquaintances would not converse with her after she chose to reject the faith, disassociating herself from the congregation.
	www.watchtower.org /library/w/1988/4/15/article_01.htm (2222 words)

	Jude's Journal: Cults and Witnessing to Jehovah's Witnesses
		Disfellowshipping cuts the person off from all contact with anyone still in the organization--even family members.
		The Jehovah's witnesses consider disfellowshipping to be God's severest punishment.
		To a Jehovah's Witness, begin disfellowshipped means that he will be annihilated at the time of death--will cease to have conscious existence--and will not be resurrected in the future with the rest of mankind.
	www.angelfire.com /oh/jude3and4homepage/jj_cultsandjws.html (528 words)

	Disfellowshipping rename
		The term disfellowship does not appear in the bible, though the practice is based in part on certain bible principles.
		Since the 1970’s tens of thousands of people have been disfellowshipped for smoking yet of the hundreds of cases of disfellowshipping that I am aware of I have never heard of anyone to be disfellowshipped for being a glutton or grossly overweight.
		The concept of disfellowshipping being a helpful and loving arrangement is based on the thought that it is to bring a person ‘to their senses’, in order to prevent them from continuing in their bad ways.
	www.jwfacts.com /index_files/Page805.htm (6724 words)

	Disfellowshipping Among Jehovahs Witnesses
		The purpose of disfellowshiping is (1) to cause the repentance of the errant Christian; (2) to remove a stumbling stone from the church, so that others would not be infected (1 Cor.
		The gist of the article was that disfellowshiped ones were not to be treated with unnecessary cruelty; especially members of one's family or those in obvious hardship situations.
		the disfellowshiped person who wants to do what is right should inform any approaching him in innocence that he is disfellowshiped and they should not be conversing with him.
	www.freeminds.org /psych/disfell.htm (5375 words)

	Blue Letter Bible - Study Tools
		The issue in question when we examine what the Bible says about "disfellowshipping" is the PURPOSE of the activity.
		The clear purpose is to remove (from contact with the fellowship of believers) those individuals who are not only sinning but who are in some active way recruiting other to join with them in their sin.
		[See II John 7-11] In contract to the Society's position on the subject, the Bible teaches the "disfellowshipping" was never designed to deal with sinners.
	www.blueletterbible.org /study/cults/rajwd/rajwd12.html (381 words)

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