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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah

NY had 3 elders and 2 full time workers for a little more than 200. How many elders would you need if instead of 200 you had 200,000? You might need 5,000. NYC probably has at least 2 million Christians, so you could need 50,000 elders.

These kinds of legalistic ecclesiastical demands are what destroys the church. Think about the massive hierarchy that would develop in NYC or any huge city by today's standards.

Think about LSM's overlay on NYC:

• One MOTA at the top
• Blended workers submitting to the MOTA
• NYC elders submitting to the workers and the MOTA
• Borough sub-elders submitting to the NYC elders, the workers and the MOTA
• District leaders submitting to the borough sub-elders, the NYC elders, the workers, and the MOTA
• Neighborhood leaders submitting to the district leaders, the sub-elders, the NYC elders, the workers and the MOTA
• District deacons submitting the neighborhood leaders, to district leaders, the sub-elders, the NYC elders, the workers and the MOTA
• The serving saints submitting to the district deacons, the neighborhood leaders, to district leaders, the sub-elders, the NYC elders, the workers and the MOTA

This is exactly how the RCC hierarchy got established. Supposedly this was all established to keep the oneness and to guard against heresy.