Thoughts, Questions, And Wanted Discussion On Local Churches

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Originally Posted by jigsaw44

Tell me what you think about this idea of Anaheim under Nee instead of Lee.

On one hand, not much different in leadership styles. Both were strongly informed by their native culture, in which one unquestioned leader ran things. In neither case would you see a meeting like in the early church in Acts 15, in which there was "much discussion" (v7). No, with Nee/Lee you got an edict, and any discussion from the underlings was akin to rebellion.

But I'd hazard this. Nee allowed females to work alongside him, and Lee never did. Perhaps Lee's style was different because of the taint of scandal that Nee never escaped, but came back again and again. Nobody ever accused Lee of sexual affairs, yet Nee was never able to escape this dark lair, until the final imprisonment by Communists. But Nee did use the creative efforts of females, continually, whilst Lee shot them down, continually. Can you imagine a Peace Wang, a Dora Yu, a Ruth Lee or a Margaret Barber functioning in the aegis of the Living Stream Ministry of Witness Lee? I can't.