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Originally Posted by seeking1
Unfortunately, the locality I was meeting in had some staunch Lee advocates. They sided with Titus in the split but, it's like many have already said, Lee got a free a pass and it's those power hungry blendeds who are to blame. There were definitely some brothers in my locality who resented Titus for his actions decades ago and more recently with his publications. Just prior to my departure one of the brothers was complaining about how we didn't have the video trainings anymore and how those riches are something that a young brother like me needs. I held my peace.
The last time I saw Titus, at a Elders and Leading Ones meeting, he was doing some serious LSM bashing. I was just sitting there like "I didn't come for this", I did get Rex Beck's book on TA sparks so it wasn't a total loss. It's true that "The Split", was just a power struggle over who was to continue Lee's ministry. So now you can get the flow of Lee from two convenient locations Cleveland or Anaheim.
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I've always wondered how much RB's book on T.A.Sparks (sponsored by TC his FIL) upset those Blendeds. Brothers like Sparks and Ingalls supposedly instigated coup d'etats against the ministry, so they are the most hated ones, and here a book comes out of Cleveland about TAS. Kind of like one of Darby's associates writing a favorable book about George Muller.
When the whole quarantine was going down, and brothers were posting their allegiances pro and con in public letters on the websites, I felt that many LSM supporters in the GLA did so because of the way TC treats other brothers. It's easier to think that brothers 2,000 miles away are more "holy" when one has witnessed so much abuse to the brothers around you.
For decades TC has sown seeds of suspicion concerning the Blendeds into GLA leaders. The fact is no one can work with TC side by side, and Benjamen Chen of NYC testified that at Whistler. In many regardss, TC is rich in Christ, and I learned much from him, and for that I am grateful. But his ministry comes with lots of "extras," and bashing brothers is part of it. He definitely learned that from WL.