Justification for One City-One Church dogma?

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by Evangelical

I gave other references that stated how the churches were organized, in my last post to you. I think there is historical evidence for the one city per church thing.

We don't believe that the church has a name. The church has no name, and we don't use the city name to label ourselves like a denomination would. We are against de-name-iating. It is people's perception, that we take names and de-name-iate ourself according to the locality name. But that's not in our teachings:

"A local church is not a term used as a name, but it describes the fact of one church in a locality. " ~ The Basic Revelation in the Holy Scriptures
by Witness Lee

If the church has no name, then why would LSM / DCP operatives instruct their adherents in Columbus, Ohio to file a lawsuit in order to secure THE NAME?

And by the way, I'm sure you could find a few tidy WL quotes justifying lawsuits to seize meeting halls and bank assets. (Appeal to Little Caesar's anyone?) Afaithfulword.com is such a rich resource for sideswiping inconvenient Bible verses.

All of your WL quotes are merely window dressing to hide the corrupt practices at LSM. But the inconvenient truth is that WL himself never allowed his lofty quotes to interfere with his practices.

[Evangelical]

Originally Posted by Ohio

If the church has no name, then why would LSM / DCP operatives instruct their adherents in Columbus, Ohio to file a lawsuit in order to secure THE NAME?

And by the way, I'm sure you could find a few tidy WL quotes justifying lawsuits to seize meeting halls and bank assets. (Appeal to Little Caesar's anyone?) Afaithfulword.com is such a rich resource for sideswiping inconvenient Bible verses.

All of your WL quotes are merely window dressing to hide the corrupt practices at LSM. But the inconvenient truth is that WL himself never allowed his lofty quotes to interfere with his practices.

Suing over the name of the church, are you aware of any material provided by LSM to defend such action?

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by Evangelical

Suing over the name of the church, are you aware of any material provided by LSM to defend such action?

Suing over their name is what they did in GLA cities -- Columbus for one.

Justification for lawsuits is found in LSM's vast online library. Look under "appeal to Caesar."

[Evangelical]

Originally Posted by Ohio

Suing over their name is what they did in GLA cities -- Columbus for one.

Justification for lawsuits is found in LSM's vast online library. Look under "appeal to Caesar."

Those are probably less well known than the Harvest House case. That's why I'm asking.