JUDICIAL COMMITTEE

(See also Disfellowshipping; Elders [Older Men]; Overseers)

appealing decisions: km 1/80 4; or 178-179

attitude toward—

sexual immorality: w75 755-756

transplants: w80 3/15 31

committee matters: or 78

confession: w85 11/15 19-21; w77 693; w73 351-352; w72 437

confidential matters: w80 9/1 24; km 9/77 6; w71 223-224

congregation records: km 2/74 8

consulting elders: w77 151; w73 542-543

disassociation:

proper way of handling: w84 7/1 31

disfellowshipping: km 1/80 4; w76 728, 735; km 9/76 6; w73 594; w73 703; or 170-179; w71 383-384

unrepentance the determining factor: w77 692, 696-697

domestic problems: km 9/73 8

forgiving sin against the congregation: w78 1/1 31; w77 693

hearings: km 9/77 5-6; or 164-165; w70 397-400

manner of dealing with wrongdoers: w81 9/1 21-26; w80 9/1 27; w77 148-152

members:

elders: w72 604; or 78, 159

number: km 9/77 5-6

newly appointed elders: km 9/77 6

nonbaptized wrongdoers: km 10/75 8

not obliged to meet repeatedly with a wrongdoer: w81 9/1 26

obtaining the complete picture of what has happened: w77 148-149, 151; w77 692

proper view of: w81 9/1 21-24; w77 152; km 9/77 6

qualities needed for proper judging: w80 9/1 27; w77 146-152

reinstatement:

hearing pleas for: w77 152

when to exercise great caution: w83 3/15 29; w79 11/15 31-32

repentance: w81 9/1 22-27; w77 693-697

when need to be especially careful in accepting: w81 9/1 25; w76 728

reporting wrongdoing: km 10/74 7; w72 465, 467; or 181

reproof:

by one’s own heart: w76 724, 727

degrees of severity: w76 719, 725

discussion: w81 9/1 22-27; w77 688, 691-692; w76 717-735

for lesser sins that led to serious one: w77 691

Greek word: w76 721-724

no “terms”: km 5/73 8

number of times sin committed not necessarily determining factor for: w76 728

of persons who “practice sin”: w76 725-730

public: w76 730-735

purpose of and motive behind: w77 692; w76 723-724, 728-730

“reprove before all onlookers” (1Ti 5:20): w81 9/1 24

serious wrongdoing requiring: w77 691

whether to restrict preaching: km 12/74 4

selecting members: yb78 21-22; km 9/77 5-6

taking time for meditation and prayer: w77 692

use of, rather than worldly courts: g79 3/8 12; w77 147; w73 703-704; w70 397

when a committee should make a matter public knowledge: w81 9/1 26-27

when an innocent mate chooses not to forgive an adulterous mate: w81 3/1 31