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Originally Posted by Jo S
By "Next in line" I meant the leader/apostle or torch bearer of the LC's borrowed Pentecostal vision of one church one city. Succession going Nee>Lee>Chu.
This hierarchical position was immediately obvious to me and it's the same with many others here. Are you saying you didn't see Lee or Nee as movement leaders?
From what I gather, the Blendeds excommunicated Titus based on the charge of selfish ambition. Correct me if I'm wrong but they also saw Chu as someone that was attempting to usurp the mantle of Lee where as they claim they are the ones carrying out Lee's last wishes by standing in his place as an entity rather than an individual.
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Not from where I stood. After the Max rebellion in 78 it was clear to us in Houton that Benson Phillips was the big winner. Shortly thereafter Houston became an arm of LSM, with printing taking place there. In hindsight this could be seen as a reward for their part in the Sister's rebellion and also for taking in the sister abused by PL and covering it up. Shortly after this Irving was created with the purpose of being a major publishing and conference center for LSM. 100 saints from Houston moved up. Basically the front two rows. Ray G, and Benson were the leaders of both the construction and church there. LSM built Benson a house adjacent to the property. Titus was as peripheral to this work as Bill Freeman was. During this time RG and BP demonstrated their loyalty by hiding their eyes once again to PL's abuses, stabbing JI in the back. The elders that replaced the Anaheim elders included EM, a proxy for both RG and BP. At the same time there was the FTTT, Benson, Ray, Ed M, and Kerry R all played significant roles there. One brother from Austin took on a leadership role. Basically it appeared to be a collaboration between Anaheim and Texas for the American saints. Again, as far as I could tell Titus played an insignificant role. The only things I heard about Titus at this point, from the closest workers to WL (who was also in Taipei) were complaints about him using fleshly means (music) in his gospel outreach. From this the FTTA was created with EM and KR playing important leadership roles (they are both from Houston and proxies for RG and BP). KRobicheaux was critical to this change as he has the credential to help with translation and deal with the theological issues that torment WL.
If Titus was telling people "Nee-Lee-Me" then he was delusional.