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Originally Posted by UntoHim
All of this indicates what a dark spirit of utter corruption and deception dominated the Local Church of Witness Lee at that point. -
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The problem is a system where one person is considered God's authority on the earth.
It happened to the Mega-church in Ft. Lauderdale, Calvary Chapel, that had grown to 20,000 members.
Pastor Bob, as he was called, had what he called the Moses system of church governance. That is, God delivers to the Moses figure, pastor Bob in this case, who carries the ultimate unquestioned authority of God. That same unquestioned authority was delegated to the 200 preachers below him.
That allowed all kinds of sorted behavior, because the leadership went unquestioned, and were unaccountable.
Long story short, Pastor Bob got caught messing with married sisters, and the preachers below him were even involved with same sex relations. It was all covered up until a whistleblower came forth.
It happens in cults. Rose McGowan, for example, that was first to expose Weinstein, grew up in The Children of God, that was basically a sex cult. At least they were honest, and didn't cover it up.
That's the kind of thing Watchman Nee's Spiritual Authority produces ... and that was produced in Lee's Recovery movement.