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Originally Posted by Igzy
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.
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Witness Lee, Lessons for New Believers, chpt 16, Sect 4
In lesson 14 we saw that the churches in each locality should be independent, each living directly before the Lord and not forming organizations such as federations or headquarters (Rev. 1:11-20). The local ground is the best safeguard against forming organizations and federations. The local ground always restricts the local churches in every locality from forming federations beyond the boundary of a locality, thus losing the nature of locality. The church in every locality should be administered locally; there should be one church in one locality. The church in Jerusalem did not interfere with the church in Antioch; neither did the church in Antioch interfere with the church in Jerusalem.
How does this work again? What is the difference between "the blendeds" and a federation? Doesn't the expression "LSM churches" equivalent to a federation? Is this Alice in Wonderland?
