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Originally Posted by NeitherFirstnorLast
In answer to your immediate question: I think it's safe to say that everyone in the LC can testify that we often invited and hosted non-LC Christians at our home meetings; this was standard practice... but was it fellowship?
Isn't fellowship supposed to be about sharing with one another; our testimonies, our burdens, our joys? Isn't it about meeting eachothers needs both physically and spiritually, about praying together and pursuing truth together? Isn't it about learning from one another, sharing perspectives and insights by actively getting into the Word together? If it is, then you have to ask yourself: Does the LC Establishment (The official teaching of the LC - which is what this book is addressing) allow you to regard a non-LC Christian as someone who can meet your spiritual needs, someone from whom you can learn more of Christ? Someone who can offer a perspective that fills in more of the picture than youhave? The answer is, of course not.
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NFNL, I have placed in bold what was my home meeting experiences when meeting with the Bellevue, Wa locality in the mid-late 90's. It was about sharing our burdens, sharing our joys, giving our testimonies, praying for one another, rejoicing as prayers were answered, etc.
Having met in other localities I see what I experienced a practice of the home meetings that has since been replaced.