[UntoHim]

I suspect...errrr....I HIGHLY suspect that the two examples that alwayslearning has given us are but the tip of a ginormous iceberg. And these two examples highlight two major cancers that have plagued the Local Church movement since the beginnings - gross immorality and dissention among the leadership. Just recently we have been presented with some rather significant testimony that these type of sins may have even entwined the venerable founder of the LC movement himself, Watchman Nee. While the jury may be still be out with respect to what this Medical Doctor has presented recently in a lengthy book, Nee no longer may get the benefit of the doubt as he once did.

But getting back to the theme of this thread.... I think there is more than enough evidence that the ministry of Watchman Nee had surely become the lampstand of the Local Churches in Mainland China by the time he was detained by the Communists. I don't think this fact was lost on one Witness Lee, but apparently the little island of Taiwan was not a big enough lampstand for him. Besides he had apparently worn out his welcome among some of the wealthier saints in the Far East anyway....so he might as well come to our fair shores and start the process all over again. How long did it take him? Yes, the argument is simply a matter of when Lee's ministry became the lampstand.