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Originally Posted by Ohio
When it comes to "raising up" the brothers and "perfecting them" by using public rebukes and shaming, a.k.a. "those weekly ice baths," the recovery is altogether unique. Even though they have no scriptural justification for how their leadership operates, they do have ... as their "founding mother" ... a dominant sister ... a missionary from a degraded denomination ... to vindicate their actions.
How in the world do they reconcile these pernicious anomalies?
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The irony is sad. It's probably safe to say that there would be no LC movement if it weren't for M.E. Barber, as she is the one who supposedly "perfected" Nee. I've heard it said within the LC that Nee's ability to handle the "rebuking" of M.E. Barber is what set him apart from all his peers. Nee and Lee should have both admitted the LC is a church with a "founding mother". Like
Ohio stated, the LC could be viewed as suspicious by standard of Nee's own words "
Any sect that is started by a woman or headed up by one, or any group in which the woman occupies the same place as the man is highly suspicious."