[UntoHim]

The title of this thread is "The Ministry Becomes the Lampstand". This is coming from Steve Isitt, one of Witness Lee's biggest supporters on the Internet. In this case he chose to bring out something negative. That is his prerogative.

It is every member's prerogative to start a thread in which the theme may be positive, negative or something in between. It is also the prerogative of other members to contribute to any given thread as they see fit. They may only have enough time to post something "negative", and they should not have to feel obligated to "balance" their contributions by taking the time to post something "positive".

Now, whether a person posts something positive, negative or something in between, other forum members are free to question or even challenge them regarding the accuracy of their post. This is what is happening on this thread. Steve, like a number of other former members, contends that everything was peachy keen and copacetic in the Local Church Movement until a certain point in time, usually placed around 1974. (move from LA to Anaheim) As we have seen on these Internet forums, there were problems with Witness Lee and his ministry long before this. To say that Lee's ministry "became the lampstand" in the mid 70s is simply not accurate. Anybody is more than free to post such a thing, but they can also expect to be challenged with some facts to the contrary. And no, the challenger is not obligated to take time to post some positive things along with providing said facts.