Living Stream Ministry (LSM), originally named Stream Publishers when founded in 1965 by Witness Lee, is a nonprofit corporation currently based in Anaheim, California. LSM publishes the works of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee, including the Recovery Version of the Bible. LSM has been a member of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association since 2002 and of the Christian Booksellers Association since 1981.

Living Stream Ministry publishes and prepares video tapes, audio tapes, and printed spiritual materials intended for all Christians worldwide. LSM also supports radio programs such as The Life-Study of the Bible, a thirty-minute radio program composed of excerpts from the works of Witness Lee. This program, which began production in 1996, is currently broadcast in three languages to more than 100 radio stations. LSM also conducts and hosts various conferences and trainings throughout the year, including the Full Time Training in Anaheim (FTTA). It also operates the Anaheim Palms Telecom Center and donates funds to local churches and affiliated organizations.

One publication

In 2005, Living Stream Ministry published a booklet on behalf of the co-workers among the local churches called Publication Work in the Lord's Recovery. The booklet stated that only publications carried out under the collective oversight of the co-workers should be used in the local churches. Seeking to restrict the churches from using any other material in a widespread way, it discouraged all members from carrying out private publication works. The booklet also stated that this was not a mandate and that "the one publication should not become the basis of our accepting or rejecting any persons in the communion of faith or in the fellowship of the churches; it should not be insisted on as an item of the faith. If any are not inclined to be restricted in one publication, these ones are still our brothers; they are still in the genuine local churches." The booklet also states, "There is nearly no item of life or light that has not been covered by our publications" and describes the benefit of other publications in this way: "...the fact that these publications can be produced and distributed should not give them any more credence among the churches than anything else that can be published today, secular or religious. These are simply other publications that our brothers and sisters may or may not be interested in. They are not part of the one publication in the Lord’s recovery, and they are not necessarily beneficial to the spiritual good of the saints among us."

See also

  • Watchman Nee
  • Witness Lee
  • The Local Churches
  • Recovery Version

References

  • Publications and Biographies of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee
  • Life Study of the Bible with Witness Lee Radio Broadcast
  • Living Stream Ministry Online Publications
  • Open Letter to the Leadership of Living Stream Ministry and the "Local Churches"
  • An Open Letter From the Local Churches and Living Stream Ministry Concerning the Teachings of Witness Lee
  • PDF File of Christian Research Institute's We Were Wrong: A Reassessment of the "Local Church" Movement of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee
  • An Open Letter from the Local Churches and Living Stream Ministry
  • Witness Lee and the Local Churches, CRI Affirmation