Original sentence: " Lee believed that one of the primary items that God used Nee and himself to recover was the oneness of all believers in Christ and the practical expression of this oneness in the practice of the Local churches.Among themselves, Lee's followers call their movement "the Lord's recovery.Congregations affiliated with the Local churches movement and Living Stream Ministry have been accused of being exclusive and divisive, even cultish.He was born in Chefoo, Shandong Province, China, in 1905, to a Southern Baptist family.Nee called this practice meeting on "the ground of locality" (see Local churches), and Lee carried on in this after being sent by Nee out of China.The term "Lord's recovery" refers to God's move in time which Lee believe produced his practice of the Local churches.This, however, did not diminish the Local churches ministry, as they cared little for acceptance and validation by their contemporaries in mainstream Christianity.Witness Lee (李常受 Pinyin: Lǐ Chángshòu) was a Chinese Christian preacher and church leader associated with the Local churches movement and Living Stream Ministry.Witness Lee believed it could be traced back at least to Martin Luther and the reformers, and continued through others such as Madame Guyon, Count Zinzendorf, the Moravian Brethren, John Nelson Darby, and the Plymouth Brethren, as well as themselves
Edited sentence: Lee believed that one of the primary items that God used Nee and himself to recover was the oneness of all believers in Christ and the practical expression of this oneness in the practice of the local churches.Nee called this practice meeting on "the ground of locality" (see local churches), and Lee carried on in this after being sent by Nee out of China.The Lord's recovery can be traced back at least to God's raising up of Martin Luther and the reformers, and continued in recovering lost biblical truths through others such as Madame Guyon, Count Zinzendorf, the Moravian Brethren, John Nelson Darby, and the Plymouth Brethren, as well as themselves.This, however, did not diminish their ministry, as they cared little for acceptance and validation by their contemporaries in mainstream Christianity.Witness Lee (李常受 Pinyin: Lǐ Chángshòu) was born in Chefoo, Shandong Province, China, in 1905, to a Southern Baptist family