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Originally Posted by Ohio
Good assessment. I agree with these. We have to face the fact that there is a diversity in the LC membership with various reasons for staying.
Years ago I would talk to Catholics and could not believe why they would stay after learning their sordid history during the dark ages. Boy I was a little naive. Likewise we can't expect LC members today to depart based on what Philip Lee did in Anaheim a quarter century ago. Whether one joins or leaves a church is largely based on personal and family reasons.
Canfield has now become part of a remnant of a remnant. He is among the few in the Chicago area that have parted ways with the Anaheim Blendeds and their adherents, yet still attempts to remain true to the original "ideals" of the Recovery.
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I have no great problem with people staying in the LC. Every movement has a history and few have no skeletons in the closet. You can't spend your whole life starting over. We usually have to make the best of where we are.
What I have a problem with is a systemic mindset which prevents the Lord's correction, which locks in error. Those who refuse to look at Witness Lee as just another historic Christian leader whose mistakes we can learn from are doomed to repeat his mistakes and pass them on to others. By unreservedly recommending Lee and his outspoken, often over-the-top and sometimes mistaken ministry, Canfield and his camp are risking the perpetuation of error.
The LC and its various offshoots cannot truly reform until they honestly admit the mistakes of Lee.
Let's learn from mistakes. Surely that is what the Lord wants us to do.