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Originally Posted by Igzy
Well you are in error in several places here.
First, your flat statement that the LC is not an organization but an organism is naive wishful thinking. Frankly it's just blatant blather. You might wish it were not an organization, and you might think it shouldn't be, but the fact is all practical churches are in some sense organizations. LCM churches have set elders, service leaders, schedules and budgets. They are organizations to some extent. The "Recovery" itself is a big organization, there is not much spontaneous about it anymore.
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You are addressing the point of "no organization" which is not my point at all.
It means no human organization, it is led by the Spirit. The organization is according to the Spirit and the Word. Just like the Spirit chose Paul and the elders for each church. It means God's way or the highway.
What is this "real work" you speak of? Marrying gays? Blessing animals? Intra-church prayer? Yes with muslims and buddhists too in many cases. "multi-faith services". Give me a break. It seems you are oblivious to the world situation. Denominations in their self-concocted cocoons, thinking they are doing God's work by conducting rote services every Sunday and providing cake stalls for the community. That's God's work, sure...
A park, would be fine. More like Jesus, spent much of His time sleeping outside, that's where people went to meet Him most of the time. I know of churches that meet in a park. Homeless people are more comfortable to attend. Very minimal, effective, cheap, completely doable. If homeless people can live in a park, then you can have church in a park, why not?
You say it is like an idealogical pipe dream. So then much of the Bible is an idealogical pipe dream. Walked on water yet? moved a mountain yet? Raised a dead chicken yet? Jesus said "ye shall" do that, have you?