Why People Leave

[UtahGiant]

Originally Posted by GoodLand

Yes, I am aware of how the Church in Knoxville attacked Jo Casteel for voicing concerns about the Local Church, and her husband ended up committing suicide.

The leaders of LSM attacked her, not just her local church. Ron k, Minoru Chen, and a few more. The ministry that the local churches subscribe to attacked someone who spoke against them. They have a history of this, they even have an entire litigation arm called defense and confirmation. They use this arm to perform lawsuits against other Christians who speak negatively of them. This is very unbiblical. Did Jesus attack those who crucified him? Did he tell people on the sermon on the mount to instead turn the other cheek, take them to court.

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by UtahGiant

The leaders of LSM attacked her, not just her local church. Ron k, Minoru Chen, and a few more. The ministry that the local churches subscribe to attacked someone who spoke against them. They have a history of this, they even have an entire litigation arm called defense and confirmation. They use this arm to perform lawsuits against other Christians who speak negatively of them. This is very unbiblical.

Not only do they litigate and slander those who expose sin, but they will do the same to those who merely "differ" in minuscule matters.

I served actively and positively in Ohio area LC's for decades. Then the Blendeds excommunicated our region for meany matters like using contemporary Christian music instead of exclusively their hymnal, publishing periodicals instead of only LSM's books, and not filling church quotas for LSM's various trainings. They used Lee's teachings to justify lawsuits and underhanded tactics, dividing every church for spoils, yet never used one verse from scripture.

The Blendeds merely have a facade of holiness, but deny its power. Paul tells us to "turn away from such ones." (2 Tm 3.5). Paul also tells us to "mark such ones who make divisions and causes of stumbling." (Rm 16.17-18)

[Trapped]

Originally Posted by Ohio

Then the Blendeds excommunicated our region for meany matters like using contemporary Christian music instead of exclusively their hymnal.....

You want to hear some hypocrisy and irony? Some localities with campus works actually purposefully sing contemporary Christian songs (think: the band Casting Crowns or any number of groups on current Christian radio) in the meetings they use to capture college students to draw them in. They then switch over to LSM songs, of course, once the college students are "connected" enough to the full-timers, etc so they won't notice the switch.

One year they excommunicate churches for doing something; later on they use that same tactic to trick people to joining them.....withholding the fact that they think and teach that the songs they use to grab people are "Christless".