by GermanXJW 13 Replies latest jw friends
Actually XQ, I remember when I lived in dabronx, there was a guy who got DF'd, he moved to Florida, and instead of telling the WItnesses there he was DF'[d, he studied all over again. Got baptized and some years later he became an elder.
Only to be DF'd again, as he was speaking at a District convention and somebodfy from his old congregation spotted him, one thing led to another and he was found out!
RR
Here in Germany you are no member of the Watchtower Society and only seven elders form the local congregation legally. By means of a form letter without name in 1999 each publisher was informed that he was now a member of the "Religionsgemeinschaft" (equal to the "Christian Congregation" in the US). So, I wrote to them. See my thread http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/75058/1.ashx
The separation between Watchtower Society and the Christian Congregation was something that they also tested before in Germany. (The Public Affairs Office was another thing testes in Germany before.)
RR when you are baptized they ask you before hand "How many times have you been baptized?" (I am sure you knew that). So they know about this and it does not always end in Re-DFing. But it is a funny story. You know acording to the wts being appointed to elder washes over past sins. I guess he should have done some reading.
This is what I found in the Flock-book:
Cooperation Between Congregations
When a case being considered requires the cooperation
of two or more congregations, do not hesitate to provide
the assistance needed.If a person has moved from one congregation to another,
do not make the matter of jurisdiction an issue.Do you have the facts? Can you handle the case most
effectively?Then it may be appropriate for you to follow through
without delay.If the wrongdoing involves persons who attend different
congregations, seek assistance from elders in the other
congregation( s ) and benefit from their observations.The judicial committees can interview individuals sepa-
rately and/or jointly to ascertain the facts and clarify
discrepancies. (Prov. 18:13, 17)If a joint meeting is held, thereafter the judicial committee
of each congregation will withdraw and handle the case( s)
of the person(s) from its own congregation.Good communication and cooperation will minimize in-
consistencies in the judgments rendered.Do not let a matter remain unhandled.
