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Originally Posted by UntoHim
Witness Lee Business Failures Disrupt the Church
Around 1959 Mr. Lee had some investment failures and he lost a great deal of money. This brought the first financial crisis to the church.
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I think Mr. Lee was trying to follow Watchman Nee in speculative ventures; Nee had done this and succeeded, right? So this kind of business experience verified that Mr. Nee was "God's special anointed" and "the hand of God was with him" in commercial ventures. Mr. Lee then tried the same and flopped.
Then, interestingly, when Lee flopped it was the church's problem, not his! Lee's business failure brought financial crisis to the church, not to Lee.
Nice gig if you can get it. If you win, you win, and if you lose, Bailout Central steps in and covers the loss. So why not gamble? That was the bait dangling in front of Witness Lee and he took it.