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Originally Posted by Igzy
This is why the "one global work" under the "ministry of the age" view cannot be valid. Because in reality what church could say no to anything the "global work" says? The LRC gives lip-service to the idea of church autonomy, but everyone knows that when push comes to shove it's the churches that get shoved. Every time.
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Watchman Nee had the theory of the work being regional not global. Witness Lee took it to the global level with himself at the center of it and now the Anaheim Politburo.
But whether regional (example GLA under Titus Chu) or global I think the result is the same: the elders at the local level are subject to the authority of the coworkers/apostles. This is just how the LC system is set up.
To "reform" the system would take strong local elders drawing boundaries constantly until "the work" got the message and left them alone until they were invited to participate as
guest speakers. Of course this kind of "reform" won't happen because most elders are happy with the arrangement the way it is and so are the coworkers - what better circumstances is there than pliable elders who will closely follow the agenda and programs of LSM?