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Originally Posted by awareness
The clergy/laity doublespeak always rubbed me the wrong way. We said we had no clergy/laity system but that wasn't true at all. We just arranged it differently than the traditional Christian clergy/laity systems.
Our clergy/laity system was based around Witness Lee. He was our top clergy, with Lee appointed co-workers clergy on the payroll.
Our hypocritical clergy/laity system never did sit right with me.
And what did the co-workers that left the local church do? They went on to become clergy elsewhere.
No clergy/laity system? What a joke? Now the Blended Bummers are the clergy in the Living Stream Ministry local churches ... and Ron Kangas is the lead clergy....
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BTW. I doubt that there is even a small home church that does not have some kind of clergy. It might not even be one of the participants. But there is someone(s) that they look to for stability, guidance, etc.
This whole "bad clergy/laity" thing is a boogeyman propped-up to shoot at while the one propping it up is becoming your clergy. Much better to be open about who is and is not clergy. And have expectations of your clergy. And accountability.