[Evangelical]

Originally Posted by Koinonia

Do you not understand the difference? On the one hand, you acknowledge that "the church in London" is all the believers in London. On the other hand, you say: "our group is the church in London" (and our group is registered with the government as "the church in London;" the leaders of our group are the legitimate elders for the city of London; the meeting hall of our group is the meeting hall for the church in London, etc., etc.). How absurd.

If the church in London is not us who actually call ourselves the church in London, then who is it?

It is a strange view you hold, that we who call ourselves the church in London are not the church in London, and yet every denomination who does not call themselves the church in London, is the church in London.

Your view says that all the believers are the church in London, but in practicality there is no such thing as "the church in London"? How crazy is that?

If a person wanted to meet with "the church in London" in practice, a person would have to choose one of the denominations. So an idea of the church in London without anyone calling themselves "the church in London", is just an idea that does not exist in practicality.

Originally Posted by Koinonia

Can you define this what this practicality entails? Is it possible to be a part of the practicality of the local church without being associated with Living Stream Ministry and Witness Lee?

Let's use an example. Suppose the only denominations in London were
Anglican
Catholic
Lutheran.

Which one of these do you suppose is practically the local church?

Or

Can we have the local church in practicality without being associated with any of these denominations?

To put this another way.. suppose you arrive in London as a Christian in London.. and you want to worship with the church in London - where do you go?

Originally Posted by Koinonia

So, according to your definition here, the existence of the "practicality of the local church" is dependent on having meetings? In other words, the most proper expression of the practicality of the church would be everyone being in a enormous meeting together?

It would be various meetings as the church in London. There is no requirement to have one enormous meeting. 10 meetings in London could all be meeting practically as the church in London. Rather than, one meeting as Anglican, one meeting as Catholic, one meeting as Lutheran etc.

Originally Posted by Koinonia

How do you define what is the "genuine church life"?

It's the life of Christ and Christ Himself in our midst.