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Originally Posted by ThankfulForever777
...It's clear to me that these men in the Lord's recovery got damaged by confusing teachings and philosophy of Lord's Recovery.
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Thanks for this astute observation. I observed the same trend well before I left the group in 2009. While it's true that some portions of "the ministry" give lip service to the importance of a balanced home life and for the responsibility of a man to provide Christ like leadership and ample provision in his home -
the system Nee/Lee built is terrified of men who can think for themselves, or who would dare to hear from God directly for themselves and for the care of their families.
The blatantly obvious push from Anaheim in the early 2000s for elders to become mainly passive "meeting time setters" & "ministry book salesmen" in their respective churches was another form of this deliberate dumbing-down of what ought to have been a scripturally based exhortation of men unto godly responsibility & watchfulness.
Screen grab from
Chairman Mao's 130th Birthday Celebration
It's obvious that when it comes to current qualifications for becoming a "good brother" or an "elder" in the Lord's Recovery -
ALPHA MALES NEED NOT APPLY!
This dynamic of men's abdication of personal responsibility seems to develop & become entrenched within every form of dictatorship.
P.S.