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zeek · 08-01-2011, 12:24 PM

People we contacted were referred to as "good material" or "bad material". This expression seemed to reduce persons to objects whose only value was to be used for "the building." Needless to say it was very judgmental to evaluate people this way. As if we knew how God evaluates people or anything for that matter.

Practically speaking the success of "building" was largely a numbers game. The more people, the more successful you were. It was a matter of quantity not quality. From what I read, that seemed to be the case right up until the end for WL as he seemed to be disappointed by the lack of growth in numbers over his last decade.

08-01-2011, 12:24 PM	#126
zeek Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Florida Posts: 4,223	Re: Local Church Double-Speak People we contacted were referred to as "good material" or "bad material". This expression seemed to reduce persons to objects whose only value was to be used for "the building." Needless to say it was very judgmental to evaluate people this way. As if we knew how God evaluates people or anything for that matter. Practically speaking the success of "building" was largely a numbers game. The more people, the more successful you were. It was a matter of quantity not quality. From what I read, that seemed to be the case right up until the end for WL as he seemed to be disappointed by the lack of growth in numbers over his last decade.