{"id":35845,"date":"2025-05-09T13:40:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T13:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=35845"},"modified":"2026-10-27T13:02:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T13:02:43","slug":"leaving-jehovahs-witnesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/leaving-jehovahs-witnesses\/","title":{"rendered":"Jehovas Zeugen verlassen: Was passiert, wenn man sich schleichend zur\u00fcckzieht oder austritt"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>It depends on how you leave. A Witness who stops attending and preaching is not shunned, the Witnesses say, and elders may not pressure anyone to stay. A baptized Witness who resigns, or who is removed for a serious sin and does not repent, is announced as &quot;no longer one of Jehovah&#039;s Witnesses&quot;, and Witnesses stop socializing with them. The Witnesses themselves explain this part of their faith with the parables of Luke 15. Their 2024 study articles on the\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fading brings no shunning; resigning or being removed does. What Jehovah&#039;s Witnesses teach now, what changed in 2024, and how to come back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[531],"class_list":["post-35845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-understanding-jehovahs-witnesses"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35829,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/how-to-become-jehovahs-witness\/","url_meta":{"origin":35845,"position":0},"title":"How Do You Become a Jehovah&#8217;s Witness? 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