Watchman lee biography

A radio broadcast called Life-study of the Bible with Witness Lee was later produced from these spoken messages. However, he died before completing this work. He was also the chief editor of a new translation of the New Testament into English and Chinese called the Recovery Version. In addition, Witness Lee wrote, collected, and translated Christian hymns.

In and , he wrote the lyrics to approximately new hymns that he compiled together with hymns from other authors. These were then categorized by topic for Hymns , with a total of 1, songs, published by Living Stream Ministry. The Economy of God. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version.

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These local churches were soon established throughout all the Western hemisphere. In recent years a number of new churches have been raised up in Russia and in many eastern European countries. Born in northern China, he was raised in a Christian family. At age 19 he was fully captured for Christ and immediately consecrated himself to preach the gospel for the rest of his life.

Early in his service, Witness Lee met Watchman Nee, a renowned preacher, teacher, and writer. Witness Lee labored together with Watchman Nee under his direction. Delivers first spoken message, in the Chinese Independent Church; at the end of the year, elected to be a board member, but declines and leaves the denominations. Marries first wife, Yung-hsiang; they have eight children together.

August: convicted by the Lord that, despite his knowledge, he is cold, dead, and fruitless; prays on a mountain by his house every morning for seven months to be revived. October: returns to Chefoo to move his family from the war zone; temporarily trapped there in Japanese-occupied territory. Preaches in various places in northern China; a sister gives him a large sum of money to go to the U.

Nee forced to stop his ministry for six years. October: escapes to Tsingtao to recover from tuberculosis developed from imprisonment; has a vision of the tree of life, new central focus of his ministry age May: sent out of China by Nee so that their vision and work will survive; lives with family of ten in sf Japanese-style house; experiences depression and insomnia.

August: starts the work in Taiwan; prevailing gospel preaching. February: last meeting with Nee; they work together for 1. Spends four months per year ministering in the Philippines; raises up churches. Nee is imprisoned by the Communist party until his death May 30, Churches in Taiwan grow from to 40, members in first five years. Austin-Sparks visits Taiwan twice; on second visit, disagreement over view of the church.

April-October: round the world trip to observe state of Christianity; first visit to U. Austin-Sparks in London. February: marries second wife, Pao-ye; second trip to U. Moves to the U. He also believed that the destiny of every believer is to be an integral part of the church, which is the Body of Christ and the house of God. His well-known book, Sit, Walk, Stand focused on the believer's position "in Christ," an important feature of the Apostle Paul's theology.

Watchman Nee is often associated with Free Grace theology. In addition to speaking frequently before many audiences, Watchman Nee authored various books, articles, newsletters, and hymns. Most of his books were based on notes taken down by students during his spoken messages. Some books were compiled from messages published previously in his periodicals.

Watchman Nee's best-known book in English is The Normal Christian Life , is based on talks he delivered in English during a trip to England and Europe in and There he expressed theological views on the New Testament book of Romans. In addition to publishing his own books, other spiritual publications were translated from English and published under Watchman Nee's oversight.

These included books by T. McDonough, Jessie Penn-Lewis , and others. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects. Wikimedia Commons Wikiquote Wikidata item. Chinese Christian teacher and leader. In this Chinese name , the family name is Nee. The neutrality of this article is disputed.

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Shantou , Qing dynasty. Guangde , Anhui , China. Family and childhood [ edit ]. Early schooling [ edit ]. Conversion and training [ edit ]. The Plymouth Brethren connection [ edit ]. Marriage [ edit ]. Ministry [ edit ]. Persecution and imprisonment [ edit ]. Later imprisonment and death [ edit ]. Beliefs [ edit ].

Watchman lee biography

Publications [ edit ]. See also [ edit ]. References [ edit ]. Congressional Record Volume , Number July 31, Conshohocken: Templeton Press. Against the Tide. Fort Washington: Christian Literature Crusade. Anaheim: Living Stream Ministry. An Object of Grace and Love. Eastbourne: Kingsway. Anaheim: Living Stream Ministry Boston: Pishon River Publications , Barber: A Seed Sown in China.