I am an outsider to the LC. I've attended one meeting, and believe that the NT adequately reveals what the gathering of Christ's disciples should look like, which coincidentally looks a lot like a Lord's table meeting as practiced by the Brethren and different groups (not just "The Local Church") from the Chinese movement categorically referred to as the Lord's Recovery.
I have been in multiple Bible-teaching churches over the past 35 years, usually staying in a church 5 years or more, unless we moved. I am sympathetic to your line of reasoning if I loosely paraphrase it, as the apostles' and NT disciples eyes were fixed on Christ, and had a common "vision" of the Lord's final instruction while physically on the earth (Mt 28:19,20; Mk 16:15-18) and sought to be obedient.
The following statement gives me pause though.
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Originally Posted by Evangelical
[I]The New Testament is written by three people - Luke, Paul and John.
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Are you suggesting that the following books aren't Scripture?
James - the half brother of Jesus
Jude
1&2 Peter
Mark - Peter's nephew, presumably recording Peter's recollections.
Hebrews - unknown, but possibly Paul