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Originally Posted by alwayslearning
Do I understand this correctly: John Myer and some other elders left the LSM LC system.
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Right. They were sued in court by those brothers in Columbus who were backed by the Blendeds. They lost their meeting hall and the two homes on the property, (John lived in one with his family,) rather than fight out the court case. John then found a new home, and the church met in a nearby school.
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Originally Posted by alwayslearning
And then sometime after that Titus Chu manipulated him out of the work and those elders that previously left with him let that happen at the local level?
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Exactly. The elders were instructed by TC to stop supporting Myer. It was customary for both the work and the supporting church to provide Myer's support. Sadly, no departure from the LC system ever includes a "
going away party."
Obviously Cleveland and the local elders wanted Myer to leave by himself, and not take those who labored with him, nor those young ones they met with in the campus gatherings. The elders accused Myer of stealing his support money for his own work, and then stealing the young people. Ironically, LSM accused TC of the same things. The split up got a little ugly. Many were forced to choose sides.
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Originally Posted by alwayslearning
So John was left out there flapping in the wind?
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They have had a rough going. I do know of some who have tried to support them.
I heard John was asked by TC in their last meeting some question about the local ground, and TC was not pleased with the answer John gave. John once wrote that there is "
more justification in the New Testament for head covering than for the local ground." That kind of statement does not go over big with the old entrenched leadership, whether in Anaheim or in Cleveland.