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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
You didn't answer my question. I'll take your avoidance of the question to mean that yes, of course, if a congregation of believers compromises on "one Lord" or "one God" or "one Father" or "one Faith" then they are no longer standing on the ground of the church. This also indicates that such an important issue as "the ground of the church" was not taught using obscure inferential language, but in very clear black and white teaching of the apostle Paul. Where is this teaching? In the Epistle to the Ephesians, a book completely focused on the church, where it should be. Where does Watchman Nee get his teaching from? Two books that concern evangelists and missionary journeys.
On the other hand, thank you for admitting that there might be many different meetings with different names in a single city, and that alone does not indicate you are not standing on the ground of the church.
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Those things you mentioned are the oneness of the faith. The ground of the church being the locality is something different. A person can believe in the 7 'ones' yet not be on the ground of locality. Or they can be on the ground of locality and yet not believe in the 7 ones.