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Originally Posted by Ohio
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Wow! I just read the wikipedia biography for A N Groves. Groves, "the father of faith missions", appears to be much more important to the history of "the Lord's recovery" than he was ever given credit for.
Groves' had a big impact on both Bakht Sing in India and Watchman Nee in China:
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"Groves advocated the adoption of the New Testament as a manual of missionary methods . . . One of Groves's Indian disciples was John Arulappan who adopted his principles. As a full-time evangelist, Arulappan lived "by faith" and stimulated the creation of a network of indigenous Indian fellowships. Groves's ideas were later taken up in India by descendants of Arulappan associated with Bakht Singh, and, in a Chinese context, by Watchman Nee."
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Glory be to God! This was an extraordinary brother! Full of simple faith and trust in God to supply all his needs. Completely free from any corruption due to money. Seeking God's Word as the One proper pattern for Christian assemblies. Why did we hardly ever hear any mentions of Groves? Sadly, it seems that we received a really distorted view of our "family history" in the LC.