[Ohio]

After the recent trauma in the LC's, with quarantines and lawsuits aplenty, I should think that any discussion about the ground of oneness in the Recovery would be utter hypocrisy and borderline lunacy. Hasn't anyone been paying attention to what that teaching produces? The more they talk "oneness," the more they backbite their own brothers. The more they discuss their "vision," the less they can tolerate one another. They are the last Christians on earth who should be ministering on "the ground of locality."

If any group of elders dares to focus solely on their own locality, they will surely suffer repercussions from headquarters. Cleveland has "politely" invited member churches for a conference "concerning the scriptural revelation of a church in a city," but should the elders of a church decide that their congregation has no need for this teaching, those elders will be marked out by TC. Like John Myer from Columbus, they will be called to Cleveland for questioning, and then found guilty. If they persist in their "independent" ways, they will be removed and blacklisted.

Their form of oneness is not optional. It is mandatory. It is forced upon its members. Theirs is really not a vision at all. Their only "commitment" is to their leader TC.