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Ohio · 11-14-2017, 06:14 AM

The text of the loyalty letter is here (annotations in bold are mine):

Dear Brother Lee,

After hearing your fellowship in this elders' training, we all agree to have a new start in the Lord's recovery. For this, we all agree to be in one accord and to carry out this new move of the Lord solely through prayer, the Spirit, and the Word. We further agree to practice the recovery one in: teaching, practice, thinking, speaking, essence, appearance, and expression. We repudiate all differences among the churches, and all indifference toward the ministry, the ministry office, and the other churches. We agree that the church in our place be identical with all the local churches throughout the earth.

We also agree to follow your leading as the one who has brought us God's New Testament economy and has led us into its practice. We agree that this leading is indispensable to our oneness and acknowledge the one trumpet in the Lord's ministry and the one wise master builder [this refers to Lee] among us.

We further agree to practice the church life in our locality absolutely in a new way: to build the church in, through, and based upon home meetings; to lead every member to get used to functioning without any idea to depend on any giant speakers; to teach all the saints to know the basic truths in an educational way that they may teach others for the spreading of the truth; to build up the saints in the growth in life that they may minister life to others, shepherd each other, and take care of the backsliding ones; to lead all the saints to preach the gospel in every possible way; to avoid leadership as much as possible; and to have home gatherings for nurturing the saints in life and big meetings for educating the saints in truths. We agree that all the preceding points are the clear and definite teaching of the Bible according to God's New Testament economy.

Finally, we agree that the success of this new move is our responsibility and will rise up to labor and endeavor with our whole being, looking to the Lord for His mercy and grace that we would be faithful to the end.

Your brothers for the Lord's recovery

[Signatures]

April 11, 1986

(Witness Lee published this letter from 419 elders who signed this pledge. It is published in Elder’s Training, Book 8, The Life Pulse of the Lord’s Present Move, Chapter 10, Section 5. He also included a thank you letter from him showing that he approved of this special pledge.)

It should be also noted that some, like brother Don Rutledge of Dallas, were under enormous pressure to sign.

11-14-2017, 06:14 AM	#403
Ohio Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Greater Ohio Posts: 13,693	Re: The Vision of the Age, the Ministry of the Age, and the Minister of the The text of the loyalty letter is here (annotations in bold are mine): Dear Brother Lee, After hearing your fellowship in this elders' training, we all agree to have a new start in the Lord's recovery. For this, we all agree to be in one accord and to carry out this new move of the Lord solely through prayer, the Spirit, and the Word. We further agree to practice the recovery one in: teaching, practice, thinking, speaking, essence, appearance, and expression. We repudiate all differences among the churches, and all indifference toward the ministry, the ministry office, and the other churches. We agree that the church in our place be identical with all the local churches throughout the earth. We also agree to follow your leading as the one who has brought us God's New Testament economy and has led us into its practice. We agree that this leading is indispensable to our oneness and acknowledge the one trumpet in the Lord's ministry and the one wise master builder [this refers to Lee] among us. We further agree to practice the church life in our locality absolutely in a new way: to build the church in, through, and based upon home meetings; to lead every member to get used to functioning without any idea to depend on any giant speakers; to teach all the saints to know the basic truths in an educational way that they may teach others for the spreading of the truth; to build up the saints in the growth in life that they may minister life to others, shepherd each other, and take care of the backsliding ones; to lead all the saints to preach the gospel in every possible way; to avoid leadership as much as possible; and to have home gatherings for nurturing the saints in life and big meetings for educating the saints in truths. We agree that all the preceding points are the clear and definite teaching of the Bible according to God's New Testament economy. Finally, we agree that the success of this new move is our responsibility and will rise up to labor and endeavor with our whole being, looking to the Lord for His mercy and grace that we would be faithful to the end. Your brothers for the Lord's recovery [Signatures] April 11, 1986 (Witness Lee published this letter from 419 elders who signed this pledge. It is published in Elder’s Training, Book 8, The Life Pulse of the Lord’s Present Move, Chapter 10, Section 5. He also included a thank you letter from him showing that he approved of this special pledge.) It should be also noted that some, like brother Don Rutledge of Dallas, were under enormous pressure to sign. __________________ Ohio's motto is: With God all things are possible!. Keeping all my posts short, quick, living, and to the point!