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Our Faith, Testimony, and History introduces readers to the local churches and to the ministry of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee. As Christians, we affirm “the faith once for all delivered to the saints” (Jude 3). As this booklet explains, we endeavor to cooperate with the Lord to recover the experience of Christ as life, the functioning of every believer in serving the Lord, and the building up of the Body of Christ in a testimony of oneness.

March 31, 2022 affirmation, AIA, Answers in Action, Christian Research Institute, Congressional Record, CRI, Elliot Miller, Gretchen Passantino, Hank Hanegraaff, local churches, scholars, Voices of Confirmation, Watchman Nee, Witness Lee

The teaching of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee concerning the proper standing of a local church.

April 27, 2018 affirmation, Bible Answer Man, Christian Research Institute, church ground, CRI, deification, Elliot Miller, Hank Hanegraaff, litigation, Neil Duddy, Open Letter, partakers of the divine nature, SCP, Spiritual Counterfeits Project, The God-Men, Trinity, Triune God, video

What the Apostle Peter and Athanasius say about deification.

April 27, 2018 affirmation, Bible Answer Man, Christian Research Institute, church ground, CRI, deification, Elliot Miller, Hank Hanegraaff, litigation, Neil Duddy, Open Letter, partakers of the divine nature, SCP, Spiritual Counterfeits Project, The God-Men, Trinity, Triune God, video

Witness Lee’s teaching of deification is actual a biblical view.

April 27, 2018 affirmation, Bible Answer Man, Christian Research Institute, church ground, CRI, deification, Elliot Miller, Hank Hanegraaff, litigation, Neil Duddy, Open Letter, partakers of the divine nature, SCP, Spiritual Counterfeits Project, The God-Men, Trinity, Triune God, video

Witness Lee and the local churches “are bringing a correction to a problem within Western evangelicalism” concerning the Trinity.

April 27, 2018 affirmation, Bible Answer Man, Christian Research Institute, church ground, CRI, deification, Elliot Miller, Hank Hanegraaff, litigation, Neil Duddy, Open Letter, partakers of the divine nature, SCP, Spiritual Counterfeits Project, The God-Men, Trinity, Triune God, video

How the “open letter” signers got it wrong.

April 27, 2018 affirmation, Bible Answer Man, Christian Research Institute, church ground, CRI, deification, Elliot Miller, Hank Hanegraaff, litigation, Neil Duddy, Open Letter, partakers of the divine nature, SCP, Spiritual Counterfeits Project, The God-Men, Trinity, Triune God, video

The benefits of pray-reading as a means of nourishing and equipping believers with the Word of God (Eph. 6:17-18; Jer. 15:16).

April 27, 2018 affirmation, Bible Answer Man, Christian Research Institute, CRI, Elliot Miller, Hank Hanegraaff, pray-reading, prophesying, video

All prophesying (1 Cor. 14:26, 31) for mutual building up.

April 27, 2018 affirmation, Bible Answer Man, Christian Research Institute, CRI, Elliot Miller, Hank Hanegraaff, pray-reading, prophesying, video

Hank comments on his realization that the local churches have “something to offer Western Christianity.

April 27, 2018 affirmation, Bible Answer Man, Christian Research Institute, CRI, Elliot Miller, Hank Hanegraaff, pray-reading, prophesying, video

Meeting believers who suffered persecution because of the writings of apologetics ministries in the West.

April 27, 2018 affirmation, Bible Answer Man, China, Christian Research Institute, CRI, Gretchen Passantino, Hank Hanegraaff, video

How dialogue changed Elliot Miller’s view of the local churches.

April 27, 2018 affirmation, Bible Answer Man, Christian Research Institute, CRI, Elliot Miller, Hank Hanegraaff, J. Gordon Melton, standards of scholarship, video

The importance of dialogue and how dialogue led Elliot Miller to reassess the local churches.

April 27, 2018 affirmation, Bible Answer Man, Christian Research Institute, CRI, Elliot Miller, Hank Hanegraaff, J. Gordon Melton, standards of scholarship, video

The countercult community’s error in rejecting Dr. J. Gordon Melton’s Open Letter.

April 27, 2018 affirmation, Bible Answer Man, Christian Research Institute, CRI, Elliot Miller, Hank Hanegraaff, J. Gordon Melton, standards of scholarship, video

The importance of context in understanding others’ teachings.

April 27, 2018 affirmation, Bible Answer Man, Christian Research Institute, CRI, Elliot Miller, Hank Hanegraaff, J. Gordon Melton, standards of scholarship, video

Doing discernment ministry properly and the consequences of statements made in error.

April 27, 2018 affirmation, Bible Answer Man, Christian Research Institute, CRI, Elliot Miller, Hank Hanegraaff, J. Gordon Melton, standards of scholarship, video

Concluding that the teaching of Witness Lee and the local churches is “well within Christian orthodoxy.”

April 27, 2018 affirmation, Bible Answer Man, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Elliot Miller, Gretchen Passantino, Hank Hanegraaff, video

On seeing “authentic New Testament Christianity” in action in his visits to local churches in various parts of the world.

April 27, 2018 affirmation, Bible Answer Man, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Elliot Miller, Gretchen Passantino, Hank Hanegraaff, video

On hearing “stirring affirmations” of the faith from representatives of Living Stream Ministry and the local churches.

April 27, 2018 affirmation, Bible Answer Man, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Elliot Miller, Gretchen Passantino, Hank Hanegraaff, video

As a result of a thorough study, Fuller Theological Seminary issued a statement endorsing the orthodoxy of the faith of the local churches and stating that critics of the ministry of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee had “greatly distorted their teachings.”

March 5, 2014 affirmation, Fuller Theological Seminary, Howard Loewen, Living Stream Ministry, local churches, LSM, orthodoxy, Richard Mouw, Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen

The Christian Research Institute published videos to accompany excerpts from radio broadcasts of Hank Hanegraaff, the Bible Answer Man, discussing the findings of the Christian Research Institute’s six-year primary research projects into the local churches and the ministry of Witness Lee.

March 5, 2014 affirmation, Bible Answer Man, China, Christian Research Institute, CRI, deification, Elliot Miller, Gretchen Passantino, Hank Hanegraaff, Open Letter, pray-reading, prophesying, salvation, Trinity, Triune God

In December 2009, the Christian Research Institute (CRI) published an edition of its Christian Research Journal dedicated to CRI’s reassessment of the local churches and the ministry of Witness Lee. This reassessment caused CRI to withdraw its earlier criticisms and endorse the local churches as “genuine New Testament Christianity.”

March 5, 2014 affirmation, AIA, Answers in Action, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Elliot Miller, Gretchen Passantino, Hank Hanegraaff, local churches, Open Letter, We Were Wrong

Voices of Confirmation contains the testimonies of leading evangelicals who, through direct study and contact, have come to appreciate the local churches and the ministry of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee.

December 17, 2013 affirmation, AIA, Answers in Action, Christian Research Institute, Congressional Record, CRI, Elliot Miller, Gretchen Passantino, Hank Hanegraaff, local churches, scholars, Voices of Confirmation, Watchman Nee, Witness Lee

A list of excerpts from respected scholars who affirm that 2 Corinthians 3:17, 1 Corinthians 15:45, and other verses identify the Lord Jesus Christ with the Spirit.

January 1, 2010 1 Corinthians 15:45, 2 Corinthians 3:17, affirmation, Christ and the Spirit, Norman Geisler, Open Letter, Ron Rhodes, scholars

A list of excerpts from respected scholars who affirm the biblical revelation that God became incarnated in Christ, joining the infinite God with finite man.

January 1, 2010 affirmation, God becoming man, incarnation, Person of Christ, scholars, two natures of Christ

A series of excerpts from radio broadcasts of Hank Hanegraaff, the Bible Answer Man, discussing the findings of the Christian Research Institute’s six-year primary research projects into the local churches and the ministry of Witness Lee.

November 30, 2009 affirmation, Bible Answer Man, Christian Research Institute, CRI, Hank Hanegraaff, video

Hank Hanegraaff, President of Christian Research Institute, and Elliot Miller, Editor-in-Chief of the Christian Research Journal discuss the importance of proper research and apologetics methods, the serious consequences of careless scholarship, and how dialogue changed their perceptions of the local churches.

November 30, 2009 affirmation, Bible Answer Man, Christian Research Institute, CRI, Elliot Miller, Hank Hanegraaff, J. Gordon Melton, standards of scholarship, video

Hank Hanegraaff, President of Christian Research Institute, and Elliot Miller, Editor-in-Chief of the Christian Research Journal discuss practices they observed in the local churches that would benefit the entire Body of Christ, including the practice of all prophesying for mutual building up according to 1 Corinthians 14 and the practice of pray-reading the Word of God to nourish and equip the believers.

November 30, 2009 affirmation, Bible Answer Man, Christian Research Institute, CRI, Elliot Miller, Hank Hanegraaff, pray-reading, prophesying, video

Elliot Miller, Editor-in-Chief of the Christian Research Journal, and Hank Hanegraaff, President of Christian Research Institute talk about deficiencies in the scholarship and biblical understanding of Christian leaders who signed a 2007 open letter criticizing the ministry of Witness Lee and the local churches.

November 30, 2009 affirmation, Bible Answer Man, Christian Research Institute, church ground, CRI, deification, Elliot Miller, Hank Hanegraaff, litigation, Neil Duddy, Open Letter, partakers of the divine nature, SCP, Spiritual Counterfeits Project, The God-Men, Trinity, Triune God, video

Elliot Miller, Editor-in-Chief of the Christian Research Journal, describes his experience of meeting members of the local churches in China and witnessing the strong move of the gospel and the bright testimony of “some very dedicated disciples of Christ.”

November 30, 2009 affirmation, Bible Answer Man, China, Christian Research Institute, CRI, Gretchen Passantino, Hank Hanegraaff, video

Hank Hanegraaff, President of Christian Research Institute; Elliot Miller, Editor-in-Chief of the Christian Research Journal, and Gretchen Passantino, director of Answers in Action talk about their conclusions after a six-year primary research project into the teachings of Witness Lee and the practice of the local churches.

November 30, 2009 affirmation, Bible Answer Man, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Elliot Miller, Gretchen Passantino, Hank Hanegraaff, video

This 2009 book contains a statement prepared by the LSM editorial section addressing key issues in dialogues with a panel of Fuller Theological Seminary professors regarding the Trinity, the Person of Christ, God’s full salvation, and the genuine ground of oneness. It also contains a copy of the Fuller panel’s conclusions from their study.

February 28, 2009 affirmation, church ground, Confirmation of the Gospel, Fuller Theological Seminary, identification, lawsuits, litigation, Living Stream Ministry, LSM, oneness of the believers, salvation, Trinity, Triune God, two natures of Christ

This 2008 book contains statements from Hank Hanegraaff, President of Christian Research Institute; Gretchen Passantino, director of Answers in Action; and Fuller Theological Seminary that attest to the orthodoxy of the teaching and practice of the local churches.

November 30, 2008 affirmation, AIA, Answers in Action, Christian Research Institute, CRI, Fuller Theological Seminary, Gretchen Passantino, Hank Hanegraaff, Howard Loewen, Richard Mouw, Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen

Although the local churches have always been willing to dialogue with responsible apologists and theologians, it was not until 2003 that this openness bore significant fruit. This article gives a brief history of the dialogues that have ensued since that time.

November 30, 2008 affirmation, AIA, Answers in Action, Christian Research Institute, CRI, Elliot Miller, Fuller Theological Seminary, Gretchen Passantino, Hank Hanegraaff, Howard Loewen, Richard Mouw, Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, We Were Wrong