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OBW--

It's doubtful that every ex-local church member is going to agree on everything. Look what happened in Yugoslavia after the dissolution of the Soviet Bloc. The various ethnic groups had been prevented from killing each other by oppressive Soviet control. Once the Soviet thumb was removed strife reigned. It's possible that without the controlling influence of Big Brother Lee, we won't be able to find the "oneness" among each other.

To me your idea of order sounds a lot like the Southern Baptist Church. If I'm going to "the church of my choice" [admittedly my current choice is not to go] it won't be the Baptist one. But I'm willing to consider your point of view.

As far as Witness Lee, it would be nice if, for the sake of simplicity, we could simply dump all of his teachings. However, real life is not that simple. He was human like the rest of us. The problem is that he and we seemed to lose sight of that. Above I recalled a teaching of Lee's that still rings true for me. That suggests to me that for all of his flaws, Lee knew what it was to have a genuine relationship with Christ. Unless we feel that we need to demonize the man, I suppose that's a possibility.