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Originally Posted by Unregistered
I was in the Church in Anaheim in the mid-seventies (74-76?). Initially, we met in a building on Ball Road. I cannot remember the years as well as well as I remember events. I joined the Church right after the Church in Anaheim was spun off of the Church in LA. During those years Ron Kangas, who I knew pretty well, John Ingalls and Max Rappaport were the functional leaders under Witness Lee. They were Lee's favorites. His son, who later became a subject of controversy, had no spiritual leadership role in the Church. I never heard Lee's son speak once during a Church meeting. Those were interesting years.
Almost immediately after I left, Max Rappaport left which was a shock to everyone in the Church. Max was a fiery speaker, and Lee loved him. Then the great rupture when John Ingalls left. John had a great deal of prestige in the Church. He was #2 to Witness Lee and EVERYONE deferred to John as the one who stood in for Brother Lee. When he left the Church, it was a real shock. For me it was vindication, as Ingalls reasons for leaving were the same as mine, and nobody ever questioned John's integrity.
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My parents moved our family to Anaheim January 1976 and were there until June 1979. Never knew Ron Kangas was in Anaheim during the mid-late 70's. I knew many families from the church in Anaheim and I was not familiar with the Kangas family. I never heard of Ron's name until the mid-90's. The leaders I was familiar with were Ingalls, Rappaport, Al Knoch, and Francis Ball.
As far as John's integrity, it was questioned after Witness Lee/LSM besmirched it. One could say this happened over twenty years ago, the current LSM leadership have yet to retract what was printed.