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Originally Posted by awareness
Let's not mince words. Let's tell it the way it is/was.
This came to full light in the C. in Ft. Lauderdale when I discovered that the lead elder, Mel Porter, was seeding the meetings with a group of 14 loyal brothers, to control the flow of the "Spirit," and direct it as Mel Porter wanted.
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I witnessed this also, in the Church in Calgary. I attended a Brother's meeting shortly after moving here, and that meeting was headed by the leading brother in Calgary, whom I will not name.
This brother instructed us brothers that we were to come earlier on Lord's Day mornings, in order to guide the singing. In his opinion, the singing was 'pathetic', and the songs chosen were often 'wrong'. If a saint called a song that we did not feel was appropriate, we were to either ignore it, or call another to ensure that 'the spirit continued to flow'.
Over the next few weeks, I saw this occur a number of times - where saints who called songs were completely ignored if the elder brothers felt what was called was 'inappropriate'.
Man lead indeed; and that man trampled and embarassed others.