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Originally Posted by Unregistered
Sham. That's a word I never thought I'd use to characterize Witness Lee, his ministry, and to some extent the Local Church itself.
This past week has been a real education on the history and character of WL, his ministry, and his successors. (I'm the guy from the "Some thoughts on this site" thread.)
A week ago if you would've told me "the Lord's Recovery is a group of Christians with an exclusivist attitude and weird, insular culture" I would've said "Yep, I've known that for a long time." But it wasn't until I was informed of this site and spent a lot of time reading the documents and comments, along with even more time reflecting, reminiscing, and writing about it myself that I can now conclude "it's a sham." That's a significant difference from merely calling it puffed up and peculiar.
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"A Sham" hmmm. God used saints from the "the local church" in my city and Witness Lee's ministry to bring the word of Christ and His unsearchable riches to me. My spirit was enlivened with The Holy Spirit of God. I was baptized into the body of Christ, and His Holy Spirit, taught to read the Bible and pray to God, follow the leading of the Holy Spirit, use my gifts to build the church.... to name some of the biblical things. Unfortunately non-biblical teachings and practices were also there, so God also helped me see through those and leave.
How can I say it was a Sham now? No way. Messed up? Yes.