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Originally Posted by Igzy
Again, just because Jesus sent messages to seven churches designated by cities is no evidence that each of those churches were organized under one formal eldership in the manner the LCM insists upon, anymore than when Paul used the term "church" in Ephesians 1 he envisioned one eldership over that church..
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As you well know, Nee puts restrictions on the size of a church being anything other than a city, based upon the Bible not formally (as in an entity with golden lampstands and an angel) referring to churches as anything less than a city.
The angels probably are the human leadership of each church as 'gotquestions' explains:
http://www.gotquestions.org/angels-s...evelation.html
The example also shows that there is one eldership/leadership per church.
There should not be one set of elders/pastors that rule over many churches.
That is not biblical and the LR does not believe in that or practice it.