[UntoHim]

Originally Posted by Igzy

The only conclusion must be that the city church is like the universal church. Yes, it exists in reality, but we are not required to officially organize it under one official group of elders. All Christians in the city should see their common unity in that city, but smaller organized churches, as the house churches in the New Testament suggest, are allowed for practicality, flexibility, and, not the least in importance, preventing presumptive self-assumed rule by domineering leaders bent on controlling everything and everyone.

Then there is the stark reality that Local Church elders really don't function anything like elders described in and modeled by the New Testament. They are actually more like branch managers of a local franchise of the Living Stream Ministry corporation. They are only allowed to serve Lee burgers, Lee fries and Lee shakes, which are all neatly wrapped and supplied by the headquarters in Anaheim. The menu is strictly dictated and sternly enforced by the members of The Board (aka The Blended Brothers).
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