Brotherly Love the Source of Oneness?

[Prayerful]

There is an interesting article posted here: http://www.thechurchinakron.org/html..._love__1_.html

The writer says that the source of oneness is not the so-called "ground," but brotherly love. Here is an excerpt:

"The local churches of the Living Stream Ministry (LSM) looked to the New Testament to find how oneness was practiced in the first century. There they found the pattern of having only one church in every city. In fact, each church at that time was known by the name of its city, such as the church in Jerusalem, the church in Antioch, and the church in Rome. Although this pattern is biblical, LSM practiced this in such a way that brotherly love evaporated. They became narrow and exclusive in their attitude toward other Christians. They became proud in their doctrine, claiming that no one else had ever seen what they have seen. They set up a worldwide hierarchy that insisted on conformity in teaching and practice. Any who were suspected of “teaching differently” were ostracized. No one could publish anything that had not been approved by this leadership without fear of being excommunicated. Eventually they even began to sue those local churches that did not fall into line in order to punish them and to obtain their property. Outwardly they forced a kind of conforming oneness within their ranks, but the lack of brotherly love was obvious to any objective observer. The testimony of Christ they so longed for was nowhere to be found except in their own imagination."

The whole article, and others like it, is worth reading.

Any comments?