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The Local Church is a heresy originally founded in the People¡¯s Republic of China (China). This organization insists ¡°the Sabellianism¡± and ¡°the union of God and human¡± which are against traditional Christian doctrines. As a result, the Koshin Presbyterian Church in Korea (Koshin) and the Presbyterian Church of Korea (Tonghap) decided this organization as a heresy.

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Current Status of the Local Church in the Republic of Korea
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The Local Church in Korea (Korean Local Church) was started in 1966, by Joong Saeng Wang (Korean real name: Ik Won Kwon) who asserted himself as a disciple of Watchman Nee, a founder of the Local Church. The Korean Local Church had been operated in a very authoritative and closed manner, and it had rarely contacted to Witness Lee until the death of Mr. Wang. In 1980s, after Mr. Wang¡¯s death, the Korean Local Church has made active contacts to Witness Lee¡¯s Local Church. Based on this connection, Mr. Witness Lee has regularly visited Korea a couple of times in a year and led retreats of the Korean Local Church, with other leaders from the Local Churches of Taiwan and USA. At the same time, the Korean Local Church actively started its propagation work in Korea and the number of its followers increased, in big and small cities in Korea. The number of its assembly facilities and halls increased by such propagation work, as well. And the Korean Local Church established its publishing company named as ¡®Korean Gospel Book Room¡¯ (www.kgbr.co.kr) and started its publishing business.

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The Korean Local Church has currently about 90 places of assembly facilities and halls for meeting and services for their own, and the number of followers are more than 10 thousand. There are 20 Korean Local Churches in Seoul, Daejeon, Busan and other cities. Each Korean Local Church takes its own district and builds its assembly facility or hall for each small district. Followers residing in a small district go to services held at such assembly facility or hall. As mentioned above, in 1974, the Korean Local Church established its publishing company named as ¡®Korean Gospel Book Room¡¯.

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The Founder of the Local Chu
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Most traditional Christian churches in Korea consider that the Local Church¡¯s doctrine is based on a wrongful bible interpretation of Witness Lee, a disciple of Watchman Nee. However, some people argues that WatchmanNee¡¯s theories and doctrines are wrongful,as well, and that the founder of the Local Church is Watchman Nee. Then who are these people, Watchman Nee and Witness Lee?

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1) Watchman Nee
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Watchman Nee was born in Huzhou, China, on 4th November, 1903. He accepted Christ as his savior at a evival assembly held by an evangelist called ¡°Dorua¡± in April 1920. After his acceptance, Watchman Nee went to the Trinity College located at Huzhou and studied sermon and lessons in the college.

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In 1927, Watchman Nee was diagnosed with tuberculosis and rested for his health recovery for 2 years. During this period, he wrote a book named as the ¡°Spiritual Man¡± which insists that the human nature is divided into hree parts; spirit, soul and body.

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Watchman Nee went through financial difficulties caused by the Sino- Japanese War,and he and his followers operated a chemical factory for financing purpose, in 1942. In 1945, Japan¡¯s surrender and the end of the 2nd World War, Watchman Nee stopped operating the factory and focused on his sermon and lessons. However, the Communist regime seized the power in China, and the Chinese Government arrested Watchman Nee for corruptive/unfair operation of business and he was sentenced to imprisonment for 15 years.

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In 1967, after 15 year long imprisonment, the Communist regime sentenced Watchman Nee to additional 5~7 year long imprisonment, again. Watchman Nee passed away in June 1972. The official cause of death was a heart disease, but, it was presumed that he was executed, under various circumstances.

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Watchman Nee did not use any name of traditional religious organizations (denomination), since he wanted to re-create the church of the New Testament. Therefore, he called his followers as ¡°Christians¡± and his followers¡¯ meeting place as ¡°assembly¡±.

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2) Witness Lee
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Wintess Lee was born in Chefoo, China, in 1905. In 1927, Witness Lee started to study the contents of the magazines published by Watchman Nee and he joined the Watchman Nee¡¯s group. Witness Lee participated in the activities of the group and he led ¡°small group movement¡±. He moved from Chefoo to Huzhou with a request for help and support from Watchman Nee and he became the one of representative leaders of the Watchman Nee¡¯s group in Shanghai and Phillippines.

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After Watchman Nee¡¯s imprisonment, his absence tore his group apart. Witness Lee were in conflict with other leaders of ¡°small group movement¡±. Witness Lee founded and established his own church with his followers in Taiwan and Philippines and he proceeded ¡°small group movement¡±by himself, as Watchman Nee did in China. In 1962, Witness Lee founded American Local Church in Los Angeles and this Local Church located at Anaheim became the worldwide headquarter of the Local Church.

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Main insistence of the Local Church1)
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1) Union of God and Human - Union between God and Human

Witness Lee insists that God creates a human Being and dispenses himself into the human being for making the humans same with God himself.

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The Economy of God is only God¡¯s intent to dispense himself into the human race. ¡¦ He is like a successful businessman who has an enormous amount of capital. God has a business in this universe, and His vast wealth is His capital. ¡¦ All of this capital is simply Himself, and with it He intends to ¡°manufacture¡± Himself in mass production.(Witness Lee, ¡ºThe Economy of God¡», p. 10)

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Today, he works only for one thing in the heaven and his sole work is to transform the saved and secured humans into the God. ¡¦He stays within the humans and makes them holy and new. He changes the humans to the God. This change makes them deified. The purpose of such change is to make the humans in same figure with God¡¯s figure and to change them into the God. (Watchman Nee & Witness Lee, ¡ºThe Holy Word for Morning Survival¡», All inheriting vision of the Age, p. 19)

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That which is born of a horse is a horse. We are born of the Spirit, and the Spirit is God. The bible tells us clearly that God is Spirit.(Witness Lee, ¡ºThe God living man¡»,p. 21)

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According to the books¡¯ quotes mentioned above, Witness Lee insists that God created the human race for mass producing himself. His insistence blurs the distinction between the God, the creator, and the human race, the creature.

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As to Witness Lee¡¯s such insistence, the book called [Cult/Heresy Research Report] published by the Presbyterian Church of Korea (Tonghap) criticized Witness Lee that ¡°Christians must admit prominent and impassable difference and distinction between the God, the almighty creator and the human, only a creature. This admission is the basis of Christian¡¯s belief and faith.¡±

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2) Jesus Christ in a body of a human being with Satan

Witness Lee insists that Jesus was born in a sinful body of human, since he was born to salvate the human race. In his insistence, Jesus had not been the Son of the God until the Resurrection.

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À§Æ®´Ï½º ¸®´Â ¿¹¼ö°¡ Àΰ£À» ±¸¿øÇϱâ À§ÇØ ÁË ÀÖ´Â À°½ÅÀ» ÀÔ°í ¿Ô´Ù°í ÁÖÀåÇÏ°í ÀÖ´Ù. µû¶ó¼­ ºÎÈ° Àü ¿¹¼ö´Â À°½ÅÀ¸·Î´Â Çϳª´ÔÀÇ ¾ÆµéÀÌ ¾Æ´Ï¾ú´Ù°í ÇÑ´Ù.

God put man upon himself - a man all-inclusive of the old creation, Satan. When God put man upon himself, the man was not a pure man, but a body fell from grace, corrupted and destroyed by Satan. ¡¦ When Jesus Christ was alive, he had a body of sinful flesh. Jesus Christ had no sin inside of himself, but Jesus had a sinful body. (Witness Lee, ¡ºThe Economy of God¡», pp.155~156)

Çϳª´ÔÀº À°½ÅÀ» ÀÔÀ¸½ÉÀ¸·Î ±× ¾È¿¡ »çźÀÌ ÀÖ´Â ÀÌ »ç¶÷ÀÇ ¸ð¾çÀ» ÀÔÀ¸½Å °ÍÀÌ´Ù. Çϳª´ÔÀÌ »ç¶÷À¸·Î À°½ÅÀ» ÀÔÀ¸¼ÌÀ» ¶§ ±×°¡ ÀÔÀº »ç¶÷Àº »çź¿¡ ÀÇÇØ Å¸¶ôµÈ »ç¶÷ÀÇ ¸ð¾çÀ̾ú´Ù. ±×°¡ À°½ÅÀ» ÀÔÀ¸½Ç ¶§ »ç¶÷Àº ¼ø¼öÇÑ »ç¶÷ÀÌ ¾Æ´Ï¶ó »çź¿¡ ÀÇÇØ Æı«´çÇÑ, ºÎÆÐµÈ »ç¶÷À̾ú´Ù. (Áß·«) ÁÖ ¿¹¼ö²²¼­ ÀÚ±â ÀÚ½ÅÀ» À°Ã¼·Î °ÅÇÏ°Ô ÇϼÌÀ» ¶§ ±×ºÐÀº ¡®ÁËÀÇ À°½ÅÀÇ ¸ð¾ç¡¯À̾ú´Ù. ±×ºÐ ¾È¿¡´Â ÁË°¡ ¾ø¾ú´Ù. ±×·¯³ª ÁËÀÇ À°½ÅÀÇ ¸ð¾çÀº ÀÖ¾ú´Ù. (¡ºÇϳª´ÔÀÇ °æ·û¡», À§Æ®´Ï½º ¸®, pp.155-156)

When Christ came to this world, he put a man upon himself. However, the personality of man was not holy, since it was same to the personality that we have. Only the difference is that Christ does not have any sinwithin him, but we do. ¡¦ His flesh and body wee neither sinful nor holy. ¡¦ Therefore, Christ with a human body had to become holy and sacred and his holiness was completed by the Resurrection. (Witness Lee,¡ºThe Spirit and Body¡», p.76)

±×¸®½ºµµ²²¼­ »ç¶÷À¸·Î ¿À¼ÌÀ» ¶§, ±×´Â ÀμºÀ» ÀÔ¾ú´Ù. ±×·¯³ª ÀÌ ÀμºÀº °Å·èÇÏÁö ¾Ê¾Ò´Ù. ¿Ö³ÄÇÏ¸é ±×°ÍÀº ¿ì¸®ÀÇ ¼ºÇ°°ú ¶È°°¾Ò±â ¶§¹®ÀÌ´Ù. ¿ÀÁ÷ ÇÑ °¡Áö Â÷ÀÌÁ¡Àº ¿ì¸®ÀÇ ¼ºÇ°¿¡´Â ÁË°¡ ÀÖ¾úÀ¸³ª ±×ÀÇ ¼ºÇ°¿¡´Â ÁË°¡ ¾ø¾ú´Ù. (Áß·«) ±×ÀÇ À°½ÅÀº ÁË ÀÖ´Â °Íµµ ¾Æ´Ï¾ú°í °Å·èÇÑ °Íµµ ¾Æ´Ï¾ú´Ù. (Áß·«) ±×·¯¹Ç·Î ÀμºÀ» ÀÔÀº ±×¸®½ºµµ´Â °Å·èÇÏ°Ô µÉ ÇÊ¿ä°¡ ÀÖ¾ú´Ù. ÀÌ°ÍÀº ±×ÀÇ ºÎÈ°À» ÅëÇØ ¿Ï¼ºµÆ´Ù. (¡º±× ¿µ°ú ¸ö¡», À§Æ®´Ï½º ¸®, p.76)

In summary of Witness Lee¡¯s insistence, Jesus Christ¡¯s personality was changed. In other words, Witness Lee asserts that the only-begotten Son has divinity, but no personality as the Son of the God. And he insists that Jesus became the eldest son of the God who has both divinity and personality, only after the Resurrection.

¿ä¾àÇϸé À§Æ®´Ï½º ¸®ÀÇ ±âµ¶·ÐÀº ¿¹¼öÀÇ Àμº¿¡ º¯È­°¡ ÀÖ¾ú´Ù°í º»´Ù. Áï Çϳª´ÔÀÇ µ¶»ýÀÚ¿¡°Ô´Â ½Å¼º¸¸ ÀÖ°í Çϳª´ÔÀÇ ¾Æµé·Î ÀÎÁ¤µÈ ÀμºÀÌ ¾ø¾úÁö¸¸ ºÎÈ°ÇÔÀ¸·Î ¿¹¼ö´Â ½Å¼º°ú ÀμºÀ» ´Ù Áö´Ñ Çϳª´ÔÀÇ ¸º¾ÆµéÀÌ µÆ´Ù´Â °ÍÀÌ´Ù.

Cult/Heresy Research Report] published by the Presbyterian Church of Korea (Tonghap)criticized Witness Lee¡¯s assertions that ¡°Witness Lee asserts that a man may become same with the God. In a traditional Christian doctrine, Jesus Christ was always both a man and the God for the period from the birth of himself to the Ascension. Witness Lee¡¯s assertion is against this traditional and rightful doctrine.¡±

ÀÌ·¯ÇÑ À§Æ®´Ï½º ¸®ÀÇ ÁÖÀå¿¡ ´ëÇØ ´ëÇÑ¿¹¼ö±³Àå·Îȸ(ÅëÇÕ)¿¡¼­ ¹ß°£ÇÑ ¡º»çÀ̺ñÀÌ´Ü¿¬±¸º¸°íÁý¡»¿¡¼­´Â ¡°°á±¹ »ç¶÷ÀÌ Çϳª´Ô°ú ¶È°°ÀÌ µÉ ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù´Â ½ÅÀÎÇÕÀÏ »ç»ó¿¡¼­ ³ª¿Â °ÍÀ¸·Î¼­ ¿¹¼ö´ÔÀÌ ³ª½Ç ¶§ºÎÅÍ ½ÂõÇϽñâ±îÁö Âü Çϳª´ÔÀ̽ÿä Âü Àΰ£À̽Š±×¸®½ºµµÀÇ ¾ç¼º±³¸®¿¡ ¾î±ß³ª´Â °Í¡±À̶ó°í ºñÆÇÇß´Ù.

3) Sabellianism

In a traditional Christian doctrine of the God, the expression, ¡°Trinity¡± is commonly used. The Trinity means Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as three persons in one Godhead. However, the Trinity is a truly profound and mysterious area which is not easily explained. If the Godhead is emphasized, then the Trinity could fall into the Sabellianism. If the three persons are emphasized, then the Trinity could fall into the tritheism. Witness Lee focuses on the Godhead, rather than the Trinity, and he interpretation on the Godhead onforms to the Sabellianism. Then,what is the Sabellianism? In a theological dictionary, quote ¡°Modalism, also called Sabellianism, is the unorthodox belief that God is one person who has revealed himself in three forms or modes, as a creator (Father), a savior (Son) and a deified figure (Holy Spirit), in contrast to the Trinitarian doctrine where God is one being eternally existing in three persons.¡±

3) »ïÀÏ Çϳª´ÔÀº ¾çÅ·Ð

±â¼º±³È¸¿¡¼­´Â ½Å·ÐÀ» ÀÌÇØÇÒ ¶§ »ïÀ§ÀÏü(ß²êÈìéô÷)¶ó´Â Ç¥ÇöÀ» »ç¿ëÇÑ´Ù. »ïÀ§ÀÏü´Â Çϳª´Ô²²¼­ ÇϳªÀÇ º»Áú¿¡ ¼¼À§°ÝÀ¸·Î °è½Å´Ù´Â ½ÅÇÐ ¿ë¾î´Ù. ±×·¯³ª »ïÀ§ÀÏü´Â ±× ¾È¿¡ ´ã±ä ³»¿ë ÀÚüÀÇ ¿À¹¦ÇÔÀ¸·Î Ç®ÀÌ°¡ ½±Áö ¾ÊÀº °ÍÀÌ »ç½ÇÀÌ´Ù. ÇѺРÇϳª´ÔÀ» °­Á¶ÇÏ°Ô µÇ¸é ¾çÅ·ÐÀ¸·Î ºüÁú À§ÇèÀÌ ÀÖ°í, ¼¼ºÐÀÇ ÀΰÝÀ» °­Á¶ÇÏ°Ô µÇ¸é »ï½Å·ÐÀ¸·Î ÀÌÇصDZ⠽±´Ù. À§Æ®´Ï½º ¸®´Â »ïÀ§ÀÏü ´ë½Å »ïÀÏ Çϳª´ÔÀ» ÁÖÀåÇϸç, ¾çÅ·ÐÀûÀÎ »ç»óÀ» ÁÖÀåÇÏ°í ÀÖ´Ù. ¾çÅ·ÐÀ̶õ ¹«¾ùÀΰ¡? ½ÅÇлçÀü¿¡¼­´Â ¡°Çϳª´Ô²²¼­ âÁ¶Áַμ­´Â ¼ººÎ·Î ³ªÅ¸³ª¼Ì°í, ±¸Áַμ­´Â ¼ºÀÚ·Î ³ªÅ¸³ª¼ÌÀ¸¸ç, ¼ºÈ­ÀÇ Áַμ­´Â ¼º·ÉÀ¸·Î ³ªÅ¸³ª¼Ì´Ù´Â °Í¡±À¸·Î Á¤ÀǵŠÀÖ´Ù. Áï ¾çÅ·ÐÀº »ïÀ§ÀÏü°¡ ¾Æ´Ñ ÀÏÀ§ÀÏü¸¦ ÁÖÀåÇÏ´Â °ÍÀÌ´Ù. À§Æ®´Ï½º ¸®ÀÇ »ïÀÏ Çϳª´Ô ±³¸®´Â ¾î¶°ÇÑ°¡?

God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit are one God expressed in three persons: God is the source, Christ is the expression of God, and the Holy Spirit is the transmission bringing God in Christ into man. Thus, the three persons of the Trinity become the three successive steps in the process of God¡¯s economy. (Witness Lee, ¡ºThe Economy of God¡», p.12)

Çϳª´Ô, ±×¸®½ºµµ, ¼º·Éµµ ¼¼ÀÎ°Ý ¾È¿¡ ³ªÅ¸³­ ÇÑ ºÐ Çϳª´ÔÀÌ´Ù. Çϳª´ÔÀº ±Ùº»ÀÌ¿ä, ±×¸®½ºµµ´Â Çϳª´ÔÀÇ Ç¥ÇöÀÌ¿ä, ¼º·ÉÀº ±×¸®½ºµµ ¾È¿¡¼­ Çϳª´ÔÀ» »ç¶÷ ¾È¿¡ ÀüÇØÁÖ´Â °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ±×·¯¹Ç·Î »ïÀϼº(ß²ìéàõ)ÀÇ ¼¼ÀΰÝÀº Çϳª´ÔÀÇ °æ·ûÀÇ °úÁ¤¾È¿¡¼­ À̾îÁö´Â ¼¼ ´Ü°è°¡ µÈ´Ù. (¡ºÇϳª´ÔÀÇ °æ·û¡», À§Æ®´Ï½º¸®, p.12)

According to God¡¯s economy, Christ passed through the process of incarnation, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension. By His allinclusive death He accomplished redemption and solved all our problems. Now, in resurrection, He is the all-inclusive life-giving Spirit, ready for us to receive and enjoy. ¡¦As long as we are one with Him in our spirit, our whole being will be permeated with the Spirit of holiness, and we shall become separate, absolutely different, from everything other than God. We shall also be permeated with God¡¯s living in us. (Witness Lee, ¡ºThe Spirit and Body¡», pp.106-107)

Çϳª´ÔÀº ½Å¼º°ú, Àμº°ú, ¼ºÀ°½ÅµÇ½É°ú, Àλý°ú, ½ÊÀÚ°¡¿Í, ºÎÈ°°ú, ½ÂõÀ» Áö´Ñ °úÁ¤À» °ÅÄ£ Çϳª´ÔÀÌ´Ù. ÀÌ °úÁ¤À» °ÅÄ£ ¿ì¸® Çϳª´ÔÀº ÀÌÁ¦ ¸¸À¯¸¦ Æ÷ÇÔÇÑ »ý¸íÁÖ´Â ¿µÀ̽ôÙ. (Áß·«)Çϳª´ÔÀÇ °æ·û ¾È¿¡¼­ °úÁ¤À» °ÅÄ¡½Å Çϳª´ÔÀÎ ¸¸À¯¸¦ Æ÷ÇÔÇÑ ÀÌ ¿µÀº ¿ì¸® ¾È¿¡ ³ª¾ß ÇÏ°í, ¿ì¸®´Â ±×·Î ³ª¾ß ÇÑ´Ù. (¡º±×¿µ°ú ¸ö¡», À§Æ®´Ï½º ¸®, pp.106-107)

In summary, Witness Lee¡¯s doctrine of God means that Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are one God divided into three steps by the God for transmission of the God to the human race. In other words, the God in the Old Testament who only had the divinity became ¡°God-Man¡± by incarnation and finally became the Spirit by the Resurrection, in Witness Lee¡¯a insistence. His insistence shows the God¡¯s transformation process and this is a typical Sabellianism.

¿ä¾àÇϸé À§Æ®´Ï½º ¸®°¡ ÁÖÀåÇÏ´Â »ïÀÏ Çϳª´ÔÀº °úÁ¤À» °ÅÄ£ »ïÀÏ Çϳª´ÔÀ¸·Î Çϳª´Ô²²¼­ »ç¶÷¿¡°Ô ÀÚ½ÅÀ» ºÐ¹èÇϱâ À§ÇØ °úÁ¤À» °ÅÄ¡¼Ì´Ù´Â °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ´Ù½Ã ¸»ÇØ ±¸¾à¿¡¼­ Çϳª´ÔÀº ½Å¼º¸¸ ÀÖ¾úÀ¸³ª ¼ºÀ°½ÅÀÇ °úÁ¤À¸·Î ¡®Çϳª´Ô-»ç¶÷¡¯ÀÌ µÆ°í, ºÎÈ°À» ÅëÇØ ÀμºÀ» Æ÷ÇÔÇÑ ¿µÀÌ µÆ´Ù´Â °ÍÀÌ´Ù. Çϳª´ÔÀÌ ¾Æµé·Î ¾ÆµéÀÌ ±× ¿µÀ¸·Î °úÁ¤À» °ÅÃÆ´Ù´Â °ÍÀε¥ ÀÌ·¯ÇÑ ÁÖÀåÀº ¾çÅ·ÐÀûÀÎ »ç»óÀÌ´Ù.

¡ºCult/Heresy Research Report¡» published by the Presbyterian Church of Korea (Tonghap)criticized Witness Lee¡¯s such Sabellianism that ¡°his interpretation on the God is directly conflict with not only the God¡¯s almighty, but also the eternity and constancy of the God.¡±

À§Æ®´Ï½º ¸®ÀÇ »ïÀÏ Çϳª´Ô ÁÖÀå¿¡ ´ëÇØ ´ëÇÑ¿¹¼ö±³Àå·Îȸ(ÅëÇÕ)¿¡¼­ ¹ß°£ÇÑ ¡º»çÀ̺ñÀÌ´Ü¿¬±¸ º¸°íÁý¡»¿¡¼­´Â ¡°À§Æ®´Ï½º¸®°¡ ºñ·Ï ¾çÅ·ÐÀû »ïÀ§ÀÏü°üÀ» º¯ÇüµÈ ÇüÅ·ΠǥÇöÇÏ°í´Â ÀÖÁö¸¸ ¸í¹éÇÑ ¾çÅ·ÐÀ¸·Î¼­, ±×ÀÇ »ç»óÀº Çϳª´ÔÀÇ Àü´É¼º¿¡µµ À§¹èµÉ »Ó¸¸ ¾Æ´Ï¶ó ¶ÇÇÑ ¾îÁ¦³ª ¿À´ÃÀ̳ª µ¿ÀÏÇϽŠÇϳª´ÔÀÇ ºÒº¯¼º°ú ¿µ¿ø¼ºÀ» ¹«³Ê¶ß¸®´Â À߸øµÈ °Í¡±À̶ó°í ºñÆÇÇß´Ù.

In Korean society, the Local Church became stood out after Witness Lee¡¯s visit to Korea in 1980s. The Local Church¡¯s doctrines and insistence are unorthodox and different from the traditional Christian doctrines and many denominations decided the Local Church as a heresy, but the number of followers has increased. The Local Church is a heresy without significant ethical issues in the Korean society, but its theories and doctrines
are unorthodox.

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1) For clearance of doubts, all quotations in this article are either translation of Korean version of the relevant book or quotations uploaded in the public website (https://www.ministrybooks.org) from an ordinary websearch engine, only for news commentary.