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==the local church==
"'''the local church'''" is a group of christains that practice meeting as the church wherever they live. They believe and teach that all who are genuine believers in the Lord Jesus Christ are already thus members of the universal body of Christ and are to be recieved into the fellowship as Christ has recieved them. The present day practice has its begining in the teachings of a christian teacher and author, Watchman Nee (1903-1972), it was brought to the United States by his co-worker, Witness Lee (1905-1997). This group has been called by verious names, including, "The Little Flock" and "The Local Church". They adopt no formal name and only veiw the term "local church" as a description of what they are. In the writings of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee, the terms “local church” or “local churches” refers to the New Testiment model, pattern and practice of one church in one city. Both Watchman Nee and Witness Lee, his closest co-worker, taught that in addition to its universal, mystical aspect*, the church also has a local, practical aspect.
"Modalism is heretical. Modalism teaches that the Father, the Son, and the Spirit are likewise finite, not eternal. It asserts that They are merely three temporary modes or forms of activity through which God manifests Himself in time. Modalism claims that the Father's existence ended with the Son's coming and that the Son ceased to exist when the Spirit came. Thus, according to modalistic thought, the Father, Son, and Spirit do not exist simultaneously and eternally. This view, of course, is contrary to the pure biblical revelation of the Triune God."
(See: *[http://www.triunegod.org '''The Triune God'''])
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Living Stream Ministry
* [http://www.lsm.orgLiving Stream Ministry: Publisher of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee]
Theological Journal published by LSM
