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Originally Posted by OBW
I'm sure it looked different in Cleveburg and the surrounding environs. Yet even all of that might have been somewhat dismissed, or missed altogether by many of the regular rank-and-file. Of course you have a better idea on that.
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Titus Chu, to his credit, actually was not at all legalistic. We had to obey the training rules just so we could say we did, and not get in trouble with LSM. With every successive controversy, the GLA became more littered with "sleeper cells" ready to rise up and attack the regional leadership for "not being one with WL." Behind the scenes, however, we were quite lax with training regulations, doing our best to accommodate the saints' needs and schedules.
On the other hand TC was all about submission and glory. All leaders had to submit to him, and all the glory had to go to him. All good and successful ideas must be his, and when things failed, some underling must take the blame for it. In this regard, he was a duplicate of WL, using regular dress downs to maintain proper "order."
TC would say that any way could be a good or profitable way, but no way was "the way." This was a wise word which was quite helpful to the churches, especially during the constant chaos of the endless winds, waves, flows, and ways coming out of Anaheim.
How can any practice be "the way," when Jesus Himself is our unique Way? I remember being scolded by a young sister during my first attempt at door-knocking for not "turning left," which was one of the training regulations. How in the world can we expect God to bless us for that nonsense? Actually God blessed us for my "cooperation" at the time, going along with the "program," and remaining focused on our "objective."
This obsession with finding the latest version of the "right way" brought continual conflict to the churchlife. It became a regular occurrence some young person to hear from the grapevine of the latest ministry rubric and use that to correct the older brothers. This created serious complications for the local leadership since LSM lackeys regularly solicited feedback concerning those who resisted the "Lord's up-to-date move."
