Let's make LocalChurchDiscussions Better for 2013!

[NeitherFirstnorLast]

Happy New Year to all!

UntoHim, since you asked, I will share what I feel on the matter.

Brothers and Sisters, there are literally dozens of LSM websites out there that promote Witness Lee's theology as the Lord's move and the Ministry of the age. Having those same views aired here does not in any way help anyone "Safely discuss the practices of the 'Recovery'". Everyone who comes to this site is fully aware of what the views of the Recovery are, we don't need someone to excuse them or explain them away.... this isn't some church we dabbled in, it was something we lived - all of us, for years; some for more years than others. Some of us are still living it, and some are living it in absentia; disfellowshipped from the franchise and trying to come to terms with what that means.

My feeling is, that for this Forum to fulfill the mission you've stated (as I understand it), we need to reach out to those damaged by the Recovery with the very love of Christ. It is a sad reality that many who have left fellowship with LSM have also left the faith. These ones need to be ministered to, and we are frankly the only ones who can meet those needs - at least, out here on the web. Yes, they need Godly council locally - fellowship with flesh-and-blood believers. However, in the absence of that, they need to know that what hurt them wasn't Christ and wasn't Christianity... it was a man and a man-made religion.

This site needs more fellowship, more sharing, more getting into the Word... and less excusing or accusing of Lee.

I pray that 2013 brings peace, healing, and clarity to all members of Your Body, Lord. I pray that we, insufficient as we are, can be used through Your sufficiency; remembering that when we are weak, then You are strong. Use these hands and hearts, Lord Jesus.

Amen.