'Ground of the Church'

[Freedom]

Originally Posted by Bradley

There are three separate local churches in Shanghai too, where I lived for three years - all of them 'faithful to the ministry', all of them inviting coworkers from overseas to hold conferences, all of them up to date with the morning revival and 7 feasts.

I was unaware that there are actually instances of multiple LSM-affiliated LC's meeting in the same city. The sheer hypocrisy of it is shocking, but then again it makes sense. Affiliate oneself with the LSM and suddenly the standards change.

I grew up in a city that had no LC. Initially, we commuted over 30 miles, not just to a different city, but to a different county to meet with a LC. So much for the 'practicality' of the LC. Later on we had more LC members move nearby. But will still had to drive to a neighboring city to meet.

Eventually, we had enough living in the same city to consider "taking the ground," but it came to the attention of the elders that there were some Chinese-speaking LC members in our city who were commuting to a city where there was a large Chinese presence. They had virtually zero interaction with us, however, the elder among the Chinese felt it best to wait to "take the ground" until there was a "better testimony" in the city. To make a long story short, no official LC was ever formed in the city where I grew up.