Watchman Nee's writings have become well known for their deep spiritual insight among Christians in many nations for many years. Through these volumes a full understanding of his balanced and proper view concerning the Bible and the spiritual life can be accurately appreciated. This new compilation and retranslation of Watchman Nee's writings present the reader a fresh and unedited version of his ministry and promises to shed new light on the reader's understanding of Watchman Nee's ministry.

The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1993, volume 1, contains messages given by Brother Witness Lee from January 2 through December 18, 1993. In 1993 Brother Lee spoke seventy-seven messages that were published in the Life-study of Job, Life-study of the Psalms, Life-study of Joshua, Life-study of Judges, Life-study of Ruth, and Life-study of 1 and 2 Samuel. These messages are not included in The Collected Works of Witness Lee. During the first eight months of 1993 Brother Lee was in Anaheim, California. At the beginning of September he visited Seattle, Washington, for one week, after which he returned to Anaheim and remained there until the end of the year. The contents of this volume are divided into nine sections, as follows: 1. Two messages given in Anaheim, California, on January 2 and 3. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Ministry of the New Testament and the Teaching and Fellowship of the Apostles and are included in this volume under the same title. 2. A message given in Anaheim, California, on January 4. This message is included in this volume under the title The Need for Proper Leading Ones in the Lord's Recovery. 3. Four messages given in Anaheim, California, on January 4 through December 18. These messages are included in this volume under the title Miscellaneous Fellowship. 4. Twenty-three messages given in Anaheim, California, on January 24 through November 21. These messages are included in this volume under the title Miscellaneous Fellowship with the Church in Anaheim. 5. Twenty-seven messages given in Anaheim, California, on February 1 through December 3. These messages are included in this volume under the title Southern California Elders' and Co-workers' Meetings. 6. Four messages given in Anaheim, California, on February 13 and 14. These messages were previously published in a book entitled God's Salvation in Life and are included in this volume under the same title. 7. Eleven messages given in Anaheim, California, on March 27 through June 12. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Move of God in Man and are included in this volume under the same title. 8. Two messages given in Anaheim, California, on April 16 and 17. These messages are included in this volume under the title Caring for the Church by Practicing the Vital Groups. 9. A message given in Anaheim, California, on May 24. This message is included in this volume under the title Fellowship concerning the Testimony of Jesus.

In leading the young people, there are two indispensable aspects: spiritual knowledge and spiritual life. The spiritual content we impart into our young people must be related to both aspects, and we should not lean too much toward one or the other; we must be balanced. According to God’s law in the universe, everything is balanced. Thus, in our service with the young brothers and sisters, we should keep the principle of being balanced; we should give the young people knowledge and life in such a way that these aspects interact with each other.

"In God's dispensation and economy, the leading ministry is the priesthood. In this universe God has an administration, a divine economy. His economy is the way He arranges or dispenses. Therefore, it is a kind of dispensation. According to the Bible there are three main ministries in God's divine dispensation: the priesthood, the kingship, and the prophethood. The priesthood is the leading ministry of the three and brings the kingship and prophethood into function. In other words, both the kingship and the prophethood depend upon the leading ministry of the priesthood."