About Watchman Nee
Watchman Nee (1903–1972) is
remembered for his leadership of an indigenous church movement in China, as
well as for his books, which continue to enrich Christians throughout the
world. Beginning in the 1930s, he helped establish local churches in China that
were independent of foreign missionary organizations and were used to bring
many into the Kingdom of God. From these roots sprang many of the house
churches that continued to meet after Western missionaries were forced to leave
the country during the Cultural Revolution. Arrested in 1952 and found guilty
of a large number of false charges, Nee was imprisoned until his death.