Numbers 1:1 - The Numbers Don't Lie

[UntoHim]

Originally Posted by UntoHim

And they wonder why their little religious sect is dying right before their eyes.

Originally Posted by rayliotta

It's dying? Really? That's news to me...

Ah I knew I couldn't get away with that exaggerated superlative

Actually it's been my observation that the Local Church of Witness Lee here in America is dying, at least if one is to take into account the dwindling numbers. I know that a number of Local Churches here in America have less than half the attending members as they did, say 20 or 30 year ago. There are exceptions, one I believe might be in Austin. Anyway, you can be sure that if the numbers were increasing we would hear about it from the folks there on La Palma in Anaheim. The fact that they are secretive about their numbers tells the story.

Of course Taiwan would probably be a totally different story, although I understand there have been a number of splits and some of those churches may not consider themselves as in the LSM fold.

In any event, the main reason I say "dying" is not just the numbers, it is through my direct observation of the bi-annual training messages and some conferences headed up by the "blended" brothers. As I just noted, the training meetings are nothing but some guy reading an outline and going over the points. Same goes for the conferences. There is nothing new, nothing fresh. These people are too beat down and too afraid to seek after God and his Kingdom apart from the ministry of a man who has been dead and buried for about 15 years now. It's actually quite sad and I pray for them all the time.