[UntoHim]

I don't believe "the nature of the Lord's Recovery" had changed as much as John Ingalls and others coming to their senses and seeing the real Witness Lee. For 20+ years Ingalls was apparently never on the receiving end of Lee's infamous temper, pettiness and immorality. But boy did he get the full dose when Lee turned against him. Of course there were many brothers in Taiwan/China who could have (and should have) warned the American brothers about the real Witness Lee. Had they done so, we probably wouldn't be on this forum today.

In my view, I don't believe our main concern and burden should be so much about Ron Kangas, Benson Phillips, Minoru Chen (or any of the other "Blended Brothers") but rather our focus should be on the thousands upon thousands of younger people who need to be set free from the system of error of the Local Church of Witness Lee. To be frank, I don't believe telling them that at one point the movement was more healthy, and not as much of a personality cult as we see today, is really doing anybody much good. Oh, it may make us old guys feel a little better - that we weren't really THAT deceived after all - but I think our energies are better directed at helping the many brothers and sisters who were raised in the LC movement and know nothing else, and also those young people being recruited off the college campuses.

This is not to discount what our brother Steve has been sharing with all of us for many years now. I appreciate his efforts more than I could ever express in words. But God has moved on. If the Local Church was ever a genuine move of God (a dubious notion in my view) it is very far from that now. It is no place to be for new believers or young people. May God have mercy.
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