"Heavenly Language"

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Originally Posted by alwayslearning

But anyway I'm glad to hear he is not a proponent of the "Heavenly Language" theory! I was mostly thinking of him not liking the use of the word "pastor" and other such language violations.

(BTW how much do you think Titus' clinging to Witness Lee, ground of locality, certain music styles, etc. is to pander to a certain constituency within the LCs in the GLA who are supportive of him? I.e. would he be less LCish if his most supportive constituency was as well?)

You are right about that. The brothers with Titus hate the word "pastor" as being anathema to Christian service. The word rapidly spread that John Myer wanted to be a "pastor," and thus he received little sympathy from the staunchest of TC's supporters.

Not sure how much Titus Chu clings to the local ground. In his last meeting with John Myer, apparently he posed a question to John about the local ground, and he was not satisfied with John's response. The local ground is part of the "spiritual identity" of all the old Recovery people. How could Titus begin to question that? Even the Cleveland elders might quarantine him if he did that!

Titus loves the classics. He put together a symphony of quality musicians who traveled about playing some of WN's songs. A few times he asked some sister to sing a hymn and she had a beautiful opera voice. Titus himself had a beautiful voice. But he was also pragmatic. He knew that the LC's would die off if they only sang classics. He promoted the young people churches with contemporary music, whether he liked it himself or not. He definitely was concerned about the future increase, and knew that changes were needed to reach Caucasians.

Titus encouraged the most gifted brothers to work with the young people on the campuses. Some of whom, like Myer and Debelek, were quite fruitful too. Yet Titus would continually "shoot himself in the foot" by the way he treated those he worked with. Many felt they were treated like "dogs," and have since left. And that's the irony with Titus, he is so gifted, and at the same time he can be so abusive, just like his mentor Witness Lee. Currently there is one "young people" church in Cleveland Heights. Since the leader there is his son-in-law, they might have a chance for long-term survival, since Titus' daughter would never tolerate her husband being abused by daddy. The other "young people" churches have either collapsed or sided with LSM.