How should you respond if a close friend or relative is expelled from the Christian congregation? Is strict avoidance or shunning really necessary?

Disfellowshipping is an arrangement that we need, one that helps us live according to Jehovah's standards.

If one of Jehovah's Witnesses who is baptized commits a serious sin and does not repent, he will be disfellowshipped.

Why is it necessary for some to be disfellowshipped or reproved, and how may the congregation benefit?

This is an authorized Axtarish site of Jehovah's Witnesses. It is a research tool for publications in various languages produced by Jehovah's Witnesses.

Jehovah's Witnesses employ various levels of congregational discipline as formal controls administered by congregation elders.

“If one of Jehovah's Witnesses who is baptized commits a serious sin and does not repent, he will be disfellowshipped … If the elders on a judicial ...

Disfellowshipping protects Jehovah's name from dishonor. What we do will bring either honor or dishonor to Jehovah because, as his Witnesses, we bear his name.

Removing and Shunning members, formerly known as Disfellowshipping. Jehovah's Witnesses are "removed" if they are considered to be unrepentant after engaging in ...

Reference Material of over 800 pages of propaganda used by Jehovah's Witnesses leaders to justify their shunning of former members.