Evangelical, first--I do appreciate that you take the time to answer each post. Thank you.
Now, regarding this:
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Originally Posted by Evangelical
You are talking about the ministry not the churches.
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The very point I am raising is that "the ministry" does exercise jurisdiction over those churches. You may not realize this, but each of the coworkers is assigned regions of churches under their oversight so that they can serve as the channel of information and policy from the body of coworkers/LSM/DCP, etc., to the elders within their region. Elders and churches are tacitly expected to comply with the "direction" of the ministry, and everyone knows this. You know this too.
But this leads me to a larger question--you use the term "the ministry," and seem to suggest that it is okay for "the ministry" to be organizational. But what is "the ministry"? And, is it really okay that "the ministry" is organizational?