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Originally Posted by Terry
Brothers in the local churches can ridicule and denigrate churches that function using pastors (one man speaking). At least pastors I've encountered feel accountable to the church and are humble enough to receive and respond to criticisms.
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While we are wandering a long way from the topic, this point suddenly had new meaning for me.
In the LCM, all the material comes from the LSM which means from Lee (and some from Nee). Others may repackage it or restate it, but it is always from the same place.
So given the number of assemblies in the LCM, they actually have fewer truly speaking than the same number of denominational churches. There may be many voices, but they are restricted to the repetition of the words of a single (dead) man. Even all those popcorn testimonies (if they are truly as "popcorn" as they used to be) are just more of the same. The only revelation is to see what has been dictated to be seen. No revelation outside of what Lee declared. The Bible is virtually a magic wand to wave around and recite words from to give a faux impression of relying on it. The only thing being relied on is Lee.