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Originally Posted by OBW
The “one city one church” is already established as a prescription of Lee not supported by scripture.
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MikeH, the way I have understood this teaching is one city one expression. Meaning in a city there could be only one expression of Christ, but more than one assembly. Let's take Seattle for example. For years the LC church in Seattle had two assemblies, but one expression. Practically one assembly was for the English speaking and the other for the Chinese speaking.
The fallacy behind the LC concept is they are the legitimate expression of Christ in any given city. Any assemblies apart from them are illegitimate.
It is simply ludicrous to say an assembly needs to be affiliated with a specific Christian publisher/ministry in order to be considered legit.
For example usually on Saturday nights I meet with a group of Christians in Bellevue, Wa. With each of us our only common connection are brothers and sisters in Christ. However since it's not a LSM/LC home meeting, I have been told our meetings are illegitimate.
I disagree with such a divisvie concept. Rather all Christians who meet in a given city are the expression of Christ regardless whether they meet with lcers, Presbyterians, Baptists, etc.
Terry