The Acting God Witness Lee

In the LSM 2005 Winter Training, Brother Ron Kangas declared from the podium13

that “Witness Lee was the acting God.” Unsympathetic observers will interpret this statement

as “deifying Brother Lee,” thus fulfilling one characteristic of a “cult profile” – the exaltation

and glorifying of the leader. Within days, Brother Ron’s statement was reported and posted on

the world-wide web. Is this the caution one would expect from LSM leaders who are deeply

concerned about the impact of the ‘cult’ label on believers in China? Rather, it seems an LSM

“blended co-worker” is willing to risk tarnishing all the saints and churches with the “cult”

label in order to achieve a little “shock value” by declaring, “Witness Lee was the acting

God.” We realize this speaking did not appear in print14. Yet damage has already been done to

the saints and the local churches. Moreover, a sceptic may question, how serious are LSM’s

“blended co-workers” about avoiding the ‘cult’ label “to spare other genuine believers from

imprisonment.”? A cynic might even ask, is LSM’s declaration an expression of earnest

concern for Chinese believers or is it merely public posturing?

13. Ron Kangas message on “The Work of the Divine Building, LSM 2005 Winter Training on The

Crystallization Study of The Building of God, Anaheim, CA, December, 2005

14. The context of the statement was, under the heading: “Needing to be One with the Wise Master Builder

Who is the Acting God”: “If we would do the work of the divine building, we must be one with the wise master

builder, who is the acting God. …The apostle Paul, …surely was the acting God, representing Him….Thus, we

believe that, in principle, in the Lord’s recovery our brother Lee was the wise master builder. If we want to do the

work of building, we need to also be one with him. ” see The Ministry, magazine vol. 10, no. 1, Jan./Feb. 2006,

Anaheim, CA, Living Stream Ministry, pp. 212-3 (emphasis added) In this context, the spoken message

contained the statement: “Witness Lee was the acting God.” [That statement was omitted from the printed

version]