[UntoHim]

Interesting thought about the churches in Asia. Is this an original idea of yours or did you come to this conclusion through the writings of others? Could you possibly point me to any of the writings of the early church fathers/scholars who may have had similar thoughts regarding this? I don't agree with your assumption/conclusions, but knowing you it is well thought out and you will develop this as we go along.

I can see you are going to link this up with the "establishment of hierarchy in the assemblies". As I see it, there is a huge gulf between the establishment of proper leadership and order in new chruchers and "the works of the Nicolaitans". If I remember correctly you do not recognize the "office" (for lack of better word) of Elder. I assume you follow the school of thought that the office/function of apostleship ended with the death of the original scripture writing apostles? If so, how do the "gifts" to the body of Christ fit into your view. If getting into all this gets too far away from the thread here just feel free to skip it and go right ahead with your main points.

This could be an excellent thread, especially if we can tie it into what has taken place in the Local Church/ministries of Nee & Lee at some point.