[Freedom]

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.

I think that Nee/Lee saw Christians dividing over basic things like doctrine and what have you, so they presumed that unity couldn't be found in the basic things. Their approach was to develop something 'unique', a supposed uniting factor that bypassed working to find common ground with others. Instead of working to find unity, their approach was to simply declare that they alone (their movement) was the only group on this earth that possessed unity, and if you weren't a part of it, you were neither in true 'oneness' or part of the church at all:

Anyone who is not in the local oneness is not actually in the oneness at all. Those who are not in a local church are not truly in the church. In order to be in the church we must be in a local church.

Witness Lee, The Genuine Ground of Oneness, Chapter 10