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Originally Posted by Acolyte4236
Ohio,
So how many congregations did the LC (Anaheim) lose with the midwest break up? About what year was that essentially concluded?
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Dozens of churches, about a decade ago.
TC's region (unofficially) was in Canada from Manitoba to the Maritimes. In the US it was from the Alleghenies in the east, to Kentucky in the south, to the Mississippi in the West. When there was encroachments, like into central PA or into Eastern Iowa, there were battles with other regional leaders that had to be officiated by WL.
I've told this story before, but the "tipping point" to LSM initiating their takeover by quarantine occurred in Chicago. The administrative leader there, not by any means a spiritual minister, was harshly rebuked (
standard M.O. shaming technique) by TC over a relatively insignificant local matter in Chicago. True to form, TC inserted himself where he never should have, and made another enemy.
Prior to that, Chicago sided with TC over the "One Publication Bull" issued by the Blendeds. The other top leader in the greater Chicago sub-region, more principled but somewhat spineless, had often said, "
Christians have died for the right to publish." Apparently that one offense tipped the scale, and Chicago flip-flopped on their loyalties. As the saying goes, "
the enemy afar looks safer than the enemy nearby."
With the wheels in Anaheim now starting to move, TC relocated close to a dozen full-timers and their families from greater Chicago to more friendly areas closer to Cleveland. Chicago was in the midst of a massive and expensive renovation at their meeting hall, and LSM then rewarded their decision by stepping in with financial aid. Forget about those lines they drew in the sand, they were now following the money. TC dismissed the pain of the betrayal publicly in saying, "
it was a business decision."