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Originally Posted by Evangelical
What am I going to say, that there were no churches or Christians until Lee/Nee came along? Even they did not believe that.
Lee/Nee believed that any Christians "outside" were the church. That's the core principle of locality - of all believers in the city, not having any divisions. Any that do not consider those outside the church to be part of the church, are a sub-division or a sect.
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I've read some about the principle of locality, but I'm not well versed.
What if I went to a city, say Fairbanks Alaska, and started the "Church in Fairbanks". Before starting this church I was able to verify that no other churches exist with that particular name and no other meetings are occurring where they consider themselves the "Church in Fairbanks". The elders of my church decide we will do our best to be a group of spirit led, bible adhering believers on a mission to glorify our Lord and Savior. Members may (or may not) be familiar with the works of Lee/Nee, but their names never happen to be spoken by a member of our church. Neither is any member of the Church affiliated with the works of the LSM in any way. From your point of view, would this Church be meeting outside of the 'ground of oneness'?