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Oh my! Thank you, Aron. Will definitely check it out. I guess I'm far from alone in this. Question for you, if you know. Is Titus Chu still "quarantined." I suspect he is and that the so-called BBs are still calling the shots at LSM. From my recollection, Titus always heard a different drummer and was not afraid to act accordingly. I guess I should use the abbreviation TC, huh? lol

Still loving the Lord Jesus Christ!!!...unregistered

Wow, there sure are a lot of testimonies on the Berean site. Some things have been clarified for me. Apparently, there had been a "flow" to go to the campuses in the late 1970s and recruit "good material." And it would appear that I was considered "good material." OK, so the fact that I am a human being and child of God with feelings doesn't matter. I am just a thing to be used. And the recruiter got the OK to spend a lot of time with me molding me into their image. And I wonder why I felt cold and alienated and yes, USED? I also recall exactly what prompted me to leave. It was a speaking by TC in a loud, forceful tone in a metting that if you intend to be a Sunday attender, then you might as well leave the recovery. When I became a Sunday attender, it was made VERY clear to me by numerous individuals that it would simply not be acceptable to continue in that manner. SO I WALKED AWAY. It's all coming back to me now. I don't understand, though, how I can "leave" the church when according to their teachings ALL believers in a locality belong to the local church in that locality. Some may appear to be overcomers, some just attend some meetings, and others may be backsliding, but all should be accepted as members. It's all so confusing and contradictory, to say the least! Isn't it amazing that I still think about this almost 30 years later? I doubt that I will ever be completely free of that period of my life for the rest of my days.

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Originally Posted by Unregistered

I don't understand, though, how I can "leave" the church when according to their teachings ALL believers in a locality belong to the local church in that locality. Some may appear to be overcomers, some just attend some meetings, and others may be backsliding, but all should be accepted as members.

Excellent observation! If Lee and his followers actually practiced what they preached, they would never move to a city where there is already a Christian church and "take the ground". The ground has ALREADY BEEN TAKEN! For example, when the Local Church of Witness Lee sect moved to Anaheim (circa 1974?), they should not have "taken the ground" and haughtily declared themselves "THE Church in Anaheim". But we all know by now that the "ground" of the Local Church is nothing other than the person and work of Witness Lee. Heck, they don't even try to hide it anymore. Their "Bibles for America" campaign has less to do with spreading the Bible as much as spreading "the interpreted word"....the teachings of Witness Lee.