Fellowship on Getting into the Life-studies (Minoru Chen)
Posted here is a series of five talks by Brother Minoru Chen on the matter of getting into the Life-studies. This fellowship is based on six outlines, the titles of which are listed below: Appreciating the Purpose and Value of the Life-study Messages Reading the Life-study Messages in Order to Be Constituted with the Truth […]
Corporate Pursuit of Deuteronomy: Week 4 – Worshipping God at the Place of His Choosing
Deut. 12:5-6 But to the place which Jehovah your God will choose out of all your tribes to put His name, to His habitation, shall you seek, and there shall you go. And there you shall bring your burnt offerings and your sacrifices and your tithes and the heave offering of your hand and your […]
Corporate Pursuit of Deuteronomy: Week 2 – A Book Concerning Christ
This week in our corporate pursuit using the Life-study of Deuteronomy, we have part 2 of the review of the past of the children of Israel (message 4), an overview of Deuteronomy being a book concerning Christ (message 5), and part 1 of the rehearsal of the law (message 6). See introductory post. In previous […]
Our Need to Keep a Spiritual New Year Before God
In chapter 4 of the book, God’s Need and God’s Goal, Witness Lee speaks of the spiritual significance of the new year and our need to keep a spiritual new year before God. In particular, he describes the practice of “settling accounts” with God related to our spiritual condition at the turn of every calendar […]
My church life experience: how I was shepherded by the brothers and sisters
I was born and raised in the church life by parents who really love the Lord and enjoy having brothers and sisters in their home. I have lived in 9 localities (cities with local churches) in 4 countries. I attended children’s meetings, young people’s meetings, and university student meetings. For those 22 years I was […]
My testimony regarding brother Witness Lee and the local churches
Greetings. My name is Sterling Byassee. I would like to give my personal testimony regarding knowing brother Witness Lee and his teachings, and the church life that we practice in the local churches throughout the earth. When I attended my first meeting with the church in Los Angeles, California, I heard brother Witness Lee ministering […]
Jeremy Mason: We Do Not Lose Heart
In 2 Corinthians 4, both in verse one and again in verse sixteen, Paul states emphatically: We do not lose heart. In my prayer concerning the current situation many of us in the ‘working saints’ category are facing, I was led to 2 Corinthians, a book on the new covenant ministry and its ministers, and […]
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 […]
Special Fellowship at the 2019 July Semiannual Training
During the recent semiannual training in Anaheim there was a special time of fellowship with around 900 former FTTA trainees in response to some recent negative writing online. During this gathering, brothers Minoru Chen, Chris Wilde, James Lee, and Albert Lim shared their testimonies and their heart for the next generation of the Lord’s recovery. Afterwards, […]