“Keep Yourselves in God’s Love” (lv), “Appendix: How to Treat a Disfellowshipped Person”
“Although there might be a need for limited contact on some rare occasion to care for a necessary family matter, any such contact should be kept to a minimum. Loyal Christian family members do not look for excuses to have dealings with a disfellowshipped relative not living at home.”
Household: 'normal day-to-day family activities and dealings may continue'; parents may study with a disfellowshipped minor at home. Quotes the 1981 'simple Hello' passage. Footnote a: principles 'apply equally to those who disassociate themselves'. WOL copy is the 2014 printing.
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Provenance and verification note for “Keep Yourselves in God’s Love” (lv), Appendix: How to Treat a Disfellowshipped Person
Confidence note. Raw WOL HTML fetched; wording and page markers 207-209 confirmed. First published 2008; WOL text is the 2014 printing.
Corroborated by. src-court-no-2024-0304-oslo-district-court, src-ks-2021-0400-shepherd-the-flock-nz-inquiry
Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-lv-2008-gods-love-appendix