Editing The Shouters (section)

== Development ==
In 1962, Witness Lee (an acolyte of Watchman Nee) moved from Taiwan to the United States and founded [[Living Stream Ministry]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Sun|first=Yanfei|title=Religious Change in Post-Mao China: Toward a New Sociology of Religion|date=2026|publisher=[[The University of Chicago Press]]|isbn=978-0-226-84585-2|location=Chicago}}</ref>{{Reference page|page=227}} Witness Lee sought to expand the Local Church movement internationally.<ref name=":0" />{{Reference page|page=227}} 

In the late 1970s, teachings and practices advocated by Witness Lee and his followers entered China.<ref name=":0" />{{Reference page|page=227}} These practices included congregation members exclaiming "Lord!" "Amen!" and "Halleluiah!" during services.<ref name=":0" />{{Reference page|page=227}} Critics of these congregations began describing them as "The Shouters", intending the term with a negative connotation.<ref name=":0" />{{Reference page|page=227}} The Chinese government and the Three-Self churches are among these critics.<ref name=":0" />{{Reference page|page=227}}

Over time, the Shouters developed offshoot or splinter groups, such as Established King and [[Eastern Lightning]].<ref name=":0" />{{Reference page|page=227}}