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Originally Posted by OBW
Can you elaborate?
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Sure, and sorry for the RK, I meant KR. The key brothers saved off of Rice that I was familiar with were Clem (who became an elder), James and Pat F who both served in the LSM. Clem was already gone when I came in (I went to his wedding which was a very special meeting). James F stayed an extra year to help me out but was rarely on campus that year. KR is Kerry R. KR was definitely the only brother associated with Rice that was clearly controlled by the elders but he had nothing at all to do with the campus work on Rice. He never preached the gospel, never joined us. He had one failed attempt at trying to run a Bible study using LSM materials that failed after only one meeting.
David C had nothing to do with the elders and neither did I. So the idea that any unseen hand from the elders was controlling the campus work at Rice while I was there is bunk.
Also I cannot see anything sinister in the elders seeking help and fellowship from Benson. BP was highly regarded, even revered in Houston when I came in. I think any elder or pastor could have a mentor and that would be seen as a positive thing spiritually and BP was spoken of as a mentor to RG.
But you cannot use the influence that BP may have had in fellowship with RG as a basis to say another church controlled Houston, that is absurd.
Hindsight is 20/20. Perhaps now we know that the case of Jane A was wrong, but I am not convinced that BP or RG knew it was wrong at the time. Although I did not know anything of that incident, I did know that the feeling at the time was that Max had tried to engineer some kind of rebellion. Of course we realize that the truth is much different now, but I doubt that RG or BP could have guessed the truth at the time. And this impression of mine is based on my reading of Jane's account.