18六年前传出一种教训，说地方召会是自治的。有些人说，使徒建立一处召会，并设立长老之后，就该放手让这个召会自治。这种自治的教训，事实上是在建立一种王国。我们实行地方召会；在事务方面，每一个地方召会都是自治的。但这并不是说，地方召会是分裂的。一面是许多地方召会，但全球的众地方召会只是一个召会。每一个地方召会有自己的自由和权利决定一些事，诸如聚会的时间等等。但这不表示众地方召会是不同的。保罗在各召会中所教导的，都是一样的。（林前四17。）众召会在生命、性质、见证、事奉并彰显基督上，都是一样的。我们虽有不同的国籍和语言，但我们的诗歌和赞美乃是一样的。我们是一个身体，见证同一位基督。我们传讲、宣扬、警戒、教导圣经所启示的基督。我们没有不同的学派、不同的教训或不同的见证。基督教因著不同的实行而分裂了，例如受浸的作法。但是在主恢复中的「辞典」里，我们只有一个辞：基督。我们不是为著许多不同种类的教训，乃是为著基督，而基督是为著神的国。我们是为著神的国，就是基督的身体，也就是神独一的召会。
18Six years ago a teaching came out which said that the local churches are autonomous. Some said that after the apostles establish a church and appoint elders, they should keep their hands off the church, leaving the church as an autonomy. Such a teaching of autonomy was actually the building up of a monarchy. We practice the local churches, and each of the local churches is autonomous in business affairs. But this does not mean that the local churches are divided. In a sense they are local churches, but all the local churches on this globe are just one church. Every local church has its own freedom and jurisdiction to make decisions concerning, for example, the times of the meetings. However, this does not mean that the local churches are different. Paul taught all the churches in the same way (1 Cor. 4:17). All the churches are the same in life, in nature, in testimony, in serving, and in expressing Christ. We may be different in nationalities and languages, but our singing and praising are the same. We are one Body, testifying the same Christ. We preach, announce, admonish, and teach concerning Christ as revealed in the Bible. We do not have different schools, different teachings, or different testimonies. Christianity has been divided because of different practices, for example the practice of baptism. But the “dictionary” in the Lord’s recovery has only one word— Christ. We are not for various kinds of teachings. We are for Christ, who is for the kingdom of God. We are for the kingdom of God, which is the Body of Christ, the unique church of God