The Not-So Practical Expression of the Church

[Cal]

Hope,

Thanks. My point in this thread has never been to totally refute the city-church teaching, but rather to refute the idea that oneness with the city-church can be reduced to oneness with a certain set of elders, which is the the LSM/LC model. They think it makes the church "practical." However, I think anyone's insistance on following one particular set of elders is itself a seed of division, because there is no way to prove to everyone's satisfaction that those elders are indeed who their advocates claim them to be.

As for the book, http://www.ministrybooks.org/books.cfm?id=%23%22%5DO%5C%0A, click on this link. The quote I gave is right there in the preface. It's there in black and white in the second sentence: "The center of the church is the elders."

Your thoughts on this issue are welcome and needed.

[YP0534]

Originally Posted by Igzy

As for the book, http://www.ministrybooks.org/books.cfm?id=%23%22%5DO%5C%0A, click on this link. The quote I gave is right there in the preface. It's there in black and white in the second sentence: "The center of the church is the elders."

Igzy:
They don't let us deep link.

Can you give me a title and, hopefully, a chapter reference to get back to it?

[Cal]

Originally Posted by YP0534

Igzy:
They don't let us deep link.

Can you give me a title and, hopefully, a chapter reference to get back to it?

Hmmm, it works for me.

The book is Elder's Management of the Church by Witness Lee. The quote is in the second sentence of the Preface.

[YP0534]

Originally Posted by Igzy

Hmmm, it works for me.

The book is Elder's Management of the Church by Witness Lee. The quote is in the second sentence of the Preface.

can't get it in either IE6 or Firefox2

Thank you, though, and keep me in mind for future citations!