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Originally Posted by seeking1
So, I do realize that the local church was kind of hard on sisters, depending on the locality, it was harder for some sisters than others..
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The local church was initially egalitarian with sisters. Watchman Nee used them extensively as a stepping-stone to power. Eventually they were no longer needed, and seen as a threat to the "authority" of men, and were discarded. Back to the nursery they went.
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Originally Posted by FaithSavesKeswick
In 1935 Nee became involved with Pentecostalism through Miss Elizabeth Fischbacher of the China Inland Mission.[1665] He had “overcome his reservations about women preachers sufficiently to attend her meetings,” and, in line with his Keswick continuationism, “acknowledged the Holy Spirit’s . . . gifts to the church of healing and of speaking with and interpretation of tongues.”[1666] Nee “found peace and spiritual blessing in her message and some experiences associated with her Pentecostal theology.”[1667] Miss Fischbacher, who translated various items for the Little Flock into English,[1668] accompanied Nee to the 1938 Keswick convention;[1669] the addresses in Nee’s The Normal Christian Life were delivered on this trip to the West.[1670]
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Peace Wang and Ruth Lee were also Nee's closest 'senior' co-workers. Eventually, though, egalitarianism served its purpose - the acquisition of temporal, earthly power - then it was formally rejected. Like in the book, "Animal Farm". To get rid of the current ruling class, "we are all equal"; to establish a new ruling class, "but some of us are a bit more equal than others".
http://faithsaves.net/sanctification...higher-life-3/
Of course, this is just hypothesis, suggested by the facts. It may be that the "truth" of the local church and egalitarianism is different. I'm just writing what I see, and what it suggests to me. It may suggest something else, to other readers.