Publication Work in The Lord's Recovery aka The One Publication

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by Drake

"But being restricted in the one publication does not mean, and has never meant, that individual churches are not free to produce and distribute materials for their local needs. We have always had publications like this among us, and there have generally been no problems related to these. Songbooks, local tracts, church meeting outlines, testimonies, etc., have long been produced among us without controversy. These are actually not part of the one publication among us in that they do not involve all the churches. These are publications that address local needs. Problems can be caused, however, when these local and non-permanent publications gain larger geographical status. Further, it is particularly problematic when new technologies, such as the Internet, are used to distribute these local publications. The elders should take special care to assure that what is produced for their local churches remains a local matter. Otherwise, damage may result. Although technologies now exist that permit the easy dissemination of material, we should not use these technologies at the risk of causing confusion among the saints and of damaging the one accord among the churches. The elders and saints everywhere should exercise the same caution that Brother Lee spoke of when he testified concerning the one publication in mainland China: all the saints and all the churches everywhere should similarly be restricted in one publication in the Lord’s recovery."

Drake's quote above from the "One Publication" has many troubling points:

1. Why should materials in one LC not be used outside of their locality?
2. Why should any LC not be permitted to use materials from another LC?
3. Who can stop local elders from using any material they deem fitting for their saints?
4. Why should emails or the internet not be used for fellowship between LC's?
5. Why should use of these technologies cause confusion?
6. Why would use of these technologies damage the one accord?

Is it not interesting indeed that LSM has regularly exploited all of these technologies, while demanding that LC elders do not. This raises a number of other issues:

1. What if LC elders instruct their saints not to use LSM materials?
2. What if LC elders of various LC's near to one another decide that they wish to share materials for their meetings?
3. What if the Lord raises up Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, etc in their region, are these LC's not free to share their gifts from the Lord?
4. What if LC elders decide that LSM's materials cause confusion?
5. What if LC elders decide that LSM's materials damage the one accord?

Brothers like Trapped and aron and others on this thread should begin to ask questions like these, otherwise Drake will continue dissembling and wordsmithing his responses.