![]() Watchtower 2011 Jul 15 p.23 simplified edition (2)ĭisfellowshipping is explained as expelling a wrongdoer, and shunning them to such degree as to not even say hello to them. That means there are over one million disfellowshipped Jehovah's Witnesses alive today that are being shunned, over 10% of the number of active Jehovah's Witnesses. ![]() Whilst Scriptural precedence limits association with wrongdoers, Watchtower application of disfellowshipping seriously deviates from Bible guidelines.Īccording to Watchtower figures, 1 in every 100 Jehovah's Witnesses is disfellowshipped each year - over 80,000 - of which two thirds will not be reinstated. Unless they are reinstated, this punishment is for the remainder of their life, causing tremendous emotional suffering. A disfellowshipped person is to be shunned by family and friends. ![]() Jehovah's Witnesses are disfellowshipped if they are considered to be unrepentant after engaging in serious sin. ![]()
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