All Posts Tagged: "local churches"

As those who seek to testify that the oneness of the Body of Christ can be realized practically among believers, we bear a great responsibility to endeavor diligently to keep that oneness with all believers. This book offers some helpful fellowship concerning this critical matter.

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.”

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.”

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.

Background information on the local churches, including a statement of our faith, a brief history, and an explanation of our pursuit to be well-pleasing to the Lord in all things.

An introduction to, including a brief history of, the ministry of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee and the local churches.

After the end of The God-Men case (Lee v. Duddy) in 1985, Dr. J. Gordon Melton, one of the expert witnesses in the case, wrote and published An Open Letter Concerning the Local Church, Witness Lee and The God-Men Controversy. Dr. Melton demonstrated conclusively that The God-Men had misrepresented Witness Lee teaching and recommended that it, and any other writing based on it, be discarded.