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Originally Posted by Ohio
He was regularly with all those other full-timers in Cleveland. He had lots of fellowship and encouragement with them on a regular basis. He really didn't "need" me anymore, nor did he need any of the other brothers we were with locally. I thought that was pretty sad, but indicative of the system we were in.
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What is indicative of the system is the need to be "one with the brothers" even when it causes your locality to diminish in attendance.
Meaning whatever the center (Anaheim/Cleveland) may be endorsing at the time, you as a leader will push on your Local Church when it's not in your localities best interest. As a result saints that used to meet with the Church in _____ will find their needs met elsewhere with a local church in the city they live in. Just for clarification, when I use lower case local church, that is a generic reference to any Christian assembly in the city you or I live in. It could be a denomination, non-denomination, house church, community church, etc.