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The teaching of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee concerning the proper standing of a local church.
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04/27/2018 | 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.
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04/27/2018 | 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.
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04/27/2018 | 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.
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04/27/2018 | 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.
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04/27/2018 | 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 |
Practices of the Local Churches (3)
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).
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04/27/2018 | affirmation, Bible Answer Man, Christian Research Institute, CRI, Elliot Miller, Hank Hanegraaff, pray-reading, prophesying, video |
Practices of the Local Churches (2)
All prophesying (1 Cor. 14:26, 31) for mutual building up.
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04/27/2018 | affirmation, Bible Answer Man, Christian Research Institute, CRI, Elliot Miller, Hank Hanegraaff, pray-reading, prophesying, video |
Practices of the Local Churches (1)
Hank comments on his realization that the local churches have “something to offer Western Christianity.
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04/27/2018 | affirmation, Bible Answer Man, Christian Research Institute, CRI, Elliot Miller, Hank Hanegraaff, pray-reading, prophesying, video |
Experiences Visiting Local Churches in China
Meeting believers who suffered persecution because of the writings of apologetics ministries in the West.
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04/27/2018 | 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.
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04/27/2018 | 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.
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04/27/2018 | 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.
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04/27/2018 | 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.
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04/27/2018 | 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.
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04/27/2018 | 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.”
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04/27/2018 | 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.
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04/27/2018 | 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.
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04/27/2018 | affirmation, Bible Answer Man, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Elliot Miller, Gretchen Passantino, Hank Hanegraaff, video |
A series of articles addressing various deviations from biblical truth and false and hypocritical statements in an article posted on the Internet by Norman Geisler and Ron Rhodes. That article attacked the “We Were Wrong” issue of the Christian Research Journal and defended a 2007 open letter. |
06/12/2014 | Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Elliot Miller, Hank Hanegraaff, index, Open Letter |
CRI Videos
![]() 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. |
03/05/2014 | 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 |
We Were Wrong
![]() 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.” |
03/05/2014 | 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. |
12/17/2013 | 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 |
An evaluation of the accusation that the local churches are “litigious.” That accusation was based on false claims of legal threats with respect to Christian Research Institute, James Bjornstad and Regal Books, Salem Kirban, Jerram Barrs and InterVarsity Press, and Moody Press. The local churches’ application of an appropriate standard for considering legal action is evident also in dealings with Jesus People USA and Geisler and Rhodes themselves. While Geisler and Rhodes condemn the local churches for their appeals to the courts, they do not criticize those who have borne false witness against us and have, in fact, joined with them in propagating falsehoods. |
01/01/2010 | Christian Research Institute, CRI, false witness, litigiousness, Norman Geisler, Ron Rhodes, SCP, Spiritual Counterfeits Project, The God-Men, The Mindbenders |
Bible Answer Man Radio Broadcast Excerpts
![]() 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. |
11/30/2009 | 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. |
11/30/2009 | affirmation, Bible Answer Man, Christian Research Institute, CRI, Elliot Miller, Hank Hanegraaff, J. Gordon Melton, standards of scholarship, video |
Local Church Practices
![]() 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. |
11/30/2009 | affirmation, Bible Answer Man, Christian Research Institute, CRI, Elliot Miller, Hank Hanegraaff, pray-reading, prophesying, video |
Criticism of the Open Letter
![]() 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. |
11/30/2009 | 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 |
Persecution in China
![]() 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.” |
11/30/2009 | affirmation, Bible Answer Man, China, Christian Research Institute, CRI, Gretchen Passantino, Hank Hanegraaff, video |
Research Conclusions
![]() 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. |
11/30/2009 | affirmation, Bible Answer Man, Christian Research Institute, Christian Research Journal, CRI, Elliot Miller, Gretchen Passantino, Hank Hanegraaff, video |
![]() 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. |
11/30/2008 | 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. |
11/30/2008 | 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 |
![]() Since 2003 representatives of Living Stream Ministry and the local churches have engaged in dialogue with Hank Hanegraaff and his staff at Christian Research Institute. This dialogue has resulted in a complete reversal of CRI’s earlier criticism of the local churches and the ministry of Witness Lee. |
10/02/2008 | AIA, Answers in Action, Bible Answer Man, Christian Research Institute, CRI, Elliot Miller, Gretchen Passantino, Hank Hanegraaff, History, We Were Wrong |
A Letter to Our Friends
A letter written after the end of the case over the Encyclopedia of Cults and New Religions to those who do not meet with the local churches but who followed the case’s progress. |
06/25/2007 | AIA, Answers in Action, Christian Research Institute, Court of Appeals, CRI, ECNR, Encyclopedia of Cults and New Religions, Evangelical Christian Publishers Association, First Amendment, Fuller Theological Seminary, Harvest House, John Ankerberg, John Weldon, litigation, Texas Supreme Court, US Supreme Court |
A letter written after the end of the case over the Encyclopedia of Cults and New Religions to the believers who meet in the local churches. |
06/22/2007 | AIA, Answers in Action, Christian Research Institute, Court of Appeals, CRI, ECNR, Encyclopedia of Cults and New Religions, Evangelical Christian Publishers Association, Fuller Theological Seminary, Harvest House, John Ankerberg, John Weldon, litigation, Texas Supreme Court, US Supreme Court |