Book Description

The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1986, volume 3, contains messages given by Brother Witness Lee from June 8, 1986, through July 9, 1989. At the beginning of June 1986 Brother Lee returned from Taipei, Taiwan, to Anaheim, California, and was there for a few days before traveling to Irving, Texas, after the third week of June. He spent about two weeks in Irving, and from there he returned to Anaheim and ministered there until the end of August. In the last few days in August Brother Lee returned to Taipei and remained there until the end of the first week in October. Brother Lee then returned to Anaheim and spent about a month there before returning to Taipei in November. At the end of December Brother Lee traveled to Irving and ministered there until the end of the year. The contents of this volume are divided into ten sections, as follows: 1. Three messages given in Anaheim, California, on June 8 through August 24, 1986. These messages are included in this volume under the title Fellowship concerning the New Way. 2. A message given at the funeral of Brother Abraham Chang in Irving, Texas, on July 5, 1986. This message is included in this volume under the title Speaking at Brother Abraham Chang's Funeral. 3. Eleven messages given in Irving, Texas, on July 5 and December 23, 1986, on December 22, 1987, and on December 31, 1988, through January 2, 1989; in Anaheim, California, on July 9, 1988, and on July 8 and 9, 1989; and in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 5, 1988. These messages were previously published in a book entitled Elders' Training, Book 9: The Eldership and the God-ordained Way (1) and are included in this volume under the same title. 4. Three messages given in Anaheim, California, on July 30, October 17, and November 11, 1986. They are included in this volume under the title The Revelation of the All-inclusive Christ and the Practice of the Church Life according to the Lord's New Way. 5. Five messages given in Anaheim, California, on August 8 through 22, 1986. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The New Way to Carry Out the Increase and Spread of the Church and are included in this volume under the same title. 6. Two messages given in Anaheim, California, on August 12 and 19, 1986. These messages were previously published in a book entitled An Opening Word to the Full-time Trainees concerning Regulations and Opinions and are included in this volume under the same title. 7. Five messages given in Taipei, Taiwan, on August 30 through September 26, 1986. These messages are included in this volume under the title The Practice of Preaching the Gospel by Door-knocking. 8. Ten messages given in Taipei, Taiwan, on September 2 through 25, 1986. They were previously published in Chinese and English in a book entitled The Revelation and Vision of God and are included in this volume under the same title. 9. Seven messages given in Taipei, Taiwan, on November 20 through December 11, 1986. These messages were previously published in Chinese and English in a book entitled The Furtherance of the New Way for the Lord's Recovery and are included in this volume under the same title. 10. A message given in Irving, Texas, on December 21, 1986. This message was previously published in a booklet entitled The Lord's New Way and His Ministry Today and is included in this volume under the same title.