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Originally Posted by aron
4. Okay, now to the "heavy lifting" -- who is in charge? We can all say "Jesus is in charge", or "The Holy Spirit leads us", but how is that to play out in the meeting? First off, I categorically reject the LSM mantra that "we are all just small potatoes here". The LSM "small potato" mantra was code for "Lee is the big potato." I think that this is an affront to our Head, Christ. So we need a different way to sort ourselves out.
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Spiritually speaking the Lord is in charge, and every church would place that in its statement of faith, but practically speaking a church is going to look a lot like its leader(s), especially the gifted or dynamic ones. That's just the way it is. Kind of like the children in a family resembling their parents.
The reason we have these discussions is due to our background in an oppressive system. I spent decades under the rule of both Anaheim and Cleveland. Both often crossed the lines, those normal and healthy, yet established boundaries, into regions which became unacceptable. It's rare, however, to meet a believer who has problems with
all established church authority, only when that authority is taken advantage of.