The Local Church is a term referring to the religious organization based on the teachings of its Chinese founder, Witness Lee (1905-1997). They adopt no public name and among themselves use only the terms "Lord's recovery" or "local churches" as descriptions of what they are, not official designations. Local groups legally incorporate under the term "The Church in" followed by the official name of the municipality and can be found in phone books thus. While The Local Church believes the Bible to be inspired, adherents accept only the greatly flawed Recovery Version as authoritative, along with other publications from the Living Stream Ministry, which calls the organization the "only true church" and "God's move on the earth today." The Recovery Version, a study Bible, includes footnotes on