New LSM Website: ministrypropagation.org

[aron]

Originally Posted by countmeworthy

.. it is my understanding many of the church kids are leaving not only the LSM but disconnecting with their families..

The core of Jesus' teachings centered around relationships, emerging from the Judaic ethos, namely piety within monotheism: "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one" Deut 6:4 (NIV). Now, we're straitly charged to love God wholly, and love our neighbors. Do this and you fulfill the law and the prophets. See Matt 22:40; cf Gal 5:14; also see 1 John 4:20.

Against this, the de facto, operational 'god' of the Nee/Lee programme reveals itself: alignment with organizational leadership. Lee-ism has splintered, and one is asked which leadership group they follow: Dong-ite, or Chu-ite, or Blended? Based on this confession and commitment to obedience, all subsequent human relations are based.

Not surprising that many children raised in such an environment of isolationism and enforced estrangement will eventually recoil; they may not yet articulate it fully, but have sensed an atmosphere thick with conformity and fear, and want to get far away.