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Originally Posted by Igzy
And the Bible never says there has to be a "practical assembly" for the church to be present. This is not a biblical idea but a product of human reasoning.
The idea is a Lee/LCM invention which though interesting is in the end not biblical or even "practical." And it never was intended to be. The idea was invented so that the LCM could claim to be the church to the exclusion of all others.
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Church is about assembling together to do certain things (the lord's table, etc) , so if we don't have that, there is really no church to speak of.
This idea of a practical church was not invented by Lee, it's just common sense to most people I would say.
I don't think many in denominations who actually "plant churches" would agree with you - they wouldn't bother to "plant churches" if they thought that an area without practical assembly already had a church present.