[UntoHim]

Originally Posted by Nell

"Recovery" or the "Lord's Recovery" assumes "facts" not in evidence. There is no evidence that 1) the Lord lost anything that needed to be "recovered", and 2) that what Witness Lee "recovered" was anything more than his own heretical teachings. To continue to use "recovery" as is now used in the LC, and on this forum, gives credibility to the movement that, in my opinion, it does not deserve, and can mislead others who are struggling with the truth of these matters.

We could say the same thing about how those in the Local Church use the term "The Church". They call themselves "The Church in Anytown" (even if they just got there) when there are multiple genuine Christian churches already meeting. Furthermore, when they call themselves "The Church in.." they are assuming facts not in evidence.

The fact is that the Local Churches of Witness Lee do very little within their communities that would qualify them as a genuine, functional New Testament local church. They do very little (most of the time no) work among those in need. They preach a gospel which adds all sorts of "extras" invented by Witness Lee (and takes away a few while their at it) Though they would deny it, they are not asking people to simply join "the church in anytown", they are asking people to join a world-wide religious organization, complete with their exclusive publishing company and "blended" leadership based in Anaheim California (AKA "the Ministry)

So, for a people who use the word "Church" as much as they do, they don't seem to have any desire to really DO what the Church is called to do, and no, hunkering down in a meeting hall reading outlines and messages from Witness Lee doesn't qualify them as "The Church".