[Trapped]

One thing that bothers me is that in the ministry Lee says that the church should only take the name of the Lord Jesus, and that taking the name of another is wrong (e.g. saying you are a Methodist/Baptist/Lutheran, etc is wrong). I.e., if you are Mrs. Jones, you do not take the name Smith.

Okay, then, by that principle, the local church websites should not state that the churches follow the teaching and ministry of Witness Lee and Watchman Nee! Why, in talking about the church, are there other names mentioned besides the Lord Jesus? If you are Mrs. Jones, yes, you should not take the name Smith.....but to further the analogy, if you are Mrs. Jones, you also should not "take up" with Smith, regardless of whether you actually take the name Smith or just only involve yourself with Smith without taking the name. If the LC does what W. Lee’s ministry itself describes, it should only be stating that they follow the New Testament ministry, or that they follow the Lord Jesus.

(I could get into how LSM intentionally blurs and conflates the phrases “the New Testament ministry” with “brother Lee’s ministry” with “the ministry” in the publications that are put out, but won’t).

So the LC’s can’t call themselves Lee-ans. Fine. But saying “we are the church in [city] (we follow the ministry of W. Lee and W. Nee)" is apparently okay.

So if Wesleyan/Lutheran is wrong, what criticizing word would LSM come up with if they came across a group who stated that they were, for example, "The church in [city] (we follow the teachings of Wesley/Luther)"?!