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Originally Posted by Truth
I don't have a problem if LSM wanted to control the churches and bring them all under the "same" ministry.
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Don't get me wrong. I love what LSM publishes, because I love WN/WL's ministry.
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I love WN/WL's ministry, so I belong to a group that pursues this ministry. What's wrong with that?
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Truth, if every LCer thought like you the movement would be on it's way to true recovery.
I do have one caveat. I don't think any church should focus on one ministry. Of course, the ministries of the leaders of that church are going to naturally have emphasis. But I think a healthy church would be open to many ministries, past and present. Otherwise, it's hard to see the errors in a ministry.
I do think it's better to be an autonomous local church with no official affilations with any ministries, at least non-local ones. Better, that is, than being an LSM church or a Rick Warren church or whatever. But I agree with your point that the first thing is to at least be non-hypocritical about what your church really is. Otherwise, change is nigh impossible if you can't be honest about what you are.
Also, you say you love Lee's ministry. But do you realize that he taught strongly that we should not recognize any other churches others than his? He didn't put it in those terms, but effectively that's what he meant. I've never seen once in the history of the Recovery that any non-LSM-affiliated church was ever recognized as a true church. The exclusivity of the LC churches comes straight from Lee. So obviously some of his ministry is quite unhealthy.