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Cal · 04-01-2013, 09:16 AM

Tomes goes to the heart of the matter here, and his efforts are timely. As the TC-centered GLA gears up to reinforce the LC's local ground "heritage," the time has come to seriously question this centrally-defining doctrine.

It won't, however, be easy to question the local ground in a movement called the Local Church movement! Two things define this movement, and they aren't, as they'd like to believe, Christ and the Church. They are Lee and the local ground. Two clever impostors.

The fact is, as Tome's article helps make clearer, the local ground is a gimmick. It is a way to try to claim sole legitimacy to being a church. It's a way to legitimize "our way or the highway." To be exclusive and claim to be inclusive. To have their cake and eat it, too.

The Ground of Oneness should be renamed The Ground of Ourselves, because in the end that's what it was all about.

04-01-2013, 09:16 AM	#6
Cal Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: USA Posts: 4,333	Re: LSM's Sacrament - the "Ground of the Local Church" Tomes goes to the heart of the matter here, and his efforts are timely. As the TC-centered GLA gears up to reinforce the LC's local ground "heritage," the time has come to seriously question this centrally-defining doctrine. It won't, however, be easy to question the local ground in a movement called the Local Church movement! Two things define this movement, and they aren't, as they'd like to believe, Christ and the Church. They are Lee and the local ground. Two clever impostors. The fact is, as Tome's article helps make clearer, the local ground is a gimmick. It is a way to try to claim sole legitimacy to being a church. It's a way to legitimize "our way or the highway." To be exclusive and claim to be inclusive. To have their cake and eat it, too. The Ground of Oneness should be renamed The Ground of Ourselves, because in the end that's what it was all about.