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Originally Posted by PriestlyScribe
*********** “History,” it’s said is “written by the victors.” Prior to the Internet the printed Word reigned supreme; W. Lee’s Fermentation carried the day. In the “Local churches,” and LSM’s “trainings,” Witness Lee’s voice was the only one heard. His co-workers reinforced the “official party line” to local elders, who relayed it to regular church-members. John Ingalls’ Speaking the Truth in Love was a voice crying in the wilderness, overwhelmed in the cacophony of competing voices.
In the “Great Lakes Area” churches, where I labored, we only heard the “official account,” and were untouched by the (so called) turmoil. John Ingalls and his “co-conspirators,” were dismissed as dissidents. For years thereafter the “official history” was reinforced via LSM’s podium and publications. As a result important voices -like that of John Ingalls - were effectively drowned out by those controlling the podium and the channels of communication within the Local Church movement.
*********** Twenty years later, in 2006/7, “turmoil” again erupted, this time targeting local churches in the “Great Lakes Area” of N. America, seeking to subjugate them under the control of LSM’s “blended brothers,” W. Lee’s successors. It was then, with a strong sense of déjà vu, that I and others were motivated to re-examine John Ingalls’ writings and the events of 1987—1989. By then the Internet had emerged, effectively “leveling the playing field,” so this time, alternative voices were heard and their writings read. Websites like “concernedbrothers.com,” “localchurchdiscussions.com,” provided forums to challenge LSM’s “official version” of events and to call out their pejorative attacks on individuals & churches.
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One major missing item of truth in this account is that Titus Chu of Cleveland, the regional leader of the Great Lakes area Local Churches, knew the truth concerning all these events which transpired in Anaheim in the late 1980's. He could have warned us, but instead he put his loyalty to WL above the truth, and thus all the LC members were effectively deceived.
Unfortunately for TC, loyalty to these "Blended" leaders at LSM was not reciprocated. In 2006-08 they expelled Titus Chu from fellowship, and the actual events of history could no longer be hidden. Many dear Christians over the years have been stumbled due to the lawlessness of LC leaders.
"For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven upon all ungodliness and wickedness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth" -- Romans 1.18