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Originally Posted by Hope
It seems to me that if we are fair and condemn Watchman Nee and Witness Lee for teaching that the early practice of the practical local assembly was "the church in _______" then we should be just as strict on the teaching and practice of denominations and sects among today's Christians.
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It's only fair to be just as strict. However I see the criticism not so much the practice of the practical local assembly, but what the practice has become. For example within the local churches, is it truly expressing Christ through the local assembly? In the mid-1980's it was. In a practical local assembly one should feel unhindered from inviting people to visit or to meet. Now, one would have to think twice. How would their visitor receive the ministry?
My next question is the church in ________ the only expression of the church in that city?
Terry