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Originally Posted by alwayslearning
This is why I wish they would stop calling it things like the "Recovery", "Local Church" etc. This is deceitful. Since the criteria for being in good standing is absoluteness for Witness Lee's ministry they should simply be honest and call it what it is: the Lee Church or LSM Church.
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alwayslearning, localities are referred to as the local church or local churches, but in reality because of practice, they are more like a ministry station. If you are a Christian and you don't share the vision of the ministry LSM publishes, you won't fit in. It's not an environment for a Christian seeking general fellowship as you would in a community church.
The result I have and others have seen for years, brothers and sisters in some localities are aging, but with little or no increase. That's because due to coming together for the sake of a ministry, the mode of receiving and accommodating fellow believers has become narrower than God's receiving.
You could try to be received, but if your sharing is strictly from the Bible instead of Holy Word for Morning Revival, you might be quarantined.