Canfield on the Ground of Locality

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by Peter Debelak

I'm not so sure credentials are a Pre-requisite to leadership or even expounding the Word.

I've always agreed with this ...

Was not our Lord condemned by the "theologians" of the day for being "unlearned?" The initial Twelve were similarly condemned.

Yet in our little Recovery society, this "exception to the rule" was taken to new heights. Except for a few Christian classic studies from writers long passed, we respected no contemporary theologians or ministers. This enabled WL to borrow freely from other sources, while his cadre of promoters convinced us of his originality. This also provided an atmosphere of unrestricted conjecture, since the normal checks and balances on a ministry were removed.