What do you have to do to qualify for reinstatement? Just curious.

cobaltcupcake

I DA'd so I doubt I could ever qualify for reinstatement, even if I wanted to.

I'm curious what criteria you have to meet for a JC to reinstate you.

jgnat

Start attending the meetings.
Do the humble slouch and don't address anyone there.
Talk to an elder about your desire.
You'll be assigned as a study and go through an extra book or two.
Humbly request reinstatement in front of an elder body six months in.
Tell them it is because of your desire to be closer to Jehovah, nothing more.
Look earnest.
Be prepared for an initial rejection.
Humbly accept the rejection and further direction to display "true" humility.
Keep attending the meetings and doing all that you are told to do.
Eventually you will wear them down.

jgnat

No kidding! No parties for these prodigals!

nochoice

If you really, really have no choice and have to go that route, read this book:

http://books.google.com/books/about/A_Guide_to_Reinstatement_for_Those_Disfe.html?id=e87Ud1BypIwC

It's called A Guide to Reinstatement for Those Disfellowshipped from the Watchtower Organization. It is an amazing book detailing the excruciating process told from the standpoint of the father of a young man disfellowshipped who committed suicide before he got back in!

It's a book worth reading even if you're not trying to get back in, just to see the craziness of what's involved.

cobaltcupcake

Fear not. I'm a confirmed apostate. I was just curious about the humiliation factor.

OUTLAW

You need to gather a Group of Old People..

In Front of the Kingdom Hall in their Pajama`s..And..

Dance!!..

.......................... ... OUTLAW

wha happened?

I really really depends on the elder body. I've seen people attend every meeting for 3 years before they got reinstated. Another time I saw the daughter of the PO return after getting df'd 10-15 years back, and she was reinstated after 1 month of meetings.

There really doesn't seem to be any sort of standard. But then why shouldn't there be made up rules in a made up religion

NomadSoul

Kiss ass.

Londo111

Nowadays it seems:

(1) You must be disfellowshipped at minimum for a year.

(2) You must attend meetings for six months straight prior to reinstatement.

Don’t look too happy!

And don’t look too sad!

What do you have to do to qualify for reinstatement? Just curious.

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