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Originally Posted by Drake
Boxjobox,
Using your JVM and my follow up examples, the consideration would have to be whether the content of those books support the working assumptions we already agreed with. They may be good bible teachers, or not, yet their ministries are not for the building up of the local churches as we both agreed to. Where will you find a ministry that is for that? If LSM is not for that then they are just another christian publisher and should not be regarded any differently than any other christian publisher.
LSM is not a pastor so could never hold a local position and we know that local churches are managed by elders. If LSM were a pastor the first thing LSM would teach them is that clergy laity is unscriptural and then they would no longer be the pastor. The second thing LSM would insist on is that elders be appointed to manage local affairs further undercutting their own staus as a pastor. And so on.
Rather, LSM is the service entity for the work of ministry which is extra local. The ministry is for the churches not the other way around. If the service that LSM provides is not the ministry for the building up of the local churches, something we both hold dearly, then where is that work of ministry to be found?
Drake
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Dear Drake,
Either you are being simply deceptive or you have no clue how LSM really works. LSm and their operatives came into the Midwest LC's 10-12 years ago and divided everyone of them. THEY ARE NOT FOR THE BUILDING UP OF LOCAL CHURCHES. That is purely a farce based on decades of actual behavior stemming from the very top of LSM. They care only for those loyal to them, and will readily backstab any brother who refuses to demonstrate visible and tangible loyalties to them.
Every local elder is under their domination, or they will be marked out and expelled. Do we need to remind you of the endless stories of these victims, or did you just refuse to hear their witness? The Blendeds at LSM are far worse "pastors" than the ones out there in Christianity.
The LSM is NOT for the LC's, that is just a bogus saying. In reality, the LC's only exist for LSM, and that's why they are so easily discarded when they no longer exist for your good.
The Midwest LC elders decided long ago that LSM was
NOT FOR THE BUILDING UP of the churches. So they decided that you at LSM will be treated as any other publisher. One reason for this was how the Blendeds constantly undermined the Midwest leadership both publicly and privately. This went on for years. The Midwest leaders prayed and fellowshipped much together and decided not to promote any of your trainings, yet not prevent any from going. It was no different than if a bunch of saints went to a Billy Graham crusade, or a Joyce Meyer conference. That was never good enough for you. You had to take action. Divisive, disruptive, legal action.
This is why Apostle Paul said to "Beware of Dogs, beware of evil workers."