Further Revelations: 1937 - 1950

B. Watchman Nee Gives a Conference Regarding the Body of Christ in 1939

In August 1939, after Watchman Nee came back to Shanghai from London to hold a conference concerning the Body of Christ, he cabled Witness Lee to attend this conference. At that time Witness Lee was traveling and working in the central part of his province with four young co-workers. All five of them proceeded to Shanghai for the conference. In all the meetings of the conference, Witness Lee was invited by Brother Nee to read the Scripture verses before he spoke. It was during that conference in 1939 that his eyes were opened to see the Body of Christ.

As his guest at this conference, Witness Lee was again brought into close contact with Watchman Nee. He related portions of his European trip to Witness Lee, making him clear concerning the real situation of the Lord’s interest in England and in northern Europe.

Following the conference Witness Lee returned to Chefoo, intending to come to Brother Nee’s training in Shanghai. The following April, he and a few others attended the training and stayed there for approximately two months.

One day while walking with him down the stairway of the meeting hall, he said to Witness Lee, “We have the blueprint of God’s plan in our hand.” That puzzled Witness Lee. “What is ‘the blueprint’?” he said to him. As time went on Witness Lee discovered what Watchman Nee was practicing in Shanghai concerning the practicality of the church life. Witness Lee took “the blueprint” back to the north and put it into practice in Chefoo for about two years.