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Originally Posted by OBW
I honestly think that the LRC had a real dichotomy going on because they honestly believed that "all could prophesy" whether through speaking or the calling of songs, or whatever. The reality is that there needs to be order in the church. And that does not mean simply no chaos..
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Bro Mike I remember the days when there was no "plan" for the meeting, preaching on the cross or otherwise. The meeting would be started by the first ones that showed up, and the flow would go from there.
Then came the Life Studies, and LEE'S structure was brought in. The Life Studies, for example, killed Elden Hall. They were actually death studies, and a way for Lee to take control.
And Mel Porter did his control of the meetings in the C. of Ft. Lauderdale in a sneaky way. Mel picked the 14 brothers that he used to control the meetings by how loyal they were to him. So most in the meetings he controlled didn't know that the meeting was seeded with controlling brothers.
And Mel Porter couldn't give a cohesive sermon if his life depended upon it. Mel Porter had to spiritual depth. Mel's "gift" was blind loyalty, to Witness Lee. And Lee chose him as an elder not because Mel had spiritual depth, but because he was blindly loyal to him.
Mel was about loyalty and commitment to Lee, and directed the meetings to that end.
It was a farce....a phony farce.
It would have been more honest had he issued a Program like so many churches do, with everything spelled out.