[Indiana]

These posts have been thought-provoking to me and I believe to many looking on. (I sent emails out also.) I got an email response at the start from a long-time sister in the church in Houston, not happy with me, or with Stephen Kaung, or with anyone on this forum who does not stand on what she perceives to be the ground of oneness. (She did sign off with, "Your sister in Christ, .....), but the subject is evocative to her and to those who hold the concept dearly.)

Then a brother wrote to me with several decades of experience also, including with the church in Houston, and a Kaung-associated assembly in Houston, and now associated with neither but meets in a home meeting church life in Houston. His perspective was amazingly different than the sister's. (He had no problem with Kaung. "Stephen kaung and Witness Lee are total opposites".) He shared something very important that I ran by Don Hardy who confirmed it and wants to get back to me. This is mind-blowing.

I think it is fair to analyze this teaching and be honest about it, and other matters that have been adversely effecting God's people in "the local churches"..

It must have bothered LC brothers in some places to be called the church in that city, for the church in Seattle, at least, have had a sign out front of their meeting hall for many years that says:

A Meeting Place of the Church in Seattle

(It's a very nice sign with an inviting appeal, and ring of truth.)