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Originally Posted by Terry
I'm sure those who are pro-LSM may think the common ground is in the local churches. It is if one considers common ground to be LSM publications.
Another alternative for example is found in community churches, non-denominational assemblies, and house churches. Their common ground is the Bible.
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Why isn't common ground the Lord's name (and all that that implies)?
The name of Jesus includes the Father and the Spirit. It includes the one faith. It includes one Lord.
As long as you meet in the name of the Lord Jesus with other believers then you will also have the presence of the Lord.
Now in that light I agree that meeting for the purpose of uniting various denominations in a common umbrella would not be aligned with the simpler "meeting into the name of Jesus".
I also think it is possible for some members in the LRC who have not known the deeper things that take place there to think that "the ground of the church" is in the spirit of meeting in the name of Jesus, and for them it is. But for those who know that the purpose is to mark out a specific sect as a ministry church, then for them it isn't.