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One branch of the Shouters held Witness Lee in such high esteem that they began to regard his authority and status as greater than Christ’s.[16] They called Witness Lee, “Lord Changshou” [17] (Changshou is Witness Lee’s given name).
http://www.facts.org.cn/ebook/201310...11_1137654.htm
In March 1989, Mr. Zhao was made head of the Changshou sect in Heilongjiang and was named “Lord of Power”. He Zhexun was made the Leader of the Hengshan Church (a Shouter church).
At the end of 1990 because of pressure from the public security authorities and other reasons, the Changshou sect was broken up. Mr. Zhao saw his opportunity and sent some of his core people to various Changshou sect areas and got those believers to believe in the Lord of Power (that is, himself) instead of Witness Lee. He wrote his own tract, called “Preaching the Word”. Under this tract’s influence, his followers gave up the Bible and Witness Lee’s Life-Study of the Bible.
http://www.chinasource.org/resource-...ders-come-from
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My understanding is that "the Shouters" is a somewhat generic term that has been used to describe members of various underground churches in China, but most commonly, members of the local church movement. As Nigel points out, LSM vehemently denies any linkage whatsoever, and given the fact that there are numerous sources on the internet that say otherwise, it raises the question of what are they trying to hide.
Part of the answer to that question can be found in the snippets I provided above. An offshoot of the Shouters, called the "Changshou sect" gave rise to "Mr. Zhao" who was involved with starting the Eastern Lightning (aka Church of the Almighty God).
Obviously, this kind of connection is a little too close for comfort. The DCP site even admits that they received correspondence from "concerned" saints in LC after the Eastern Lightning McDonalds incident happened a year or so ago. LCers are not completely naive, they know when something stinks, and why would they have inquired of the connection if there was none in the first place?