The Truth Bookroom 2.92

Christian bookstore-The Truth Bookroom is a bookstore cum library containing the best Christian classics from the past 2000 years. It exclusively sells books from highly acclaimed authors such as Watchman Nee and Witness Lee and includes an audiovisual theater exhibiting the history of the recovery of these truth. The library includes books from authors such as Madam Guyon, William Law, J.N.Darby, Andrew Murray, Jessie Penn-Lewis, Watchman Nee, Witness Lee, and others; while books on sale in the bookstore will be from Watchman Nee and Witness Lee.

Watchman Nee (1903-1972) became a Christian in mainland China in 1920 at the age of seventeen and began writing in the same year. Throughout the nearly thirty years of his ministry, Watchman Nee was clearly manifested as a unique gift from the Lord to His Body for His move in this age. He was a church leader and Christian teacher who worked in China during the 20th century. In 1922, he initiated church meetings in Fuzhou that may be considered the beginning of the local churches.

During his thirty years of ministry, Nee published many books expounding the Bible. He established churches throughout China and held many conferences to train Bible students and church workers. Following the Communist Revolution, Nee was persecuted and imprisoned for his faith and spent the last twenty years of his life in prison. His words remain an abundant source of spiritual revelation and supply to Christians throughout the world.

Watchman Nee was honored by Hon. Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ) in the US Congress on July 30, 2009.

Witness Lee (1905-1997), a bondslave of Christ Jesus, labored selflessly throughout his entire life and poured out his being for his Lord’s interest. Born in 1905 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. In 1934 Watchman Nee entrusted Witness Lee with the responsibility for his publication operation, called the Shanghai Gospel Bookroom.

In 1949, Witness Lee was sent by Watchman Nee and his other co-workers to Taiwan to insure that the things delivered to them by the Lord would not be lost. Watchman Nee instructed Witness Lee to continue the former’s publishing operation abroad as the Taiwan Gospel Bookroom, which has been publicly recognized as the publisher of Watchman Nee’s works outside China. Witness Lee’s work in Taiwan manifested the Lord’s abundant blessing. From a mere 350 believers, newly fled from the mainland, the churches in Taiwan grew to 20,000 in five years.

In 1962 Witness Lee felt led of the Lord to come to the United States, settling in California. During his 35 years of service in the U.S., he ministered in weekly meetings and weekend conferences, delivering several thousand spoken messages. Much of his speaking has since been published as over 400 titles. Many of these have been translated into over 14 languages. He gave his last public conference in February 1997 at the age of 91.

Witness Lee’s ministry emphasizes the experience of Christ as life and the practical oneness of the believers as the Body of Christ. Stressing the importance of attending to both these matters, he led the churches under his care to grow in Christian life and function. He was unbending in his conviction that God’s goal is not narrow sectarianism but the Body of Christ. In time, believers began to meet simply as the church in their localities in response to this conviction. 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.

Witness Lee was recognized by Hon. Joseph R. Pitts of Pennsylvania in the US Congress on April 29, 2014 for his “extraordinary impact far beyond the Chinese-speaking world.”