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	Churches
		The church joined the Bolton North Group of ten churches in 1974, but this was felt to strain the continuities of fellowship and after much debate the a group of three churches was formed with one minister.
		A Church Meeting held on 11 August 2002 resolved to unite as a single congregation with the sister church at Swann Lane, and the fruits of that partnership are now witnessed in goodwill and togetherness.
		Though her ministry was brief, the church benefited enormously from her energy and dedication, and from the worship and fellowship with the sister churches.
	www.urc.org.uk /assembly/assembly2003/reports/churches_changes.htm (4419 words)

	Witness Lee on the local church
		The expression of the church in a locality is the local church in that particular locality.
		The local churches, as the expressions of the one Body of Christ, are locally one.
		The universal Church is simply the sum total of the local churches, and the local churches are simply the local manifestations of the universal Church....God’s plan is to have a Church in the universe as the Body of His Son for His expression.
	www.local-church-universal-local.org /local-church.htm (511 words)

	Local churches - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The local churches have emphatically avoided incorporation into one definite or legal entity, based on the belief that the Christian Church is not an organization, but rather a living organism.
		"the church in Jerusalem", "the church in Antioch").
		The local churches encourage the use of a self-translated "Recovery Version of the New Testament" which was directly translated from Greek and is available from the church’s publishing arm, the Living Stream Ministry.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Local_churches (5765 words)

	Witness Lee and the local churches: A Personal Testimony Refuted
		local churches are a local church cult or cultic.
		Churches and denominations are seen as established forms of religious organization while sects were groups that had broken away from established groups in order to preserve what they thought were central traditions or orthodoxy.
		The emotional bonding in the local churches is not a strong emotional bond to any leaders among the members or to the group as a whole but to the Lord Himself, loving Him with the whole heart.
	www.local-church-cult.org (524 words)

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		Although a local church should observe its local boundaries, it must still maintain a universal view of itself in relation to all the other churches, which corporately represent the Body of Christ in practicality.
		For years we were clear about the locality being the sphere of a local church, but we were not clear about the work.
		Then, the boundary of the local church is mentioned again in a most practical sense of administration and of the decisions made by a local church.
	www.local-church-and-work.org /principles-4.htm (826 words)

	Witness Lee: God’s Revelation and Recovery—Main
		He also emphasizes the need for the spreading of the local churches as the means to prepare the Bride of Christ for the Lord’s return.
		Firstly, there are the local churches, and then eventually there is the ultimate consummation of the churches, which is the New Jerusalem.
		Therefore, we must have a thorough look into the local churches, for as we have seen, this book is a book of the seven Spirits for the local churches.
	www.local-church-gods-revelation.org (478 words)

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		This shows clearly that the practice of the church life was that of one church for one city, one city with one church.
		In Acts the church was practiced in the way of local churches, such as the church at Jerusalem (8:1) and the church at Antioch (13:1) and the churches in the provinces of Syria and Cilicia (15:41).
		In other words the number of local churches on the earth was represented by an equal number in heaven.
	www.local-church-history.org /local-churches-Asia.htm (363 words)

	Local Churches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Unity between local churches is a core belief of Christian Challenge.
		The churches may differ in areas such as denomination, worship style, and non-essential doctrine, but they are fully committed to serving the one true God.
		Cornerstone is a contemporary, evangelical church associated with the Southern Baptist denomination.
	www.colorado.edu /StudentGroups/Challenge/churches.html (238 words)

	Witness Lee and Watchman Nee: Degradation of the Local Churches
		In their study of church history, Watchman Nee and Witness Lee observe that by the end of the first century, decline had set in among the local churches.
		Such divisions grew worse and worse in the succeeding centuries, including the time of the church fathers, and the church attempted to solve the problem of divisions by holding councils with the leading teachers in the leading cities, such as Nicaea, Ephesus, etc. This did not work out as well as expected.
		According to church history, it is clear that soon after the time of the early apostles, the church deviated from the right track.
	www.local-church-history.org /local-churches-degradation-a.htm (429 words)

	Local Churches
		The Local Church Ministry of the Central Pacific Conference of the United Church of Christ encourages and supports local churches to be vital, inclusive congregations of mission, unity, nurture, and justice.
		The Local Church Ministry Team (LCMT) is a faithful, creative group that gathers several times each year to plan programs that will encourage and support the live and work of our local churches.
		The Church Development is also a partner in an exploration of the possibilities of Hispanic Ministry that is being jointly funded by the UCC Conferences of the Western Region.
	www.cpcucc.org /local_church.htm (951 words)

	Witness Lee and the local churches have no cult-like emotional bonds
		The issue of his ministry and the prevailing situation with Witness Lee and the local churches is not a strong emotional bond to Witness Lee or to the local church group.
		With Witness Lee and the local churches the strong emotional bond the believers have is not to Witness Lee.
		The church … as the bride of Christ (John 3:29) … is a matter of love.
	www.local-church-cult.org /no-cult-emotions.htm (486 words)

	Witness Lee on the local church: The Unique Body of Christ
		The universal church is the unique Body of Christ, and all the local churches are simply the local expressions of this one Body.
		Therefore, a local church is not the Body but only a part of the Body, an expression of the Body.
		The Bible first refers to one church and then to many churches because the one church, the universal church, is the totality of all the churches, and all the churches are local constituents of the one universal church, the unique Body of Christ.
	local-church-local.org /local-church-acts/local-churches-one-body.html (493 words)

	Witness Lee teaches about the local churches in Revelation
		This website is a brief presentation concerning the local churches in the book of Revelation based on the ministry of Christian writers Watchman Nee and Witness Lee.
		The local churches, as the expressions of the one Body of Christ (Rev. 1:12, 20), are locally one (Acts 8:1; 13:1; Rom.
		The churches with Christ as their one center are the focus in the divine administration for the accomplishing of God’s eternal purpose.
	www.local-church-in-revelation.org (589 words)

	Local Churches and Christian Fellowship
		In the New Testament the Church is likened to a family; families do not usually congregate in large public buildings to share their most intimate moments.
		The local church meeting is not a public matter; it is for the family members*.
		I do not say that we only want churches as small in number as two or three people, nor would we want the churches to remain undeveloped and not reach a stage where there is a need for elders.
	www.newtestamentpattern.net /biblestudy/hischurch/localchurches.htm (4401 words)

	Witness Lee on the local church: Acts and the Epistles
		Further revelation concerning the local church comes to us through the teachings and writings of the apostles as recorded in the book of Acts and in the many Epistles.
		The local church is revealed also by the apostles in Acts and the Epistles.
		In this passage, Witness Lee notes that the local church life was practiced by the apostles in Acts and the Epistles.
	www.local-church-local.org /local-church-acts (183 words)

	Building Up Local Churches And Believers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In general, ‘Church’, ‘Body’, and ‘She’ (capitalized) are used for the Universal Church and the Universal Body of Christ (all Believers trusting in Christ for forgiveness from sin); and ‘church’, ‘body’, and ‘she’ (lower case) are used for the local church and the local body.
		Scripture showing the Church is The Body Of Christ, and Her separateness from other bodies of Believers, and also Her birth, are presented in ‘The Church Is The Body Of Christ’.
		Representatives (missionaries) were sent out by local churches, and their activities were under the supervision of the local churches sending them.
	home1.gte.net /kazarian (3402 words)

	Watchman Nee presents the relationship of the apostles with the local churches
		In order to fully appreciate the relationship of the apostles to the local churches, the ground of the church ought first to be considered.
		In addition to the church’s outward, physical boundary of locality (Rev. 1:11), the believers need to be subject to the subduing work of the Holy Spirit within them.
		The ground of the church is the Holy Spirit.
	www.local-church-and-work.org /relationship.htm (483 words)

	Witness Lee and Watchman Nee: the history of the local churches
		With regard to the local aspect of the church, Watchman Nee and Witness Lee taught according to the New Testament revelation that all believers possess a oneness which is not only spiritual but practical as well.
		They are members not only of the one universal church, but also of the local church—that is, members of the church in their city.
		The purpose of this Website is to present to the viewer a selection of excerpts from the ministries of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee regarding the history of the local churches as seen in the New Testament as well as the gradual loss of this truth in the succeeding generations of church history.
	www.local-church-history.org (291 words)

	Witness Lee: The Local Churches Typified in Psalms
		The local church is the expression and practicality of the universal church, the means by which the believers can participate in and enjoy the church.
		Zion as a Symbol of the Universal Church and the Local Church
		The Bride (the Queen) as a Symbol of the Local Church
	www.local-church-in-psalms.org (401 words)

	Local Churches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Getting involved with a local church gives you the fantastic opportunity to meet with a wider body of christians, from all different backgrounds ages and experiences.
		Until recently Grace church was a new 'church plant' so is very much at the cutting edge of contempory- lost focused, Jesus centered- church.
		The church is at the other end of Newcastle, on the hill behind Sainsburys near the Jubilee swimming pool.
	www.keele.ac.uk /socs/ks29/kecu2005/churches.html (910 words)

	Witness Lee and the local churches praised by cult-accusing testimony
		Concerning his initial encounter, during a retreat with fellow college students, he writes, “the Bible played the central role” and that the participants were eager, “people ran over each other in their rush to participate.” He noted that there were many young people who were serious and excited about their faith.
		This is typical behavior among many of the young ones pursuing the Lord with Witness Lee and the local churches.
		On the one hand he is accusing that there is a local church cult.
	www.local-church-cult.org /praised-by-accusers.htm (505 words)

	Katrina appeal for local churches needs support, bishop says - UMC.org
		Established a year ago, the Katrina Church Recovery Appeal will help restore hurricane-damaged United Methodist facilities; pay salaries for clergy while their congregations cannot do so; establish new congregations or consolidate existing ones; renew church-based community ministries such as day-care centers; and provide such worship necessities as Bibles and hymnals to churches in need.
		The first-anniversary collections from local churches and conferences have raised some $2 million for the Katrina Church Recovery Appeal, and similar anniversary-related fundraising is planned for 2007 and 2008.
		Donations to the Katrina Church Recovery Appeal, No. 818-001, can be made online at www.umc.org/churchrecovery or placed in offering plates in local churches.
	www.umc.org /site/c.gjJTJbMUIuE/b.2242597/k.C5CC/Katrina_appeal_for_local_churches_needs_support_bishop_says.htm (659 words)

	FAQs concerning the Local Churches
		This website is operated by some members of the local churches for the purpose of examining and evaluating the beliefs and practices of the local churches.
		Answers are provided here to some of the questions that have been raised regarding the local churches.
		Questions, comments and fellowship are welcomed from any who desire sincere dialogue or inquiry regarding the teachings and practices of the local churches.
	www.ltm.org (209 words)

	OWU Online \| Local Churches
		Church of Christ in Christian Union » 162 Belle Ave., 740-369-4943
		Church of Jesus Christ of LDS » 15 Rock Creek Dr., 740-369-6300
		Church of the Nazarene » 795 Pollock Rd., 740-363-1754
	alumni.owu.edu /churches.html (422 words)

	Witness Lee: The Hill of Zion--A Symbol of the Local Church
		[Psalm 132] Verse 13: “For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.” Zion, which represents the local churches, is the choice of God, the desire of God.
		[C]oncerning the church as the local mountains of Zion, we may have problems, for we may not be happy with the church in our locality, and we may desire to move elsewhere.
		God desires to dwell in the local churches, and all the blessing comes from His presence.
	www.local-church-in-psalms.org /local-church-zion-b.htm (577 words)

	Orange County - Churches and Places of Worship
		Established in 1776, this beautiful and historic Catholic Church and Mission was invited to become a Basilica in 2001.
		Established in 1993, North Hills Church is a Christ-centered, family-oriented church affiliated with the Assemblies of God.
		This friendly, active, growing church in South Orange County offers many ministries to meet the spiritual and social needs of people of any age and of all walks of life.
	www.orangecounty.net /html/churches.html (375 words)

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