Watchman Nee, Ni Tuosheng, or Nee T'o-sheng, was a 20th century "Chinese evangelist, theologian, and founder of the Local Church movement." He was influenced in part by the Plymouth Brethren, the High
Witness Lee was a Chinese Christian preacher and hymnist belonging to the Christian group known as the local churches in Taiwan and the United States. He was also the founder of Living Stream Ministry
Watchman Nee
…denominational identities. By 1949, more than 100 churches had joined the Local Church, with tens of thousands of believers . In May of 1934, Nee encouraged Witness Lee to move to Shanghai from Yantai in order to join him and Ruth Lee in their work editing Nee's publications. In 1938, Nee traveled to Europe and gave…