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Originally Posted by OBW
And what I keep seeing/reading from so many who hold this "all meaning everyone" view of v. 31 is that assemblies that do not follow that reading are just not so good. They are deficient. And the LRC, or a Reformed LRC is the only real way to go.
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Perhaps we should discuss other options. The church I meet with has several thousand on the Lord's day. Sometimes they have over 3,000. So it is clearly not practical or really feasible that "all" speak. Not only that but we are located in the inner city of NYC, on numerous occasions we have had troubled people wander into the meeting and up to the podium during a meeting. So a style of meeting that might work very well for 100 saints and part time clergy is certainly not going to work the same for us. Instead, there is a very big emphasis on "ministries". I think we have something on the order of 26 ministries. These ministries are usually around 20 or so saints, so in those meetings you generally have a situation where all can speak and most everyone does.