[Cal]

No one "belongs" to anything or anyone.

The Bible says "all things are yours." But that doesn't mean a worker is owned by us like a car or house. It just means his ministry is a gift to us from God.

Neither are we owned by him. Neither are the churches owned by him. And neither are we owned by the churches or are they owned by us.

No one and nothing owns anybody or anything.

Really, guys. Take a step back and ask yourself where your premises come from. They are straight from the Nee/Lee playbook and they are not scriptural. You keep trying to figure it out and the reason you can't is because your fundamental assumptions are out of whack.

It's like you are debating what language eggs speak. But you forgot to consider whether eggs can talk.