The "Local Church" in the Media

Articles on the "Local Church" from magazines, newspapers and journals.

Current events

• News Brief

  A news brief on the litigation between the Local Church and Harvest House Publishers, from Christianity Today, Sept. 19, 2003.

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  • Original page
    The original page on the Christianity Today website
• Local Church Fights for Evangelical ID Card

  By Mark A. Kellner. An article from the February, 2003 edition of Christianity Today regarding a $136 million lawsuit being filed by the "Local Church" against publishing company Harvest House over the book Encyclopedia of Cults and New Religions, which contains an entry on the "Local Church". (External link)
• Publishing Group Endorses Controversial Church

  The lead news story from the December 2, 2002 edition of Charisma News Service concerning the recent endorsement of Living Stream Ministry, the publishing arm of the "Local Church", by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association.
• Strong Opinions Surround Lee's Local Church

  By John Gittelsohn. An article from the October 13, 2002 issue of The Orange County Register concerning current events surrounding the "Local Church" movement.

Archives

• The Lord Works In Mysterious Ways

  By Rachel Alterman. A well-researched article about controversy surrounding a Local Church-affiliated campus club at The University of Texas at Austin. This story was first published in 1991 in Utmost, a student-run magazine (no longer in circulation) at UT Austin. Note that some information contained in this article may be dated.

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  • Christians On Campus
    The "Local Church" affiliated campus group described in the article.
• When Talk Isn't Cheap and Speech Isn't Free: The Abuse of Libel Law

  By Brooks Alexander. An article, from the November, 1986 issue (volume 11, number 4) of SCP Newsletter, a newsletter published by Christian countercult ministry Spiritual Counterfeits Project. SCP had been involved in litigation with the "Local Church" over a book, The God-Men, critical of the movement. (External link)
• Neil Duddy and The Peculiar Teachings of The Local Church

  By Johannes Aagaard and Thomas O'Connor, with Neil Duddy. An article, including an extensive interview with Neil Duddy, from the September, 1986 edition of UPDATE, a journal on new religious movements. Duddy was the author of The God-Men, a book critical of the "Local Church" that was successfully sued by the movement under unusual legal circumstances. (External link)
• Some Call It a Cult, But Members Can Feel God

  By Nicolas Laperriere. A newspaper feature story about "Students For the Truth", the Local Church-affiliated campus club at The University of California at Berkeley. This story was first published in The Daily Californian, Berkeley's student newspaper, in September, 1995.

  See also:

  • Christians On Campus
    The "Local Church" affiliated campus group described in the article. Note that the group was called "Students For The Truth" at the time of the writing of the article, but has since changed its name.
• Witness Lee Obituary

  An obituary that appeared in the Wall Street Journal on Friday, June 13, 1997, and in USA Today on June 13, 14 and 15, 1997. Although no author was credited, it is thought to have been written by representatives of the "Local Church".
• Turmoil in the Local Church

  A news piece published in the Christian Research Journal, a publication of Christian Research Institute, in 1988. It describes some of the internal turmoil plaguing the movement for a few years during the late 80's. Note that events described in this article are dated.