Regarding this story about Bill Freeman and marriages & divorces, I do not know what really took place there. In the Local Church, divorces are strictly prohibited. Therefore, this story must sound very terrible for their members and it is quite possible that it was made up in order to make a very negative impression about Bill Freeman.
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Bill (William) Freeman had a high position in the Local Church of Witness Lee and was close to Witness Lee. But later they had some disagreements and Bill Freeman was excommunicated (using the Local Church term, "quarantined"). The same story happened with some other of the former Local Church leaders, and Witness Lee had a habit to blackmouth and slander his former associates who disag
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