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Originally Posted by Terry
When a brother is simultaneously an elder and a co-worker, how does a conflict of interest not exist?
Isn't this a case of “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth." (Matthew 6:24)
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The conflict of interest exists in the Recovery because of their rule that the most senior worker (Titus Chu in the GLA) directs all the movements of the other workers. Titus Chu is the de facto
master of all other co-workers and full-timers. All the GLA workers found this out the hard way, the most recent being John Myer. As the
Master, Titus Chu had the right to abuse and publicly shame all the other workers under his "perfecting care." Once this became totally unsuitable to the coworker, he had no other recourse but to leave the Recovery completely. There was no arbitration available for relief.
The churches learned this the hard way. They had no claim to the worker's time or service. He could be ordered to leave for the weekend with just a moment's notice. Neither could the worker have the liberty to follow the Lord directly. His movements must be initiated by headquarters.
Back in the late 80's, after one gifted and beloved brother quit his job to serve full-time, I watched both Witness Lee and Titus Chu fight over his "service." Both wanted him in their "territory." It was only his wife's threats of divorce which stopped him from repeatedly relocating at their bidding. Because we knew the "rules," his local church had no way to keep or protect him from this. After Lee's death, Titus Chu finally got his way and relocated the family to Toronto. There he remained until Chu's public invectives got so abusive that he abruptly quit serving. No one came to his aid. No amount of medicine could reduce the stress-induced hypertension he suffered. The public assaults were so caustic, that he was almost physically beat up by a zealous brother thinking he was doing God a favor and ridding the Recovery of such a "plague." Such were the "perfecting" methods of the "master" Titus Chu.