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Originally Posted by Terry
Having concerns becomes equated with "attacking" the ministry.
Hey, our conscience and our emotions don't come equipped with an on/off switch. They can't be turned on or off at whim.
No one having "concerns" is seeking to create any faction. When a brother or sister gets labeled as such, it makes you wonder those doing the labeling are projecting the "faction" label.
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And how different were these young "New Way" zealots who went around attacking all of those not sufficiently zealous for Lee's every decree.
For those who missed this delightful time, the "New Way" was not just a single "New Way" passed down from headquarters, but a continuum of ministry mandates demanding almost daily changes and immediate obedience. Lee claimed he was in a "laboratory" trying out new experiments on God's people. Yesterday's "New Way" literally became today's "Old Way," and ignorance of the latest ministry directive was suicidal to one's standing with LSM.
One can not help but draw parallels between the ministry zealots of Lee's "New Way" and
Chairman Mao's Red Guards with their vicious attacks on the "Four Olds" of Chinese society --
old customs, old culture, old habits and old ideas.