About the "Local Church" Network

China Aid Association
The “Local Church” is a part of the international Christian church and its members follow the teachings of the Chinese Christian leader Watchman Nee and his disciple Witness Lee.
Many experts estimate their members within mainland China are between 800,000 and 1,000,000 believers and their total number in other countries is close to 500,000.
Since the authorities launched “Strike Hard”(“Yan Da”) campaigns in 1983, the Chinese government has severely suppressed house churches that refuse to join the government controlled Three-Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM). In November 1995, the central government of China labeled the “Local Churches” as an organization of the “Shouter evil cult.” Since then, the authorities have made extra efforts to arrest members and confiscate the books often used by this church organization, including the book, “Normal Christian Life,” by Watchman Nee and the Local Church’s own version of the Bible called the Recovery Version.
In the past, some evangelical organizations have had controversies on some teachings of Witness Lee and the Local Church. However, in the past few years, Christian Research Institute, “CRI,” a research institution of the evangelicals that has international recognition; Answers in Action “AIA”; and the evangelical Fuller Theological Seminary, have issued statements after significant research and dialogue with the Local Church. Fuller Theological Seminary has publically stated that “the teachings and practices of the Local Churches and its members are in every basic aspect a reflection of the pure Christian belief that fits into history and the Bible.”
For the Chinese version of the related statements made by the three organizations, please download at www.contendingforthefaith.com/simpchin/eBooks/Hanegraaff-Passantino-Fuller.pdf
For the English version of the related statements made by the three organizations, please download at www.contendingforthefaith.com/eBooks/Hanegraaff-Passantino-Fuller.pdf
To find out more about the Local Church, visit their website at www.local-church.org


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Rachel Ritchie, English Media Director
Cell: (432) 553-1080 | Office: 1+ (888) 889-7757 | Other: (432) 689-6985
Email: [email protected] 
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