 Members of the local churches have written many responses to criticisms of the teaching of Witness Lee and of the local churches. These responses address vital issues of truth concerning God, Christ, His salvation, and the church, among many other subjects. |
March 5, 2014 | 1 Corinthians 15:45, beliefs, Christ and the Spirit, church ground, Isaiah 9:6, mind, modalism, Person of Christ, response, salvation, the Son and the Father, Trinity, tritheism, Triune God |
 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 2007 an open letter appeared on the Internet calling on Living Stream Ministry and the local churches to “disavow and cease to publish” certain statements by Witness Lee. The two books in the series A Defense of the Gospel: Responses to an Open Letter from “Christian Scholars and Ministry Leaders” (1) and 2 answer the concerns raised in that 2007 open letter and show the defects in its handling of important biblical truths. |
March 4, 2014 | church ground, Defense of the Gospel, denominations, oneness of the believers, Open Letter, salvation, Triune God |
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A 1978 booklet by Ron Kangas refuting the charge that Witness Lee taught that a person can be saved by calling on the name of the Lord apart from believing in Christ. In this booklet Ron Kangas shows that Witness Lee properly taught that: |
November 16, 2013 | calling on the Lord, salvation |
 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 |
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A booklet published by Living Stream Ministry in 1978 outlining:
This booklet also answers some questions raised at that time about the beliefs and practices of the local churches. |
January 1, 1978 | beliefs, church ground, modalism, oneness of the believers, pray-reading, recovery, salvation |
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A brief survey of the biblical revelation of God’s desire to enter into man. |
October 8, 1977 | Orange County Register, salvation, Walter Martin |