Attacking G.H. Lang's Autonomy: LSM’s Subversion of the Church - Tomes

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The following is a short note from Bill Mallon to Nigel Tomes regarding Nigel's piece posted here on LCD.
Both bother Bill and brother Nigel have granted their permission to post it here.

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Dear Brother Nigel,

I was very pleased to have read your recent email document. I appreciate your faithfulness and diligence to search and dig for the truth. I wish we could have some face to face fellowship, especially after all of these years. I can see you have gained much insightful understanding and wisdom which is very refreshing for me to see. Since 1990, when we four brothers were simultaneously quarantined at the same time (John Ingalls in CA, John So in Germany, Joseph Fung in Hong Kong, and me in FL), I have mainly focused on the TRUTH. I am grateful to you for your testimony about G. H. Lang, T. A. Sparks, Watchman Nee, and E. H. Broadbent, and how they were linked together in the Lord during the crises of their times. In the late eighties, I had purchased 2 cases (over 80 copies) of G. H. Lang's book "The Churches of God" and discreetly passed them out to like-minded brothers.

Little did I know, then, that this would released W.L.'s wrath. Little did I realize that this would instantly lead to my being quarantine without any discussion and contact with me. Shortly thereafter, he conducted a Fall conference in Pasadena, CA, held up a copy of this book, condemned it, threw in down on the floor, spit on it, and stomped on it, forbidding anyone to read it. He made quite a public display demonstrating his dislike and anger for it. It shocked me! I never imagined that he would have reacted in such a distasteful, hateful manner. I did not personally attend that conference in Pasadena, but this incident was later reported to me by some in attendance.

Later, when I met Earl Rodmacher in Scottsdale where he wintered in 1990, he wanted a copy of this book, which I was privileged to give him as a gift. He sympathized with my story and made the following encouraging remark: "The New Testament mentions several times the fact of the one-city-one church. However, it is interesting to note that this scriptural fact is mentioned descriptively, never prescriptively. The history of it is in the Scriptures as a description, never as a prescription. The New Testament presents it as a historical description, but never as a theological exhortation for believers to follow as a doctrine." This word was a great comfort to me at that time, as the truth broke in upon me and liberated me from the deception I was under!

I sincerely hope the Lord would open a door of renewed fellowship between us. God bless you richly as you continue in your single-minded endeavor to follow the Lord.

Bill Mallon
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