I've amazed that the domain name "thelordsrecovery.org" was available! I too was impressed that he came right out and IDed himself and gave his story.
I must also confess that I'm still surprised a little when people strongly use the word "cult" in connection with the LC, as this brother does. But reading this on his "About" page makes it pretty clear:
Quote:
The Recovery baited me with Jesus, the Bible, and talk of oneness of the church by means of the one Spirit of God. Then they started switching our devotion over to a man named Witness Lee, following him and his teachings only. Our “oneness” had nothing to do with God keeping us one; it was about Witness Lee.
I left the Recovery in 2017 for a few months, troubled by the clear deification of this man Witness Lee, but I eventually went back because I feared all of the discipline from God that the Recovery had convinced me was biblical.
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The Lee deification wasn't so apparent to me in Berkeley in the 70s, or Columbus in the 80s. But I saw this firsthand when I visited the LC in Tacoma a few years ago, that is, Lee worship had replaced the fresh experience and testifying of Christ. (and I should also say that the fear of leaving the LC was starting to be instilled in us even back in the 70s)