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Originally Posted by Igzy
Now, what the recovery actually is is a movement. But again, the Bible has nothing to say about the leadership of movements. So you are barking up the wrong tree trying to pin down the rules. A movement is simply a semi-cohesive cooperation of human beings towards a general common goal. A movement and a church aren't the same thing. The Bible has a lot to say about cooperation and submission in a church, not in a movement.
However, Recovery stalwarts would deny it is a movement. So they can't even define what it is correctly! So how could they ever come up with a biblical definition of the leadership structure?!
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Here's a counterpoint Igzy.
SOme would say the recovery is not a movement, but at the minimum organically part of the Body of Christ.
I suppose the word I'd expect to hear if you're a Christian or an assembly of Christian who view themselves as part of the Body of Christ, you would need to submit locally to the leaders who are already meeting practically on the proper ground.
What does this say about such places such as Toronto, Chicago, Moses Lake, etc where you choose not to meet is not about locality, but about ministry? In a round-a-bout way agreeing with Igzy, it is the emphasis of a ministry where the recovery becomes a movement.