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Originally Posted by Evangelical

But they say TC published worldwide which is against the ministry and one publication. If he had restricted it to his local church it would have been okay presumably. TC was conducting a "shadow ministry", raising up his own ministry in the shadow of Lee/Nee. This was the problem. This is evidenced in his publications for example "A Sketch of Genesis" which is basically regurgitation of Lee's Life Study of Genesis.

Hold it, you just quoted them as saying:

However, the one publication should not become the basis of our accepting or rejecting any persons in the communion of faith or in the fellowship of the churches; it should not be insisted on as an item of the faith. If any are not inclined to be restricted in one publication, these ones are still our brothers; they are still in the genuine local churches.

But now you are saying that this only applies if your publications are limited to a single city? This doesn't make sense. They are still genuine local churches unless they spread the written word beyond the boundary of the city in which case they aren't?

They said "But being restricted in the one publication does not mean, and has never meant, that individual churches are not free to produce and distribute materials for their local needs."


This seems very arbitrary and vague "their local needs". What does this mean? When Barnabas and Paul were first sent out did that violate this principal? Are churches aloud to support evangelists? Why can't churches support extra local ministries? Since the churches are all supporting LSM, then this is hypocritical. What they really mean is that no church can support any other ministry other than LSM, or some local campus work. That is a heresy.

You quoted them saying: If any are not inclined to be restricted in one publication, these ones are still our brothers; they are still in the genuine local churches.

But that is not true. TC was not inclined to be restricted and so they quarantined him.

You quoted them saying: I do not control any church. All the saints who have left the denominations, the divisive sects, and stand on the proper ground are a local church in their locality. They can express their opinions, but they may have nothing to do with this ministry.

But that is not true, if they can excommunicate TC for expressing his opinion they are obviously controlling the churches.

I am not talking about the churches, I am talking about the ministry. The ministry is one thing, and the churches are another thing.