Members who continue to speak to or associate with a disfellowshipped or disassociated person are said to be sharing in their wicked works and may themselves be punished by disfellowshipping.
Expelled individuals may eventually be reinstated to the congregation if deemed repentant by elders in the congregation in which the disfellowshipping was enforced.
A variety of controls can be enforced, from restriction of duties performed in the congregation to excommunication, known as disfellowshipping, and shunning by the congregation.
