Leaders of the Lord's Recovery

[UntoHim]

I, like Mike, must reluctantly defer to the "available history" that we now know of "early Lee" back in Taiwan, and even of the early Lee behind the scenes in the early days here in America. After all, there is ample evidence that he was hiring and firing elders on his personal whim, melding in the affairs of local churches, and even engaging in financial malfeasance back in the 1960s. These are well chronicled facts, and not just the petty grumblings of some bitter, former LC members. (get that, our dear Blended lurkers?)

In any event, I would echo what OBW has just posted:

Originally Posted by OBW

2. He came here hiding his dark side until he could gain sufficient control over us.

My reasons for thinking the second is more likely is that while he was still gentle with us here in America, he went back to Taiwan and cleaned house in a way that was a lot like times yet to come in the U.S. To me, that casts a big cloud over any claim of genuineness in those "Jesus People" days in the 60s and early 70s.

Originally Posted by Ohio

I will say also that many brothers in the GLA still hold to the simple maxim handed down from Titus Chu: W.L. good, B.B. bad.

You know, I heard the exact same thing in Orange County CA back in the late 1980s, except back then the mantra was "Witness Lee good, John Ingalls and John So bad". And you can bet that before that, in 1950s-1960s Taiwan/Hong Kong/Philippines, the cry was "Witness Lee good, fill-in-the-blank brother(s) bad". Get the picture...and the picture is not pretty folks. History is a very repetitive thing when it comes to us sinful, selfish and proud creatures, and unfortunately, with a shamefully large number of Christian leaders.

***I actually wrote this post before Indiana made this last post. I have heard of such writings from brothers expressing such things, but this is the first time I have ever seen early Local Church history related in such a detailed and succinct manner. When Indiana gets a chance, maybe he could give us more detail about this book and if it has been fully translated into English yet.***

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