Women's Role

[Evangelical]

Originally Posted by UntoHim

They were functioning in a capacity far exceeding that of an elder in many respects. They were functioning as shepherds of Nee's soul. It's impossible to be someone's shepherd unless you are, in a very real sense, their leader. The founder of your sect/movement was lead by women. Sorry if this hurts your male ego or antiquated sensibilities.
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Well, we could say that his mother was even more important than those women, and was in a "very real sense" his "leader".

Does this mean his mother is qualified to lead a church? No.

The answer to my simple question was "no, they were not functioning as elders in a corporate gathering, or the local assembly".

And why did Nee not appoint female elders, if he thought those women were qualified?

The fact that Nee himself did not appoint female elders in "his church" proves that he would not agree with your position. I wonder if he passed on those instructions to Lee.

Originally Posted by UntoHim

Witness Lee hardly mentioned these women for the last 20-25 years of his so-called ministry. I heard Lee speak for hundreds of messages in person and can't actually recall him mentioning these sisters more than a couple of times..and that only in passing. I know that he mentioned them in his biography of Nee. The treatment of sisters/women in the Local Church is well-documented in this forum, and much of the mistreatment has been perpetrated by leaders who picked up their despicable attitude directly from the words and actions of their dear Brother Lee.
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Just like the bible then, which mentions sisters only a couple of times, and that only in passing.

Originally Posted by UntoHim

Dude, what planet do you live on? Seriously, I wonder sometimes if you live in some Local Church parallel universe in which everything is opposite of what is taught and practiced in the actual Local Church of Witness Lee.
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There are no female elders but women can fulfill their ministry in the local churches, no one is stopping them.

[aron]

Originally Posted by Evangelical

women can fulfill their ministry in the local churches, no one is stopping them.

Do you really believe that Ruth Lee or Peace Wang could fulfill their ministry in the LSM-affiliated local churches today? Or that "famous spiritual author" Mary McDonough could write the book God's Plan of Redemption, cited by Lee? (see e.g., Four great pillars in the Lord's Recovery [2002], p.73)?

None of them would last a fortnight if they tried to fulfill their ministries today.