JW Broadcasting — 2024 Governing Body Update #2, “2024 Governing Body Update #2 (official English subtitles)”
“Under our current arrangement, we don't say a greeting to individuals who've been removed from the congregation. However, the Governing Body has decided that publishers can use their Bible-trained conscience to decide whether to give a simple greeting and welcome a disfellowshipped individual who attends a congregation meeting.”
Also states a Christian may 'invite a disfellowshipped person to attend a congregation meeting', that elders will visit those disfellowshipped years ago and 'make a warm appeal for them to return', and that 2 John 9-11 'was really describing apostates and others who actively promoted wrong conduct'.
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Provenance and verification note for JW Broadcasting — 2024 Governing Body Update #2, 2024 Governing Body Update #2 (official English subtitles)
Confidence note. jw.org news page opened (date 15 Mar 2024) and the official subtitle text downloaded and read.
Scan provenance. Official subtitle file (naturalKey docid-1112024005_E_1_VIDEO) listed by the jw.org mediator API category StudioNewsReports.
Corroborated by. src-w-2024-0800-study35-removed, src-jworg-faq-former-members
Notes. Third-party sites date this 'February 2024'; jw.org dates it 15 March 2024.
Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-gbu-2024-0315-update2-greeting