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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
Hence the hypocrisy. The LSM teaches that there is one church in one city, but their exclusivism necessitates that there are at least 2. They argue that these are genuine Christians that don't meet with them and they argue that all of these Christians are members of the body of Christ and part of the church in their city. So I find their practice to directly contradict their teaching.
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That's because some LCers think that "one church one city" should be physical (acutally meaning there should be only one set of specific elders in that locality), but the truth is any local church is as spiritual as the universal church - as pointed out already by TA Sparks.
So, "one church vs. more than one church" dichotomy is divisive from the start if we don't consider local church's spritual aspect - all the Christians in a locality is just one from the start. So the only legitimate question could be how one we are in that locality (not one vs. more than one dichotomy.)
I personally believe WN's original intention when he developed his one church one city doctrine was for correcting divisive situations, not for creating another elite theory of exclusiveness , but sadly the spirit of oneness has long been lost now.