[NewManLiving]

The way I have come to see it: The early church grew so rapidly that they were referenced by where they lived and where they assembled, such as in a believers' house. There is no direct instruction given anywhere in the New Testament concerning the "ground". All believers in a particular city or home naturally "assembled" together. The emergence of sects and divisions cannot change that nor can "taking the ground" change anything as well. It just creates another division, excluding all other believers in that city. All believers in a city or home or where two or three are gathered together become part of the total assembly in that location. Even if they are divided in a sense by certain practices or beliefs. Anything more is confusion. The brethren practiced confusion and exclusion and the LSMLC continues the same practice since that is where they got it from. All they accomplish is the creation of yet another division that produces more pride and exclusion. The Churches of God by GH Lang, the book that WL allegedly spit on is an excellent study especially for those still holding the doctrine of the dirt.