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Originally Posted by Ohio
We are pleased to announce a mini-conference over the weekend of April 6th and April 7th. All gatherings and meetings for the conference will be at 3170 Warren Rd, Cleveland Ohio 44111. This time will include fellowship and ministry by various serving brothers from the area concerning the scriptural revelation of a church in a city, meeting on the ground of oneness. We feel burdened concerning this matter which is related to our vision and commitment. We hope that by the Lord’s Grace we could all be unveiled, enlightened, and strengthened in our revelation during this time. |
I understand that Cleveland has been frantically calling all the brothers in the region once favorable to them. Especially in churches where the leaders have distanced themselves from the manipulations and controls of
both Anaheim and Cleveland, certain "select" brothers have been invited to this conference and special times of fellowship.
Is this any different than what Anaheim did 5 years ago in all the GLA churches, holding special conferences and training meetings to lure key brothers out from beneath their eldership in order to gain a stronghold in various LC's? When Anaheim used these ploys, Cleveland cried bloody murder. Now they are doing exactly the same.
So the "burden" of this conference has little to do with
scriptural revelation or vision. It's all about "
commitment." Commitment and alignment with Cleveland under the old format. How can this weekend's "ministry" edify these believers, if the featured topic is not even spelled out in the Bible? If they really wanted to equip the saints with this "recovered truth," one would think that Nigel Tomes would be invited, since he has written two excellent articles on this very topic. Cleveland has long complained that the Blendeds were always closed to any alternate views except their own. Where is their openness to fresh insight from the scripture now?
TC has always portrayed himself before the GLA brothers as the guardian of the pure word of God in the Recovery. He regularly pointed out Blended deviations from the truth. Now the hypocrisy in Cleveland is really exposed. All that "pure word" talk was great, since it enlarged his following before the quarantine. Now in the aftermath, "pure word" talk is not faring so well. In fact, their camp is shrinking as fast as the Blendeds. Hence the burden to leave the "pure word" and revive an old
sacrament,
the ground of oneness, supposedly the source of all "blessing."