The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1977, volume 1, contains messages given by Brother Witness Lee from January 2 through July 10, 1977. In 1977 Brother Lee spoke ninety-nine messages that were published in Life-study of Genesis, Life-study of Matthew, and Life-study of Revelation. The Life-study messages are not included in The Collected Works of Witness Lee. From the beginning of the year until the beginning of April, Brother Lee ministered in Anaheim, California. From early April through mid-April he ministered in Stuttgart, Germany. From the middle of April until the beginning of May, he traveled to Rome, Italy; Neuchatel, Switzerland; Blackpool, England; Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and the Galilee, Israel; Athens, Greece; and Madrid, Spain. There is no record of his speaking in any of these cities except Blackpool. At the end of the first week in May, Brother Lee held a conference in New York City before returning to Anaheim, where he remained until August 18. The contents of this volume are divided into ten sections, as follows: 1. Seven messages given in Anaheim, California, on January 2 through March 24. These messages were combined into four chapters and included in this volume under the title Weekly Elders' Meetings in Anaheim. 2. Two messages given in Chinese in Anaheim, California, on January 19. The translated messages are included in this volume under the title Fellowship with Young People concerning the Course of the Recovery of the Church. 3. Five messages given in Anaheim, California, on February 9 through March 9. They are included in this volume under the title Fellowship and Questions concerning the Gospel. 4. Three messages given in Anaheim, California, on February 13 through March 6. They are included in this volume under the title Various Lord's Day Morning Meetings. 5. Brother Lee's speaking during a time of fellowship with Walter Martin, president of the Christian Research Institute, in Brother Lee's home in Anaheim, California, on February 21. It is included in this volume under the title Brother Lee's Fellowship with Walter Martin. 6. Twenty messages given in Stuttgart, Germany, on April 8 through 17. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Kernel of the Bible. 7. Five messages given in Blackpool, England, on April 22 through 24. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Producing and Building Up of the Church as the Totality of the Divine Sonship. 8. Five messages given in New York City on May 6 through 8. They were previously published in a book entitled The Recovery of Christ in the Present Evil Age. 9. Six messages given in Anaheim, California, on May 13 through 22 and on June 9. They were previously published in a book entitled The Lord's Recovery and the Present Situation of Religion. 10. Three messages given in Anaheim, California, on June 12 through July 10. These messages are included in this volume under the title Various Meetings in Anaheim.