Editing Local churches (affiliation) (section)

==Church meetings==
The local churches practice mutuality in their meetings based on verses such as [[1 Corinthians]] 14:26 ("Whenever you come together, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up.").  Participants are encouraged to request hymns, make brief comments, or offer prayers or praises at will.<ref>{{cite book |last=Lee |first=Witness |author-link=Witness Lee |title=The Proper Way for Believers to Meet and to Serve |location=Anaheim, CA |publisher=Living Stream Ministry |date=2012 |isbn=9780736362542 |pages=94–100}}</ref> This is particularly evident in "prophesying meetings" in which members speak one after another usually based on their recent learnings and experiences from their Christian walk and/or what they have studied throughout the previous week from the Bible, usually with the help of the commentary books by [[Watchman Nee]] and [[Witness Lee]], including the periodical ''Holy Word for Morning Revival'' published by [[Living Stream Ministry]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hanegraaff |first=Hank |author-link=Hank Hanegraaff |title=Ask Hank: Are the Local Churches, Founded by Watchman Nee and His Protégé Witness Lee, a Pseudo-Christian Cult?| magazine=[[Christian Research Institute|Christian Research Journal]] |volume=32 |issue=6 |year=2009 |page=62 |url=https://www.equip.org/article/are-the-local-churches-a-cult/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Lee | first=Witness |author-link=Witness Lee |title=The Practice of the Church Life according to the God-ordained Way |place=Anaheim, CA |publisher=Living Stream Ministry |isbn=9780870839689 |year=1996 |page=108}}</ref>