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Originally Posted by HERn
Praise God for romance! If she's absolute for WLs ministry be very careful with your heart. I fear that some LC sisters see themselves as married to THE MINISTRY first and their husbands second. If she is willing to follow you out of the LC into a healthy church life, then it might be safe.
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http://lordsrecovery.us/index.html
Hi brother,
No matter how naturally attracted you might be to each other, if she is 100% given to the church according to the mentality of most church leaders, then she should be married to the MINISTRY first. There might be many exceptions to this, but those in the 2 year training would get a full dose of this CONCEPT which is a very heartfelt concern of the leaders to infuse into the young people for the benefit of the churches, both now and in the future.
I send you a link to my first website, initially totally positive, but changed recently to add a balancing word on the problem of over-emphasizing a ministry in the Body of Christ.
I speak honestly about legitimate concerns of our history and present, and it has gotten me into trouble with a lot of people, esp leaders who have such a high appreciation of the ministry they forget about Christ being the Head of the Body, and that
He is in us to receive one another according to Him not one's faithfulness to a particular ministry no matter "how good it is" (Nee).
EXCERPT FROM THE SITE
The “local churches” have distinguished themselves from the rest of the Body of Christ and have brought the churches under the ministry of a special leader to form their church life. And, “Wherever ministry is made the occasion for the forming of a church, there you have the beginning of a new denomination.” (The Normal Christian Church Life, p138-139, Nee)
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Again, Nee states, “What havoc has been wrought in the Church because so many of her ministers have sought to bring the churches under their ministry, rather than by their ministry serve the churches. As soon as the churches are brought under any ministry, they cease to be local and become sectarian… (The Normal Christian Church Life, p138-139, Nee).
What havoc indeed! “And, the “churches” established will be ministerial “churches,” not local ones.” (pp138-139, Nee)
This is from an article on MINISTRY CHURCHES on the site I refer you to.
http://lordsrecovery.us/index.html
I just took down my final 2 websites last night but I see this one is still up for a few more days and I wanted to refer you to it.
I tried to streamline facts of our history in this site and make it simple and enjoyable enough for all to read, and informative enough also to warn, in a responsible way, those who lack balance with our fellow believers, and thereby miss the Lord Himself and the genuine inclusive oneness in the Body.
Steve