[Dave]

Originally Posted by Ohio

Steve Isitt's on-going situation with LSM is an indicator of the following:

• Quarantines by LSM, contrary to all published information, were never intended to be temporary. Every one of his attempts at reconciliation have fallen on deaf ears.
• The LC's are not autonomous. All published literature to this effect are just lip-service to the truth. Elders from all LC's must submit to agents from headquarters.
• The Recovery clearly is a denomination with a definite headquarters. Their talk of "one body" simply is a smokescreen to hide this fact.
• Leadership in the Recovery are definitely not answerable to the Lord, but have become man-pleasers. They no longer fear God, but rather man, specifically the collection of brothers known as Blendeds.
• No leader enjoys the liberty to serve the Lord with faithfulness and obedience. Ministry "spies" can report all suspicious and "independent" local activity to higher-ups.
• Local leaders care little for hearing what the "Spirit is speaking to the churches" and instead care only for what "the ministry" is speaking to the churches.

Thanks for crystallizing this information in an easy to read summary. Even though I have been out of the LC for 36 years it all sounds eerily similar to what I experienced and observed in the latter half of my involvement in the LC.