Taking the Ground

[rayliotta]

Originally Posted by Freedom

From my experience, the only visible thing associated with taking the ground has been the inaugural Lord's Table meeting. I find it all very confusing how they use the terminology, and I would guess most LCers just accept it as fact, as did I. Meetings of a new LC may supersede the inaugural meeting by many months or even years. This makes me wonder, according to LC doctrine, was a church was not "standing on the ground" before such a meeting occurred?

Absolutely not. They're not "standing on the ground" until they're given the green light by the representatives of the Apostle of the Age, even if they're thousands of miles away. And these representatives, as we all know, are not part of any human organization, they eschew hierarchy, and they respect the "administration local" of the church, even as they care for the "Body universal."

Oh, and all of your questions, Freedom (and mine, too) -- they're shaped like boogie-serpents.

Lions, tigers, and bears, oh my! Be afraid, be very, very afraid...