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Originally Posted by Ohio
Somewhat.
Actually the cases I was more familiar with used the argument that the LC was built up by the ministry (LSM) and have been receiving the ministry all along, and now you elders want us to stop receiving from LSM thus depriving us of our rights ... yada, yada ...
The "proper ground" was not the ground of locality but being one with the ministry. By steering the church away from LSM, the LC's were accuse of "teaching differently," thus in the way of error, etc.
Thus the claims in the lawsuits were that the elders "abruptly changed direction" contrary to the wishes of the congregation.
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You know more than I do, but I still think the ground of locality is their fall back "ace in the hole" for legitimacy.
Remember Ryan on the other board? He said flat out he thought the Lord would never lead anyone out of the "Recovery." When I asked him to explain why he started talking about being on the local ground. I didn't get the impression he was an old-timer. He was attending the FTTA.