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Originally Posted by Igzy
The Bible does not distinguish between "the ministry" and the church. It's all part of the same thing. Again, this is Nee's fabrication. TNCCL is not scripture. You'd do well to figure that out.
Besides, it was mostly church elders that pledged allegiance to Lee, not LSMers.
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Yes, it does, Nee explains everything from the Bible. For example:
Normal Christian Church Life:
The meeting which was held immediately after the Church came into existence was an apostolic meeting for unbelievers (Acts 2:14). The gatherings in the portico of Solomon (Acts 3:11) and in the house of Cornelius (Acts 10) were of the same nature, and there are still other records of similar meetings in the book of Acts. They were clearly apostolic meetings, not church meetings, because one man spoke and all the others listened. Paul’s preaching at Troas was to the brethren (Acts 20).
To use an analogy, if Christ is the husband, the church is like a wife, and the ministry is like the wife's doctor. The wife's doctor can name themselves and their service whatever they like. But the wife can only take the name of her husband.