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Originally Posted by Drake
Kumbaya>”I wasn't saying the churches force the saints to buy the material. I'm saying LSM forces the local churches to buy it, whether is sells to the saints of not. That's just what someone told me and I honestly hope I'm wrong and they had wrong information!”
Kumbaya, I can only share my experience. LSM does not force local churches to buy anything. For those that own their meeting hall they will often carry some of the books for the convenience of the saints but mostly books are sold online, on amazon, or on subscription. Some of the larger churches have bigger libraries, and they should to serve the needs of the saints.
I can’t speak to what someone told you but I can tell you after more than four decades in churches big and small, in many places near and far, those that own their meeting hall, those that rent, and those that have no meeting hall at all, I have never once observed LSM forcing local churches to buy books.
Drake
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Ok, well I've been told there is an expectation. The thing is, there are spoken and unspoken "rules" organizations follow.
How do you think LSM would react if the churches stopped or slowed the funds for the LSM material?
And- here's the BIGGEST question of all and really, the MAIN ISSUE....
WHY IS A PUBLISHING COMPANY ENFORCING PRACTICES OF A LOCAL CHURCH??
Whether or not the churches are required to purchase or not, there is unspoken pressure. And I do believe I just read below all the ways it actually was enforced, but moving on to the real issue....
WHY WHY WHY should a publishing company determine what books a local church sells? How is this not enforcing control??
It's not a biblical practice. If you think it is- please tell me how!
How is this not exerting control (not even church but business control!) outside your own locality?