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Originally Posted by Jay
But in general I just wish the clergy-laity crap would go away and the function of the body would come out. Renton was much closer to Spokane in that regard than Bellevue or Seattle, but you can still easily see the clergy there in Renton. Which to me.....idk, it's kind of a form of Laodicea. There's actually four older brothers in Renton that are in their late 60's and 70's who DO have the growth in life to lead and should, but they deferred the responsibilities to these younger brothers. Actually one of those four kind of unofficially acts like an elder and spends more time in that capacity, and even he acts a little weird, although I like him somewhat. I felt a little bit of his wife thinking she was in an honored position because he is one of the co-founders of that locality. I can always tell when an elder's wife revels in her husbands supposed authority. That's female nature for you, but anyway it exposes a lot sometimes and you can tell.
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Reminded me of the time I was visiting one church years ago - not LC. One sister introduced herself casually as, “Oh, I’m Andy’s wife.” I remember thinking to myself, “I guess everybody knows Andy except me.” So I went ahead and expressed my naivety as a new guest with a smile, “so, who is this Andy?”