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What Should Not Be Written On Disfellowshipping Forms?

During the Kingdom Ministry Schools that were held during November and December of 1994, elders in the United States were given information that was to be written into their “Pay Attention to Yourselves and to All The Flock” book. This information concerned the S77 and S79 forms that local judicial committees use to report disfellowshipings to the branch office in Brooklyn. The following was read to the elders, twice, for them to write word for word into their books. Therefore, it can reasonably be considered a "quote" in the form of a "verbal addendum" to that publication.

Please also see the following complimentary page, Disfellowshiping.

Kingdom Ministry School (for Elders), November & December, 1994

Six Expressions That Should Not Be Used on S77 and S79 Forms

• Anything alluding to or naming one of the Society's attorneys
• Any mention of the Legal Department
• Any comments referring to direction from the Society
• Any comments mentioning anyone other than the committee itself as a possible influence in the decision reached
• Any comments that might suggest to someone with a critical eye that the committee did not reach its decision on its own but, instead, somehow yielded to the influence of an outside party
• Any comments indicating that the elders mishandled the case or committed any error in the investigation or the judicial committee process.

[Emphasis Added]

Pay Attention to Yourselves and All the Flock 1991, p101 [Secret Book]

If an individual takes a course contrary to the neutral position of the Christian congregation, the congregation is compelled to view him as one who has chosen to separate from us . (Isa . 2 :4 ; John 15 :17-19) A brief announcement should be made to notify the congregation that this individual, by his chosen c urse, no longer desires to be one of Jehovah's Witnesses. (The Society should be notified using the S-77 and S-79 forms.)

[Emphasis added]