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Old 11-19-2014, 05:06 PM   #25
TLFisher
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Default Re: The Local Church of Witness Lee

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Originally Posted by Freedom View Post
The more I have read about Lee's early days in the US, the more I have come to realize how "divisive" this ground of locality doctrine was. It seems that with virtually everyone Lee had the oppurtuinty to work with (T. Austin Sparks, Stephen Kaung, etc) he severed ties with on the basis that they didn't agree with the "ground of locality" doctrine. Was this in fact the real reason, or was it because he desired to be a one man show? Apparently it is the latter.
Lee is gone, but Nee's word turned out to be true. An emphasis on the ground of locality doctrine became a sect of localism.
If a God-fearing brother has an issue with this emphasis there is another doctrine called Deputy Authority to quell any sober voices.
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