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Speeding Up? Or Slowing Down?
A Study on the Current Church Growth Situation in China
[…] stewards of God’s resources, it is essential to find out exactly what changes are affecting church growth and development. Therefore, a research team formed by various organizations carried out a pilot research project, Church Development and Growth in China’s Mobile, Urban Context. One of the main purposes of this research is to explore the church growth situation in China, to study the developmental trends of the Chinese church, including numerical growth, stability, or reduction in attendance. From March 6, 2017 to January 2, 2018, a survey was conducted in 263 churches at different places in China. The samples were selected from traditional Bible-belt areas where generally the Christian population density is higher than that of other places in China. We assume that if the growth rate of these areas is a certain percentage, then the whole country’s rate will not be higher than that figure. Trying to discover the trend of church growth, among other questions, we put the following three indicators into the questionnaire: The current number: number of people currently attending Sunday service in this church Number from five years ago: number of people who attended Sunday service in this church five years ago Number from previous week: the number of people who attended Sunday service the Sunday before the interview day By analyzing the above indicators, we can roughly gain the following information about these selected areas: What percentage of local churches have positive growth, zero growth, or negative growth? The average growth in congregation size of the sampled churches First of all, let us compare the current reported size to the number of attendees five years ago. Table 1: “Current Reported Number” VS “Number from Five Years Ago” Sample Churches Current > Five Years Ago No Change Current < Five Years Ago Total Municipality/Provincial Capital 69.0% 18.3% 12.7% 100.0% City 83.7% 5.8% 10.5% 100.0% County/Town 74.2% 12.9% 12.9% 100.0% […]
Reading Tea Leaves from the 2021 National Religious Work Conference
[…] official churches have been closed and their staff dismissed as well. Much of Xi Jinping’s speech at the 2018 conference had focused on preparing grassroots bureaucrats to carry out policies and warning them to be resolute atheists; it also cast a wide net by calling on a broad range of seemingly unrelated, Party-approved organizations […]
Supporting Article
“Kiwis” in the Middle Kingdom
New Zealanders Serving God’s Mission in China from 1877 to 1953 and Beyond
[…] came from the colony of New Zealand.10 At times, New Zealanders could be subject to the ridicule of their British and American colleagues. For example, when Amy Carter（高雅琴）wanted to tell her fellow missionaries about her homeland, she could not even find New Zealand on the world map supplied by the mission home. By that […]
Islam has the largest number of under-30 believers in China?
[…] group. Muslims do tend to have a higher birth rate, which would skew toward a younger population. This just goes to show that we need to be careful in how we say these kinds of things, and just think for a moment about what’s being said. Edited from the original article published on July […]
When Your Phone Becomes a Substitute for True Relationships
What would lead an 18-year-old boy from a top class to stab his teacher and show no remorse? In this interview transcript, originally published on the mainland blog Territory, host Wenjun speaks with Jiang Peirong, a Taiwanese psychologist and Christian, about what might have led to this shocking event.
Policy, Implementation, and Shifting Official Perceptions of the Church in China
[…] freedom are primarily a result of the efforts of China’s own people from within the country through positive interaction with their government. Chinese officials are watching and carefully weighing the future role of the church in Chinese society. In this very fluid environment, the international Christian community has an opportunity to be proactive in […]
The End of Cheap China
[…] and Managing Director of the China Market Research Group, and he is also a frequent contributing commentator on cnbc.com. Shaun's new book is titled The End of Cheap China. In the book, he interviews Chinese billionaires, senior government officials, migrant workers and even prostitutes to track China's evolution, leading to his insights on how […]
View From the Wall
A Field Study of “The Church of Almighty God” Cult
[…] ulterior motives. Eastern Lightning people will target the weaknesses of each coworker. If you are straightforward, they will provoke you to anger. If you are soft and caring, they will use something else. Even an older sister in the Lord was deceived. I confronted her and said, “What you are doing is evil.” She […]
Anticipating Urban China
[…] or overpass exchanges have been built at major intersections to keep traffic moving. Bikes and busses still clog the roads, but now taxis, motorcycles and even private cars have joined them to create one massive and seemingly never-ending traffic jam. Various regulations have been enacted to reduce the number of vehicles in the cities […]
On the Horns of an Educational Dilemma
[…] teach a Christian worldview. We found that many teachers in these schools earn the equivalent of $200 per month, even in cities where a tiny, one-bedroom apartment rental alone (outside the city center) averages $300-500, so finding and retaining good teachers is even harder there than here. (In spite of the sacrifices these teachers […]