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Chinese Missionary Call
Exploring the Foundations of the Chinese Missionary Undertaking
[…] perspective on call. I recently interviewed eleven Chinese long-term missionaries investigating challenges experienced in the context of service. In these missionary conversations, I first used a semi-structured interview method relying on parts two and three of an instrument developed by the World Evangelical Fellowship, and then followed-up with unstructured interviews. In this article, from the perspective […]
Evangelism, Reformed Theology, and Church Life, Part 2
[…] a sincere decision, but they will not be confronted by the reality of their sins, by their need to repent, and by the Holy Ghost. Such a method will not give them new life. " The 1974 Lausanne Congress defined evangelism this way: "To evangelize is to spread the good news that Jesus Christ […]
Chinese Theology: Text and Context
A Book Review
[…] these reflected the literary tradition, church debates, and especially the political and social conditions that framed and informed both their content and form. The author uses this method because theology has always been dominated by written texts and because Chinese have always reverenced texts. Her own studies in Chinese literature have alerted her to […]
Toward the Development of Mission-Sending Organization in China
Building the Chinese Missionary Sending Infrastructure
[…] can become familiar with and supportive of missions, even if not necessarily becoming a missionary themselves. Use of a Tentmaking Model Historically, tentmaking has been a successful method of helping missionaries get to the field. Colin Grant, in reference to the Moravians notes, “Most of the early missionaries went out as ‘tentmakers,’ working their […]
ZGBriefs | December 28, 2017
[…] buy items to send back to their home countries. Ma and Li, “Surviving the State” (December 26, 2017, Law and Religion Forum) Relying mainly on an oral history method for data collection, the authors allow the narratives of Chinese Christians to speak for themselves. Identifying the formative cultural elements, a sociohistorical analysis also helps to […]
The Chinese Church Prepares for Missions
[…] Any missions ministry must preach the basic gospel message, disciple believers, and plant churches, or else it is just a normal business. Jackson: This is not a method, but an opportunity to engage people, love them better and understand their needs. Many people say, “what does the gospel have to do with me?” If […]
3 Questions: A New Look at Chinese Christians
[…] approach in gathering material for this book. What did you hope to accomplish through your research? We started our research as an ethnographic project, integrating oral history methods and sociological methods. I am a sociologist by training and my husband is an economic historian. To better unpack the "habits of the heart" of Chinese […]
Surviving the State, Remaking the Church
A Sociological Portrait of Christians in Mainland China
[…] The growth of Christianity has become interwoven with the disintegration or emergence of Chinese cultural beliefs, political ideologies, and commercial values. Relying mainly on an oral history method for data collection, the authors allow the narratives of Chinese Christians to speak for themselves. Identifying the formative cultural elements, a sociohistorical analysis also helps to […]
ZGBriefs | February 15, 2018
[…] visit to Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in the south-western province of Sichuan. Mobilizing for the “China Solution” (February 13, 2018, China Media Project) In China, the “movement method,” which, as Sun notes, marks a form of governance distinct from that of systems based on rule of law, can be seen in everything from the […]
Editorials
Contextualization—a Broader Perspective
[…] biblical message. In fact, contextualization begins with interpretation. We are tempted either to oversimplify contextualization or to make it too complex. Effective contextualization is not primarily about methodology and strategy; rather, it concerns perspective. How do our cultural experiences cause us to read the Bible in fresh ways? How does a robust biblical perspective […]