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Ecclesiology, a term taken from either the Greek word ecclesia, is that branch of Christian theology that deals with a doctrine pertaining to the Church: its role in salvation, & its origin, its discipline, and its leadership.

A terms ecclesial & ecclesiastical, mean that a tool or even action described has to wash using a Christian Church. For instance, an "ecclesial movement" occurs as movement in a Church.

Issues addressed by ecclesiology

Ecclesiology asks a questions: World health organization is the Church? Would it be the seeable or even earthly corporation? Or even would it be a body of whole believing Christians regardless of their denominational differences and disunity? What is the relationship between dwelling Christians & departed Christians?

Must 1 join the church? What is the role of corporate worship in the spiritual lives of believers? Would it be as a matter of fact necessary?

What is the authority of the Christian church? Is the institution itself, either in one corporate system, or even typically, an independent vehicle of revelation or of God's grace? Or even is the Church's authority dependant on & derivative of a anterior divine revelation, & single institutions come the Church to the extent that it teach that message?

What does a Church run? Is the Church's rôlupus erythematosus primarily a performance of sacraments for the spiritual growth of believers? Or even is the Church's primary duty to preach and teach the Gospel?

How else should a Church become governed? What come a proper methods of finding clergy such as bishops and priests? Is an ordained clergy necessary?

What come a roles of spiritual gifts in the life of the church?

How else does a Church relate to the covenants expressed in scripture to God's chosen people?

What is the ultimate destiny of the Church in Christian eschatology?

Christ in Revelation the One Walking in the Midst of the Local Churches
Witness Lee expounds on the significance of various details found in the description of Christ in Revelation and applies these details to the experience of Christ in the local churches today. Based on chapter 6 of his book The Seven Spirits for the Local Churches.

God's Revelation and God's Recovery of the Local Churches
Site based on chapter 2 of Witness Lee's book The Seven Spirits for the Local Churches.

Enjoying and Drinking Christ in the Local Churches
Site based on chapter four of The Seven Spirits for the Local Churches by Witness Lee, which looks at the book of Revelation.

The Ground of the Church Sequentially Typified in the Old Testament
How matter of one church in each city was prefigured in the Old Testament.

Local Church: the Ground of the Church
Witness Lee and Watchman Nee teachings concerning the ground of the local church.

Local Church: History of the Local Churches
Selection of excerpts from the writings of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee regarding the history of the local churches as seen in the New Testament and the gradual loss of this truth in the succeeding generations of church history.

Local Church: Administration and Teaching in the Local Church
Management and teaching of a local church by its elders and deacons with the goal of building up the Body of Christ.

The Local Aspect of the Church
Examines a portion from one of Witness Lee's many books, "The Conclusion of the New Testament", in which he devotes an entire chapter to the local aspect of the church.

Local Church: the Local Churches Typified in the Book of Psalms
A look at the thoughts of Witness Lee and what the Psalms reveal about the local church.

Local Church: Oneness, Nature, Life, and Essence of Local Church
The oneness, nature, life and essence, the universal and the local church.