[UntoHim]

Originally Posted by Freedom

When lawsuits or soliciting the help of CRI are the primary means by which they are seeking to change the public's perception of the group, it demonstrates there is something fundamentally wrong.

I was a little surprised to find that at this last bi-annual Training (1st week of July) they were still distributing the pamphlet entitled "Voices of Confirmation Concerning Watchman Nee, Witness Lee & the Local Churches".

This pamphlet was produced about 5 years ago. (and the endorsements contained within it are even older) Is this the most recent "confirmation" that LSM/DCP can come up with? Let's face it, that weak, decidedly uninformed "endorsement" from a pathetically compromised Hank Hanegraaff et al over at CRI is getting stale...really, really stale. (woo who, oh Haaannnnk...where ya been? Haven't heard anything from you about Witness Lee/The Local Church in years.) How long before CRI produces a "We were Wrong about being Wrong" retraction-of-their-retraction?

And the "endorsement" by Fuller Theological Seminary is even less informed then the one from CRI (which I would have thought to be impossible!). Any true evangelical, orthodox academic with a basic, or even cursory, knowledge of what Witness Lee actually taught and what is actually practiced in the Local Church would never come to the conclusion "that the teachings and practices of the local churches and its members represent the genuine, historical, biblical Christian faith in every essential aspect". It is painfully obvious that instead of actually doing some substantial, objective research, the brothers over at Fuller let the LSM/DCP brothers dictate to them their version of "the genuine, historical, biblical Christian faith", and somehow convince them that they are actually speaking the same language.

As for the "Evangelical Voices Speak" section, well the fact that J. Gordon Melton is the one leading the parade tells any objective observer that anything that these people speak about the Local Church/LSM should be taken with a grain of salt the size of a dump truck. Besides, since when does "The Lord's Recovery", "God's Move on Earth" and "The one Ministry for the Age" need the endorsements of people with fancy, schmansy acronyms after their names? There is one guy in there with a white clerical collar! (I think Witness Lee must of been rolling in his beautiful Grace Terrace grave)

Originally Posted by Nigel Tomes

Advocates of maintaining the status quo within non-LSM local churches in order to preserve “our distinct heritage” or “our unique commitment from the Lord,” ought to be reminded that the cult stigma is part of “our distinct heritage.” Do they really want to preserve that?

Yeah, what he say!

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