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Originally Posted by Unregistered
This is what I think the question and thread are about. You see this in denominations as well (Southern Baptist are run by directives from headquarters whereas independent or non denominational decide they don't want to be under that control). There are advantages to a "franchise" but the disadvantage is you have to submit to their rules.
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We prided ourselves on the doctrine of the local ground. The ministry of WL constantly boasted of local autonomous elderships without the plague of hierarchies and constantly critiqued the denominations for their controls and divisive ways. In the early days, these features attracted many a brother.
Fast forward from the 60's to the 80's. We had become a far worse system than what we had condemned for decades. Oh the hypocrisy!