Problems with the Local Church - Merged Thread

[Nell]

Originally Posted by jesusislord

Does the Local Church practice church discipline? I've met in the LC for nearly a decade and have never seen any public discipline.

In a word, no. The LC does not practice scriptural public church discipline as correctly described by Trapped. However, I'm not sure that any church, LC or not, practices public church discipline as commanded in the Bible. In a community that believes that "Witness Lee is right, even when he's wrong" you could imagine what "church discipline" might look like.

This link provides a horrific example of the LC leadership's "church discipline" toward a member who has no idea what she did to deserve such treatment. Dan Williams is Benson Phillips who outed himself. Chapter 1 is 2 pages long.
The Thread of Gold, God's Purpose, the Cross, and Me, by Jane Carole Anderson, Chapter 1.
http://www.thethreadofgold.com/Chapter_1.html


This link is to an expanded history of the "sisters rebellion" that began in the description in Chapter 1 above.
http://localchurchdiscussions.com/vB...23&postcount=1

Nell