The Watchtower, “Questions From Readers (disfellowshipped family members)”
“But to have religious communion with the disfellowshiped person—no, there would be none of that! ... Hurt to such one would not be authorized, but there would be no spiritual or religious fellowshiping.”
Answers how a faithful spouse, parent or child should treat a disfellowshipped family member in the same household: marriage dues and natural obligations continue, religious fellowship ends; dependent adult children told to consider living apart.
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Provenance and verification note for The Watchtower, Questions From Readers (disfellowshipped family members)
Confidence note. Raw WOL HTML fetched; wording confirmed; the online library's reference is w52 11/15 pp. 703-704.
Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-w-1952-1115-qfr-family