凤凰城声明

　　主後2003年2月7～9日於美国亚利桑那州凤凰市，举行了一次为期三天的交通聚会。我们这些叁加聚会的弟兄们，愿意在此发表所交通出来的一些原则与应用。我们视这些为工作的方针，藉以指导我们的生活、服事和交通。我们呈上拙见，仅盼能对其他圣徒有所助益，并无意以此为定案，也不想以此拘囿他人。

原 则

1. 我们尊主为大、高举耶稣基督，以祂为那身体的元首。
2. 我们尊崇圣经，以它为独一、神圣的启示，并以它作一切教训及实行的根基。
3. 我们承认并尊重：所有的地方教会是那独一身体的显出。
4. 我们爱主，我们爱主的恢复，也和在基督里的弟兄们彼此相爱。
5. 我们的首要之务是保守那灵的一。
6. 在主的恢复里，我们包容教会生活的特殊性及一般性，不企求统一。
7. 我们视倪柝声和李常受为我们在主里的属灵父亲。他们的职事建构了今日恢复中教训和带领的基础。
8. 我们应当尊重、尊敬并欣赏彼此在新约职事中的职分及功用。

应 用

1. 在我们所共有的交通里，我们当运用宽容、爱心、温柔和赦免来处理所面临的难处。
2. 在我们各种的传讲里，无论是私下的、公开的或全球性的，都应避免公开指控和含沙射影。
3. 无论何时，我们都应该寻求合宜的路，使弟兄们中间的交通，保持畅通。
4. 我们应当抛弃消极的，转而强调积极的。
5. 在我们彼此的关系里，「直接的沟通」是非常必要的。
6. 我们应当藉由持续的、个人的、面对面的交通，来寻求解决难处的路。
7. 我们彼此不要误会，而该尽力领会。在所疑惑的事上，要为对方的权益着想。
8. 我们应当尽力帮助圣徒以及那些被服事的人，来保守那灵的一，并对所有的教会、圣徒、长老和同工说出美言。

【英语原文】

　We, the brothers who attended the fellowship in Phoenix, Arizona on February 7-9, 2003, want to express some principles and applications that came out of our fellowship. We consider these as working guidelines for our living, service, and fellowship. These are humbly presented to the other saints for the help they can render. We have no intention for this to be taken as a final pronouncement nor as something to bind others.

Principles

1. We honor and exalt the Lord Jesus Christ as the Head of the Body.
2. We honor and regard the Bible as the unique divine revelation and foundation for all teaching and practice.
3. We acknowledge and respect all the local churches as expressions of the one Body.
4. We love the Lord, we love the Lord's recovery and we love one another as brothers in Christ.
5. Our top priority is to keep the oneness of the Spirit.
6. In the Lord's recovery we hold to the speciality and generality of the church life without expecting uniformity.
7. We acknowledge Watchman Nee and Witness Lee as our spiritual fathers in the Lord whose ministries constitute the basis for the teaching and leading in the recovery today.
8. We should respect, honor, and appreciate one another's portion and function in the New Testament ministry.

Applications

1. In whatever fellowship we have, we should exercise forbearance, love, meekness, and forgiveness as we work through problems that confront us.
2. In all of our speaking-privately, publicly, and globally-we should refrain from indictments and innuendos.
3. At all times we should find ways to keep open lines of fellowship among the brothers.
4. We should let go of the negative and, in turn, emphasize the positive.
5. Direct communication is imperative in all our relationships.
6. We should look for resolution of problems through constant, personal, face-to-face fellowship.
7. We should try not to misunderstand one another but to understand by giving each other the benefit of the doubt.
8. We should endeavor to help the saints and those with whom we serve to keep the oneness of the Spirit and to speak well of all the churches, saints, elders, and co-workers.