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Originally Posted by Evangelical
Koinonia,
It's possible, I disagree there is "no reason at all to believe".
Take the JW's for example. Most of Christianity has a negative perception of JW's, and look at them, they are still growing around the world.. one of the fastest growing religion, in the world in modern times.
- definitely not popular in Christianity
- founder dead, still putting out the same old material
- yet the fastest growing religion in modern times. Why? Because they are doing things which denominations do not like to do - e.g. door knocking, tract/bible distribution. They are doing something right in terms of how they can grow so much.
The example of JW disproves much of what you are saying. Definitely possible for the local churches to grow in the same way. In fact it's a shame to see so many JW advertising on the street and people door knocking, there are many churches in the area -where are the Christians?
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Evangelical, your perception of the JW's comes straight from Witness Lee. It is, like much of the rest of his material, sadly outdated. If you would do some research into the current situation, you would find that the Watchtower movement is imploding from within, decreasing in numbers, selling meeting halls left and right. They have also officially stopped going door to door.