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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
The ground of the church doctrine collapses if
20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
refers to a local church. In this verse there is no city boundary, rather it is "wherever". In this verse there is no requirement for Witness Lee appointed elders. There is no hokey "taking the ground" ceremony. Everything he has built his Christian life on is nothing but sinking sand unless he can prove you need something else besides the Lord's presence.
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The ground of the church doctrine is built upon the gathering of two or three but it is a mistake to say that a gathering of two or three is a church. Lee wrote extensively about the importance of gatherings of two or three which you cannot deny.
Your teaching is 100% wrong as you cannot see the difference between a gathering and the church, so you cannot have much clue about church boundaries.
Your teaching would nullify the Lord's instructions in Matthew 18:15-20 since if you tell two or three then you have already told the church and do not need to seek another body of people.
I cannot imagine what problems this would cause since people would not be able to consult the authority of a body larger than two or three.