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Originally Posted by aron
Why were local church websites instructed by Anaheim to put, "affiliated with Watchman Nee, Witness Lee" if they were local? By that matter isn't the Catholic diocese affiliated with Rome also local? You are either local and autonomous, or you are affiliated, according to WN's own definition, when he started the Little Flock. How can you possibly be both local and affiliated?
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By the time that we in the greater Ohio LC region were convinced that LSM would definitely quarantine/ expel/ brand us heretics and divisive/ excommunicate us, etc., the evidence was absolutely and overwhelming clear that the Recovery
in ecclesiastic structure, hierarchy, so-called oneness, and control over member church teachings had become identical to the Roman Catholic church.
No doubt about it. Even Lee himself said that local elders had the local "authority" to decide what time the church prayer meeting would begin. Nothing more than that. Elders were
not able to decide the content or ministry of their meetings. Their song book was decided, along with the permissible musical accompaniment. Quotas were established for offerings to Anaheim (and Cleveland too) and training attendance numbers. Elders were surveilled to check compliance.