The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1989, volume 2, contains messages given by Brother Witness Lee from March 15 through December 17, 1989. At the end of the first week in March Brother Lee traveled to Taipei, Taiwan, and remained there until the end of the third week in March. He then visited Quezon City, Philippines, and Taichung and Kaohsiung, Taiwan, before returning to Taipei at the beginning of April. He remained in Taipei until the end of the third week in April and then visited Seoul, South Korea, and Tokyo, Japan, before returning to Anaheim, California, in the middle of May. At the end of the third week in May Brother Lee visited Cleveland, Ohio, and Newton and Cambridge, Massachusetts, until the end of the first week in June. At that time he returned to Anaheim and remained there until the end of 1989. The contents of this volume are divided into twelve sections, as follows: 1. Eleven messages given in Taipei and Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on March 15 through April 23. These messages were previously published in Chinese and English in a book entitled The New Testament Priests of the Gospel and are included in this volume under the same title. 2. Seven messages given in Chinese in Quezon City, Philippines, on March 23 through 26. These messages were previously published in Chinese and English in a book entitled The Riches and Fullness of Christ and the Advanced Recovery of the Lord Today and are included in this volume under the same title. 3. Two messages given in Chinese in Quezon City, Philippines, on March 23 and 24. These messages are included in this volume under the title The God-ordained Way for the Increase and Building Up of the Church. 4. Two messages given in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on April 1. These messages were combined into one chapter and are included in this volume under the title Practicing the New Way according to the Nature of the New Way. 5. A message given in Taipei, Taiwan, on April 21. It is included in this volume under the title The Revelation, Vision, and Practice of the God-ordained Way. 6. Five messages given in Chinese in Seoul, South Korea, on April 27 through 30. These messages were previously published in Chinese and English in a book entitled The Ministry of the New Testament Priests of the Gospel and are included in this volume under the same title. 7. Five messages given in Chinese in Tokyo, Japan, on May 3 through 7. These messages were previously published in Chinese and English in a book entitled The Church Life in the Lord's Recovery Today and are included in this volume under the same title. 8. Two messages given in Tokyo, Japan, on May 5 and 6. They are included in this volume under the title The Priesthood of the Gospel and the Organic Service of the Body of Christ. 9. Two messages given in Anaheim, California, on May 13 and October 2. These messages are included in this volume under the title The New Testament Priesthood of the Gospel and the Elders' Shepherding of the Church. 10. Two messages given in Anaheim, California, on May 14 and June 11. These messages were previously published in a book entitled Being Renewed Day by Day and are included in this volume under the same title. 11. Eleven messages given in Anaheim, California, on May 22 through December 17. They are included in this volume under the title Meetings in Anaheim. 12. Fourteen messages given in Cleveland, Ohio, and Newton, Massachusetts, on May 25 through June 5. These messages are included in this volume under the title The New Testament Priesthood.

The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1990, volume 2, contains messages given by Brother Witness Lee from February 10 through December 21, 1990. During the first three months of 1990 Brother Lee was in Anaheim, California. In early April he traveled to Taipei, Taiwan, and at the end of that month he visited Hualien, Taiwan. He returned to Anaheim in the first part of May and remained there until the end of the third week in August. During that time he visited Long Beach, California. At the end of August Brother Lee visited San Francisco, San Jose, and Berkeley, California. In early September he returned to Anaheim and remained there until the middle of October. During that period he briefly visited San Diego and San Bernardino, California. In the middle of October Brother Lee traveled to the Far East and remained there until the first part of November. During that period he visited Taipei and then Kota Kinabalu, Sibu, Kuching, and Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. In the middle of November he returned to Anaheim and remained there until the end of the year. The contents of this volume are divided into fifteen sections, as follows: 1. Eight messages given in Anaheim, California, on February 10 through May 19. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Practice of the Group Meetings and are included in this volume under the same title. 2. Four messages given in Anaheim, California, on March 9 and 10. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Intrinsic Problem in the Lord's Recovery Today and Its Scriptural Remedy. They are included in The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1989, volume 4, as chapters 3 through 6 of Elders' Training, Book 10: The Eldership and the God-ordained Way (2). Therefore, they are not reprinted in this volume. 3. Four messages given in Taipei, Taiwan, on April 5 through 8. These messages were previously published in Chinese and English in a book entitled The Oneness and the One Accord according to the Lord's Aspiration and the Body Life and Service according to His Pleasure and are included in this volume under the same title. 4. Four messages given in Taipei, Taiwan, on April 12 through 15. They were previously published in Chinese and English in a book entitled A Thorough View of the Body of Christ and are included in this volume under the same title. 5. Four messages given in Taipei, Taiwan, on April 18 through 21. They were previously published in Chinese and English in a book entitled The Mysteries in God's New Testament Economy and are included in this volume under the same title. 6. Three messages given in Taipei, Taiwan, on April 25 through 27. They were previously published in Chinese and English in a ten-chapter book entitled Salvation in Life in the Book of Romans and are included in this volume under the same title. 7. Two messages given in Hualien, Taiwan, on April 28 and 29. They were previously published in Chinese and English in a book entitled Conformation to the Image of the Son of God and are included in this volume under the same title. 8. Five messages given in Anaheim, California, in May and June. These messages were previously published in a book entitled To Be Saved in the Life of Christ as Revealed in Romans and are included in this volume under the same title. 9. Four messages given in Anaheim, California, on May 26 through June 16. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Practice of Prophesying and are included in this volume under the same title. 10. A message given in Long Beach, California, on June 2. This message was previously published in a small book entitled A Genuine Church and is included in this volume under the same title. 11. A message given in Anaheim, California, on June 23. This message is included in this volume under the title Needing to Be Built Up with Christ, a Proper Character, and a Complete Education in Our College Years. 12. Two messages given in Anaheim, California, on July 7 and 8. These messages were previously published in a book entitled A Brief Presentation of the Lord's Recovery and are included in this volume under the same title. Chapter 2 appears also in The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1989, volume 4, as chapter 7 of Elders' Training, Book 10: The Eldership and the God-ordained Way (2). 13. A message given in Anaheim, California, on July 8, 1990. This message was previously published in a booklet entitled How to Have a Definite Beginning of the God-ordained Way in a Local Church. It is included in The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1989, volume 4, as chapter 8 of Elders' Training, Book 10: The Eldership and the God-ordained Way (2). Therefore, it is not reprinted in this volume. 14. A message given in Anaheim, California, on August 13, 1990. This message is included in this volume under the title Being Trained to Know the Depths of the Bible. 15. Twenty-one messages given in Anaheim, California, on August 14 through December 21. These messages were previously published in a twenty-chapter book entitled Messages to the Trainees in Fall 1990 and are included in this volume under the same title.

The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1989, volume 3, contains messages given by Brother Witness Lee from August 29 through December 16, 1989. Brother Lee spent the last half of 1989 in Anaheim, California. The contents of this volume are divided into two sections, as follows: 1. Thirty-two messages given in Anaheim, California, on August 29 through December 15. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Experience and Growth in Life and are included in this volume under the same title. Two of the thirty-two messages were combined. 2. Thirty-one messages given in Anaheim, California, on August 30 through December 16. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Exercise and Practice of the God-ordained Way.

The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1989, volume 1, contains messages given by Brother Witness Lee from January 1 through November 21, 1989. In 1989 Brother Lee spoke fifty-two messages that were published in the Life-study of Numbers. These Life-study messages are not included in The Collected Works of Witness Lee. Brother Lee remained in Irving, Texas, during the first part of January 1989. He returned to Anaheim, California, in the second week of January and remained there until the end of the third week. At the end of the month he visited Hacienda Heights and San Diego, California, and returned to Anaheim in the beginning of February. From the second week in February through the end of the month he visited San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento, Pleasant Hill, Berkeley, and San Gabriel, California, before returning to Anaheim. At the end of the first week in March Brother Lee traveled to Taipei, Taiwan, and remained there until the end of the third week in March. He then visited Quezon City, Philippines, and Taichung and Kaohsiung, Taiwan, before returning to Taipei at the beginning of April. He remained in Taipei until the end of the third week in April and then visited Seoul, South Korea, and Tokyo, Japan, before returning to Anaheim in the middle of May. At the end of the third week in May Brother Lee visited Cleveland, Ohio, and Newton and Cambridge, Massachusetts, until the end of the first week in June. At that time he returned to Anaheim and remained there until the end of 1989. The contents of this volume are divided into fifteen sections, as follows: 1. A message given in Irving, Texas, on January 1. This message is included in this volume under the title The Conclusion of the Book of Leviticus. 2. Two messages given in Anaheim, California, in Chinese by telephone to gospel teams gathered in Taipei, Taiwan, on January 10 and November 21. These messages are included in this volume under the title Fellowship and Blessings before the Gospel Teams' Departure for the Spread of the Gospel. 3. Six messages given in Anaheim, California, on January 21 through October 16. These messages are included in this volume under the title Establishing Churches to Build Up the Body of Christ, Practicing the New Way, and Being Trained in Truth, Life, and Service. 4. A message given in Hacienda Heights, California, on January 22. This message is included in this volume under the title The Practice of the New Way and Living in the Spirit. 5. Five messages given in San Diego, California, on January 26 through 29. These messages are included in this volume under the title The Lord's Present Recovery concerning the Building Up of the Body of Christ. 6. A message given in San Diego, California, to elders from northwest Mexico on January 27. This message is included in this volume under the title Exercising to Take the Biblical Way for the Increase of the Church. 7. Four messages given in Chinese in Anaheim, California, on February 3 through 5. These messages are included in this volume under the title The Organic Building Up of the Body of Christ. 8. A message given in Chinese in Anaheim, California, on February 6. This message is included in this volume under the title The Practice of Begetting, Nourishing, Perfecting, and Building in the Work among the Students. 9. Five messages given in San Francisco and San Jose, California, on February 7 through 12. These messages are included in this volume under the title The Organic Work and the Organic Meetings of the Organic Body of Christ. 10. Three messages given in San Francisco and Berkeley, California, on February 8 through 20. These messages are included in this volume under the title Fellowship concerning the New Way to Practice the Church Life. 11. Nine messages given in San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento, Pleasant Hill, and Berkeley, California, on February 9 through 19. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Practical and Organic Building Up of the Church and are included in this volume under the same title. 12. Nine messages given in Chinese and English in San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento, Pleasant Hill, and Berkeley, California, on February 9 through 17. These messages are included in this volume under the title Questions, Answers, and Fellowship concerning the Organic Practice of the New Way. 13. A message given in San Gabriel, California, on February 27. This message is included in this volume under the title One Vision of Two Needs. 14. Five messages given in Taipei, Taiwan, on March 7 through 21. These messages were previously published in Chinese and English in a book entitled The Glorious Vision and the Way of the Cross and are included in this volume under the same title. 15. Six messages given in Taipei and Taichung, Taiwan, on March 8 through 30. These messages were previously published in Chinese and English in a book entitled The Organic Practice of the New Way and are included in this volume under the same title.

The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1989, volume 4, contains messages given by Brother Witness Lee from May 19, 1989, through January 4, 1991. In the middle of May 1989 Brother Lee returned to Anaheim, California, after spending more than two months in the Far East. At the end of the third week in May Brother Lee visited Cleveland, Ohio, and Newton and Cambridge, Massachusetts, until the end of the first week in June. At that time he returned to Anaheim and remained there until the end of 1989. The contents of this volume are divided into eight sections, as follows: 1. Sixteen messages given in Anaheim, California; Cleveland, Ohio; and Newton, Massachusetts, on May 19 through June 6, 1989. These messages were previously published in a ten-chapter book entitled The Advance of the Lord's Recovery Today and are included in this volume under the same title. 2. Two messages given in Anaheim, California, on July 8 and 9, 1989. These messages were previously published in a three-chapter book entitled A Summary of the Study of the New Testament Way of Christian Service and are included in this volume under the same title. Chapters 2 and 3 of this section also appear as chapters 10 and 11 in Elders' Training, Book 9: The Eldership and the God-ordained Way (1), which is included in The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1986, volume 3. 3. Ten messages given in Anaheim, California, on September 4 through December 14, 1989. These messages were previously published in two volumes entitled Talks concerning the Church Services, Part 1 and Part 2 and are included in this volume under the title Talks concerning the Church Services. 4. Five messages given in Anaheim, California, on November 23 through 25, 1989. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Organic Building Up of the Church as the Body of Christ to Be the Organism of the Processed and Dispensing Triune God and are included in this volume under the same title. 5. Two messages given in Anaheim, California, on November 26, 1989. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Present Turmoil in the Lord's Recovery and the Direction of the Lord's Move Today and are included in the next section of this volume as chapters 1 and 2 of Elders' Training, Book 10: The Eldership and the God-ordained Way (2). 6. Ten messages given in Anaheim, California, on November 26, 1989, through January 4, 1991. These messages are included in this volume under the title Elders' Training, Book 10: The Eldership and the God-ordained Way (2). Chapters 1 and 2 were previously published in a book entitled The Present Turmoil in the Lord's Recovery and the Direction of the Lord's Move Today and were given on November 26, 1989. Chapters 3 through 6 were previously published in a book entitled The Intrinsic Problem in the Lord's Recovery Today and Its Scriptural Remedy and were given on March 9 and 10, 1990. Chapter 7 was previously published in a book entitled A Brief Presentation of the Lord's Recovery and was given on July 7, 1990. Chapter 8 was previously published in a booklet entitled How to Have a Definite Beginning of the God-ordained Way in a Local Church and was given on July 8, 1990. Chapters 9 and 10 were previously published in a book entitled The God-ordained Way and the Eldership and were given on January 3 and 4, 1991. 7. A message given in Anaheim, California, on December 19, 1989. This message is included in this volume under the title Fellowship with Saints Serving in the Ministry Office in Irving. 8. Two messages given in Anaheim, California, on December 29 and 30, 1989. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Apostles' Teaching and the New Testament Leadership and are included in this volume under the same title.

The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1991-1992, volume 1, contains messages given by Brother Witness Lee from January 3 through December 17, 1991. In 1991 and 1992 Brother Lee spoke one hundred sixty-two messages that were published in the Life-study of Job, Life-study of the Psalms, Life-study of Isaiah, Life-study of Jeremiah, Life-study of Lamentations, Life-study of Daniel, Life-study of Hosea, Life-study of Joel, Life-study of Amos, Life-study of Obadiah, Life-study of Jonah, Life-study of Micah, Life-study of Nahum, Life-study of Habakkuk, Life-study of Zephaniah, Life-study of Haggai, Life-study of Zechariah, and Life-study of Malachi. These messages are not included in The Collected Works of Witness Lee. From January through August 1991, Brother Lee was in Anaheim, California. During that period he visited Los Angeles and Alhambra, California, in April. At the end of August he traveled to Berkeley, California. In early September he returned to Anaheim and remained there until the end of November. During that time he visited Huntington Beach, California. At the end of November Brother Lee traveled to Reston, Virginia, for the Thanksgiving weekend conference. In early December he returned to Anaheim and remained there until the end of the year. The contents of this volume are divided into ten sections, as follows: 1. Two messages given in Anaheim, California, on January 3 and 4. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The God-ordained Way and the Eldership. They are included in The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1989, volume 4, as chapters 9 and 10 of Elders' Training, Book 10: The Eldership and the God-ordained Way (2). Therefore, they are not printed in this volume. 2. Seven messages given to the full-time trainees in Anaheim, California, on February 4 through December 17. These messages are included in this volume under the title Fellowship to the Full-time Trainees in Anaheim. 3. Thirty-one messages given in Anaheim, California, on February 17 through December 15. One message was spoken in Chinese. These messages are included in this volume under the title Various Meetings in Anaheim. 4. Thirteen messages given in Anaheim, California, on February 23 through July 7. These messages were previously published in a book entitled Elders' Training, Book 11: The Eldership and the God-ordained Way (3) and are included in this volume under the same title. Chapters 12 and 13 were also published in a small book entitled Further Consideration of the Eldership, the Region of Work, and the Care for the Body of Christ. 5. A message given in Los Angeles, California, on April 7. This message is included in this volume under the title A Capturing Vision of the Lord's Recovery in Three Aspects. 6. Four messages given in Anaheim, California, on May 25 through 27. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The World Situation and the Direction of the Lord's Move and are included in this volume under the same title. 7. A message given in Anaheim, California, on June 30. This message is included in this volume under the title Fellowship on the Lord's Move to Spread the Gospel of the Kingdom to Europe. 8. Two messages given in Anaheim, California, on July 6 and 7. These messages were previously published in a book entitled Further Consideration of the Eldership, the Region of Work, and the Care for the Body of Christ. They are included in this volume as chapters 12 and 13 in the section entitled Elders' Training, Book 11: The Eldership and the God-ordained Way (3). Therefore, they are not included in this volume as a separate section. 9. Twenty-eight messages given in Anaheim, California, on August 27 through December 17. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Central Line of the Divine Revelation and are included in this volume under the same title. 10. Two messages given in Berkeley, California, on August 30 and September 2. These messages are included in this volume under the title Laboring Organically to Practice the God-ordained Way.

In this issue we will continue four lines of ministry. The first line--The History of the Lord's Recovery--contains chapters 9 and 10 of The Advance of the Lord's Recovery Today, which are in volume 4 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1989, and chapters 1 and 2 of The Recovery of the Church according to the Pattern on the Mountain, which are in volume 1 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1950–1951. This section covers how to carry out the New Testament priesthood of the gospel according to the Lord's up-to-date recovery, the recovery of the church according to the pattern on the mountain, and serving God according to the characteristics of life. The second line--Words for New Believers--contains chapters 29 through 32 of Crucial Truths in the Holy Scriptures, Volume 3, which are in volume 3 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1932–1949. These chapters cover topics related to serving the Lord, meeting, reading the Bible, and prayer. The third line--Maturing in Life--contains chapters 5 through 8 of The Kingdom, which are in volume 2 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1972. These chapters speak of the sowing of the seed of the kingdom, the growing of the seed of the kingdom, image and dominion, and the two kingdoms. The fourth line--The High Peak of the Divine Revelation--continues with chapters 22 through 25 of God's New Testament Economy, which are in volume 3 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1984. This section contains four chapters on the seven Spirits.

In this issue we will continue four lines of ministry. The first line--The History of the Lord's Recovery--contains chapters 5 through 8 of The Exercise and Practice of the God-ordained Way, which are in volume 3 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1989. These chapters cover how to carry out a successful contact with the sinners, the glory and joy of the believers in bearing fruit, being flexible in the way of reaching people in gospel preaching, and the unit of God's salvation.The second line--Words for New Believers--contains chapters 1 through 4 of The Four Crucial Elements of the Bible--Christ, the Spirit, Life, and the Church, which are in volume 1 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1984. These chapters cover the crucial elements of the Bible, then Christ, and then the Spirit.The third line--Maturing in Life--contains chapters 55 and 56 of Perfecting Training, which are in volume 1 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1980. These chapters cover the Triune God and our regenerated human spirit and the mysterious and abstract way of the leading of the Spirit. This line then continues with chapters 1 and 2 of a new book, Practical Lessons on the Experience of Life, which are in volume 4 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1964. These chapters cover the experience of regeneration.The fourth line--The High Peak of the Divine Revelation--contains chapter 7 of The Issue of the Dispensing of the Processed Trinity and the Transmitting of the Transcending Christ, which is in volume 2 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1993. This chapter is a concluding word to this book. This line then continues with chapters 1 through 3 of a new book, Crystallization-study of Song of Songs, which are in volume 3 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1994–1997. These chapters cover pursuing Christ for satisfaction, fellowshipping in the inner chambers of Christ, and being transformed and perfected in the church life.

In this issue we will continue four lines of ministry. The first line--The History of the Lord's Recovery--contains chapters 13 through 16 of The Exercise and Practice of the God-ordained Way, which are in volume 3 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1989. These chapters cover the matters of nourishing the new ones that they may remain, dealing with various cases in preaching the gospel, having home meetings for remaining fruit, and reaching people with the gospel. The second line--Words for New Believers--contains chapters 9 and 10 of The Four Crucial Elements of the Bible--Christ, the Spirit, Life, and the Church, which are in volume 1 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1984, and chapters 1 and 2 of Basic Lessons on Service, which are in volume 2 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1979. These chapters cover the matters of the church, how to meet, and the Lord's table meeting. The third line--Maturing in Life--contains chapters 7 through 10 of Practical Lessons on the Experience of Life, which are in volume 4 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1964. These chapters cover the law of life, the anointing, dealing with the heart, and dealing with the conscience. The fourth line--The High Peak of the Divine Revelation--contains chapters 8 through 11 of Crystallization-study of Song of Songs, which are in volume 3 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1994–1997. These chapters cover the believers' living in ascension and their becoming a garden to Christ, the sanctuary of God, and the heavenly bodies.

In this issue we will continue four lines of ministry. The first line--The History of the Lord's Recovery--contains chapters 5 through 8 of The Advance of the Lord's Recovery Today, which are in volume 4 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1989. These chapters cover the perfecting of the saints by the gifts, prophesying for the building up of the church as the organic Body of Christ, and how to carry out the New Testament priesthood of the gospel according to the Lord's up-to-date recovery. The second line--Words for New Believers--contains chapters 25 and 26 of Crucial Truths in the Holy Scriptures, Volume 2, and chapters 27 and 28 of Crucial Truths in the Holy Scriptures, Volume 3, which are in volume 3 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1932–1949. These chapters cover topics related to being led by the Lord, doing the will of God, being filled with the Holy Spirit, and preaching the gospel. The third line--Maturing in Life--begins with chapters 1 through 4 of a new book, The Kingdom, which are in volume 2 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1972. These chapters speak of the kingdom in the New Testament, the coming of the kingdom and its process, God's goal being the kingdom, and the seed of the kingdom. The fourth line--The High Peak of the Divine Revelation--continues with chapters 18 through 21 of God's New Testament Economy, which are in volume 3 of The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1984. These chapters cover the Spirit of Christ, the anointing Spirit, and the seven Spirits.