On the Lee Road

Indiana · 02-27-2025, 01:10 PM

http://www.ReviewingChurchHistory.co...sinAmerica.pdf

(written several years ago. I'm getting so old My birthday today Feb 27, 1947)

Having spent 30 years in the local churches under the ministry of Witness Lee and the last three years in fellowship with Stephen Kaung-associated assemblies, I have found the fellowship in both groups to be so similar and their hearts much the same for carrying out God’s eternal purpose in building up the one Body of Christ

Where I live, there is a group which calls themselves the church in Seattle, (where I used to meet); and another group here which calls themselves Seattle Christian Assembly, (where I now meet). They have no difference in their basic statement of the faith regarding what is essential to believers in “the fellowship”. And, their basic understanding, doctrinally, of the church and of keeping the oneness of the Body of Christ is essentially the same. Yet, they cannot be one for a testimony in Seattle.

"It is the same in New York where Stephen Kaung was asked to address New York’s past and his relationship with Witness Lee. He noted that there was one point about the church ground that he could not conscientiously accept and that Witness Lee had become adamant with him about accepting. That separating factor is still in place today."

PeterG · 02-27-2025, 03:02 PM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIR! And thank you also for this paper.

It's really sad that things have become so complicated. All this talk of a “ground”... I'm reminded of the scene in “The Name of the Rose” where the cardinals think they have to settle the question of whether the clothes Jesus was wearing were his own.

The ground is Christ. And if Christ is the ground, his church should not be split. That would not be against any commandment, but against the gospel. Isn't it that simple? And if splitting has already happened, the reasonable position - at least for me - is what Nee expressed.

Your paper ends with “May the lines of Lee and Kaung be aligned again accordingly in the will of God.” I agree with that 100 percent! :-)

02-27-2025, 01:10 PM	#1
Indiana Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 718	Re: Lee and Kaung Lines in America http://www.ReviewingChurchHistory.co...sinAmerica.pdf (written several years ago. I'm getting so old My birthday today Feb 27, 1947) Having spent 30 years in the local churches under the ministry of Witness Lee and the last three years in fellowship with Stephen Kaung-associated assemblies, I have found the fellowship in both groups to be so similar and their hearts much the same for carrying out God’s eternal purpose in building up the one Body of Christ Where I live, there is a group which calls themselves the church in Seattle, (where I used to meet); and another group here which calls themselves Seattle Christian Assembly, (where I now meet). They have no difference in their basic statement of the faith regarding what is essential to believers in “the fellowship”. And, their basic understanding, doctrinally, of the church and of keeping the oneness of the Body of Christ is essentially the same. Yet, they cannot be one for a testimony in Seattle. "It is the same in New York where Stephen Kaung was asked to address New York’s past and his relationship with Witness Lee. He noted that there was one point about the church ground that he could not conscientiously accept and that Witness Lee had become adamant with him about accepting. That separating factor is still in place today."

02-27-2025, 03:02 PM	#2
PeterG MEMBER Join Date: Sep 2024 Posts: 83	Re: Lee and Kaung Lines in America HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIR! And thank you also for this paper. It's really sad that things have become so complicated. All this talk of a “ground”... I'm reminded of the scene in “The Name of the Rose” where the cardinals think they have to settle the question of whether the clothes Jesus was wearing were his own. The ground is Christ. And if Christ is the ground, his church should not be split. That would not be against any commandment, but against the gospel. Isn't it that simple? And if splitting has already happened, the reasonable position - at least for me - is what Nee expressed. Your paper ends with “May the lines of Lee and Kaung be aligned again accordingly in the will of God.” I agree with that 100 percent! :-)