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Originally Posted by Truth
Thank you for your post, Ohio. I really appreciate your perspective on things. I like your balanced point-of-views on the LCs.
It is very true. There are many issues with the LCs as a whole under the LSM organization; however they are definitely not the worst church to join out there. Also some of the LCs individually are pretty good if the leadership within that church does not impose or over-promote LSM's conferences, trainings, etc...
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And I appreciate your perspective too. Not many can remain in the LC's with such candid honesty.
In my final years in the Recovery, I became uninterested in traveling to conferences in Anaheim or Cleveland. The ministry in Anaheim became quite tasteless, and the ministry in Cleveland became increasingly intolerable. I became more and more "local" in my churchlife service, seeing outside influences as more disruptive to the saints' walk. Receiving ministries from Anaheim or Cleveland were like two steps forward, and three steps backward.
When I was still serving in the LC, I would take my turn preparing to share to the church, which I really treasured and took seriously. The materials would always be the reviews of messages given in Cleveland or Anaheim HWFMR. I would struggle for days trying to find the anointing in those materials. Finally I would just go to the scriptures and the anointing inspiration would come.
Eventually the abusive ways in the Recovery had come home ... again. I fell victim more than once. Never could I obtain so much as an apology! I also saw others getting their share of abuse. My home church was no more a sanctuary, so I needed to leave, otherwise I, like you, might still have remained.