Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
People disfellowshipped by the Jehovah's Witnesses. Among the Jehovah's Witnesses, being disfellowshipped is the rough equivalent of excommunication in other Christian churches. For further information, see Jehovah's Witnesses and congregational discipline.
Upon appeal by Jehovah's Witnesses, the fine was acquitted. [135] In 2022, a court case filed by a disfellowshipped woman was subjected to judicial review by the Supreme Court of Norway. [136] Jehovah's Witnesses were denied funding as a religious community for 2021. [137] A counter lawsuit was launched by Jehovah's Witnesses. [138]
People disfellowshipped by the Jehovah's Witnesses (5 P) Pages in category "Former Jehovah's Witnesses" The following 64 pages are in this category, out of 64 total.
Parents of disfellowshipped minors living in the family home may continue to attempt to convince the child about the group's teachings. Jehovah's Witnesses believe that this form of discipline encourages the disfellowshipped individual to conform to biblical standards and prevents the person from influencing other members of the congregation. [62]
Franz claimed that many Jehovah's Witnesses who choose to leave because they cannot "honestly agree with all the organization's teachings or policies" are subsequently disfellowshipped, or formally expelled, and shunned as "apostates". He wrote that he hoped his book might prompt Witnesses to consider the conscientious stand of defectors with a ...
Five members of Jehovah’s Witnesses congregations were charged with child sexual abuse by the Pennsylvania’s attorney general on Friday, following a yearslong investigation into allegations of ...
The Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses is the ruling council of Jehovah's Witnesses, [1] based in the denomination's Warwick, New York, headquarters.The body formulates doctrines, oversees the production of written material for publications and conventions, and administers the denomination's worldwide operations.
People disfellowshipped by the Jehovah's Witnesses (5 P) L. People excommunicated by Latter Day Saint churches (6 C) P. ... This list may not reflect recent changes. A.