[UntoHim]

"In our day we are accustomed to see Christ divided (1 Cor. 1:13), and how many children of God in the National Church, in the Free Churches, in Baptist, Methodist, and other communities, pride themselves on the truth or the views they represent, instead of being ashamed of participating in the guilt of dividing Christ’s body..."

So the way to "undivide" Christ is to hammer on, mock and insult other Christians, then set up yet another fellowship where people also pride themselves on the truth or the views they represent? What Nee, Lee and their followers (and apparently Stockmayer) never seem to realize is that they are (should be) meeting on the very same ground that most all genuine Christian churches, groups and fellowships meet on... and that is the ground of being the "called out" ones (ekklasia) P L U S a certain set of teachings and practices that follow "the truth or the views they represent".

Theoretically, or should I say ideally, the "plus" part should be simply and purely the words of the Lord Jesus as recorded in the gospels, the teachings of the scripture writing apostles and certain mandatory practices (re: baptism, the Lord's table). Now the fact is that "the local ground" was not mentioned by the Lord Jesus, nor any of the Scripture writing apostles, and for certain we know that it was not a mandatory practice. So djohnson and others are correct in calling this teaching a "doctrine of dirt". It really and truly is a house built upon shifting sand.

We need to stop looking so much at the name on the placard out front and worry more about the teachings that are going on inside. The names on the placards are NOT what is dividing Christ, it is false teachings, the false teachers who teach them, and of course the contantly wondering hearts of God's people.
"The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?"