ShepherdingWords.com: Addressing Rumors and Presenting the Truth
We would like to announce the launch of a new website, ShepherdingWords.com, which contains articles written by the co-workers in North America addressing rumors that have arisen over the years regarding the local churches and the ministry of God’s word through Brothers Watchman Nee and Witness Lee. The enlightening articles and factual accounts on this site […]
My Experience of being Cared for by the Believers in the Local Churches
This verse is really my testimony of growing up in the church in Anaheim, California, quite literally surrounded by the elders and co-workers along with their wives. When I was very young, I remember brother Witness Lee coming to my house and stooping down, opening up his arms to embrace me and my three other […]
Testimony of A.E. – how Sweet and Shepherding the Fellowship in the Church Life is
I grew up in a local church with parents who were very active in the church life. As a kid, I thought that bad things never happened to people in the church life, but then my parents got divorced when I was 13. As one might imagine, this was extremely hard for me and at […]
Testimony of Jean L. Thank the Lord for so many Fathers and Shepherds in the Church
When I was a young person growing up in the church in my locality, my father told me more than once that the elders, the leading brothers, are more so slaves than leaders. Nearly twenty years have passed since I first heard this statement, and I’ve since lived and met with churches in four countries […]
Micah Eades: My Positive Experiences Meeting in the Local Churches
I was born and raised in the local churches. I grew up in Texas, lived in Russia for 4 years while my parents were serving the Lord there, attended the Full-time Training in Anaheim (FTTA), served with Christians on Campus, went to medical school, and am now a practicing physician and instructor in medicine in […]
Testimony of Charity Short
To those who love the Lord with their whole heart and love the church, the Body of Christ, this is my testimony of growing up in the church life and loving the Lord as my Father, God, and Savior, Let me start by saying I love the Lord with my whole heart, I love the […]
Testimony of Ana Carolina Garza
In my lifetime I have met consistently in 5 different localities, across the country, for at least one year each. Then I have also visited at least 15 other localities around the world. I have stayed at and visited countless homes of brothers and sisters. And I want to share about my overwhelmingly positive experience […]
Testimony of Hans-Michael Ruthe
Life Study of 2 Thessalonians Message 4: “Because the church life is a kitchen for God’s cooking, the church will not always have an appearance that is neat and orderly. This is usually the situation in a kitchen when a good meal is being prepared. Do not expect your local church to be perfect. A […]
Testimony of Anonymous
My family experienced a catastrophic loss just before my seventh birthday. The weeks following were filled with an incomprehensible sadness. My loved ones wept for days on end. During this period of time, the brothers and sisters from the local church were at our home 24-hours a day, seven-days a week, providing care to my […]