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Originally Posted by Evangelical
I'll believe you when I see that from them in writing. So far, not. One is clearly a ministry, the other is clearly a local church. I have never heard one member say they are a Local Church Christian, they say "just Christian".
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You won't see it in writing because they know it would hurt recruiting efforts. Like the mafia Don who says, "Something must be done" about the rival family. It is implicitly understood, but still deniable.
And, "We are just Christians" means, We are just Christians who meet in the local churches affiliated with the ministries of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee, and, by the way, we refuse every other ministry as corrupt and degraded.
The local churches are Living Stream Ministry franchises. But to sell it that way isn't palatable. So they cover and deny. But eventually you'll hear some variation like RG to BM: "We do what we are told." Or, "Philip Lee is the Office." Eventually you'll get it.