Did God make a mistake by missing the structured church (whose probation had not expired) and giving the Former Rain to an independent ministry critical of the conference church?
When Jesus came, He was viewed from the very beginning as being independent; but of all the people on earth, He was the least independent person who ever lived.
The idea of independent self-supporting work is very old. Some people think that it has existed only within the last few years. There were independent self-supporting workers in Bible times.