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Originally Posted by Renee
One or more of the courses were quite negative about other churches. I was a little surprised the negativity was so pronounced. The other denominations were called something like shallow and boring. They were all degraded and WL even admitted the LC was degraded too.
The main emphasis seemed to be on how to expand and enlarge the LSM ministry which wasn't growing as fast as hoped. Instead of flogging the saints to go knocking on doors and collar warm bodies to expand his ministry, WL should have realized that claiming to be the only true church is a major turnoff and might have explained why his ministry stopped growing, at least in part.
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I've found LC elders don't have an issue with negativity against Christianity. It's not a problem to them. However to be negative towards LC practices is a problem for them.
There are reasons why the LC has stopped growing.
1. Spiritually-unwillingness to deal with sin.
2. Focus on a ministry rather than Christ has narrowed the inclusiveness it claims to be. Only if one has appreciation for LSM publications will one be received completely. By practice Romans 15:7 is a verse to pray-read, but not to live by.
3. Culture-the LC authoritative culture is not appealing to all ethnic groups. There's a reason why there's not as many English speaking brothers and sisters as there used to be. The LC system does not tolerate authority being questioned.