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Originally Posted by Evangelical
I am not sure what 80 or 90 or even 100% Asian is indicative of in this instance? Are you saying if the number of Caucasians does not increase then the church is not growing?
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The church is not local. It is run by Anaheimians, and the only culture that can stomach the strongman style are the Asians. To them it's indicative of good order in the church, a la 1 Cor 14. The local church is less local than a McDonald's franchise, and most locals can smell a rat. Watchman Nee's Normal Christian Church life, LSM-style, is normal only to one cultural mindset. To most others it's quite aberrant, even un-Christian. The church is supposed to receive all peoples, tribes and tongues. The LSM-LC is a vehicle for one.
And the movement which started as indigenous or 'local' reaction to foriegn domination became exported and culturally imperialistic. Which we've seen how often in human history? Dozens of times. Satan keeps going back to his old bag of tricks, because they work so well.
As I've said before, Asian culture isn't inferior to the West. But it isn't the 'virgin soil' that Lee claimed. It is fraught with un-Christian principles, and even anti-Christian principles, and those of us who lived through it saw them played out in our church lives.
Anyone with discernment can see this, and they stay away.