[Paul Cox]

So...within a given city, who decides which is THE church in that city.

I think if Witness Lee really wanted to get back to the beginning, he would have told all the churches to sell their meeting halls. The churches didn't meet in designated "church" buildings (or "meeting halls") for at least the first two hundred years, maybe more. Think of how many millions that would have saved; how many hungry people could have been fed with that money.

If Witness Lee really wanted to get back to the beginning, he would have instructed all the churches to have someone stand in the meeting and just read the scripture. Paul told Timothy to not forsake the reading of scripture.

If Witness Lee really wanted to get back to the beginning, he would have called off all the "Trainings" and conferences. There is no record of these activities in the New Testament.

And on, and on, and on...

P.C.