New Book by Henry Hon

[TLFisher]

Originally Posted by Freedom

One reason the situation with Mr. Hon caught my attention is because WL made a big deal about trying to get people to start and organize home gatherings. In certain parts of WL's ministry, it seems that he actually encouraged people to take initiative (in regards to getting an increase), even individual initiative if others weren't doing anything. Of course, WL contradicted himself on this. However, it seems that when Hon was in the LC, he must have taken to heart something that WL taught about home meetings.

Initiative is the key word. Indicates sidestepping fellowship protocol and taking individual decision making. Brothers and sisters alike are paralyzed from not making individual decisions when there's fellowship protocol that's expected.
I didn't have a problem with brother Hon's burden on home meetings. My question is what's the purpose of the home meeting? For many non-LC churches, home meetings is the best format for participation that wouldn't be possible on a Sunday morning service.
In Local Church home meetings the safe choice is to make the home meeting a miniature prophesying meeting. Just take turns reading sentences from HWFMR. It's pretentious. There's no real risk of having to bear one's soul.
For one to take the initiative and suggest, "let's set aside the ministry and present our individual burdens and trials before the group to pray over", how do you think that would go over? If it didn't come from elders, such a suggestion would be marginalized as being individualistic. Or as trying to seek a following.