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When the Police Come Knocking
A Guide for Churches
[…] police or other law enforcers show their identification, members may request according to law that they be informed of the events in which they are suspected of breaking the law (the reasons they may have violated the law) as well as the basis for such (the laws and regulations they may have violated). Members […]
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The Waning of a Pragmatic Cosmopolitanism
Western Denominations in the Views of Cheng Jingyi and Ni Tuosheng
[…] pressure to disassociate himself from the missionary establishment—for national as well as religious reasons. When social and institutional reforms paled before the surging sociopolitical chaos, ways to live as an overcomer (desheng) became imperative despite external disturbances. For people like Ni, there was no longer a need to salvage the Western religion for Chinese […]
The Problem of Consumerism in the Church
[…] involved in—including Sunday service, Bible study, prayer meetings—they prioritize “get.” When the service is over, many people would comment, “I didn’t get much out of the sermon today.” In Wenzhou, some people do not attend Sunday service, because they feel that if their shops do business as usual on Sundays, they can gain a […]
The Midwives of Egypt
[…] This post was updated on July 13, 2021 to indicate the change in policy regarding the number of children allowed to parents in China. In May of this year, the two-child policy was revised and now allows for parents to have three children. “China allows three children in major policy shift,” BBC News, news/world-asia-china-57303592">https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-57303592.
Remember and Hope this Christmas
[…] for those things to be a reality again, I have no guarantee that they ever will be. My hope for a “normalized” world can sway with each news story I read. But that hope is utterly unlike the hope that Christmas brings. The hope that Christmas brings is not altered by a virus, the […]
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Fatherhood, a Sacred Leadership Calling
[…] However, when there is no safety net, or when the net breaks, or the ministry collapses through major setbacks, then the heartbreaking outcome is the shattering of lives and the undoing, or even complete disintegration, of ministry. But this is avoidable. Of the many relationships in this safety net of survival, this article will […]
ZGBriefs | September 29, 2022
Some Americans’ views of China turned more negative after 2020, but others became more positive (September 28, 2022, Pew Research) When looking at individual Americans, roughly a quarter of U.S. adults (26%) became more negative toward China between 2020 and 2022. Around one-in-five (17%) became more positive toward it, while 53% did not change […]
ZGBriefs | February 16, 2023
[…] grace is richly poured out on his people, even as they walk in the barren desert. A Scottish Farmer Started the World’s First Chinese-Language Magazine (February 13, 2023, Christianity Today) (subscription required) During William Milne’s nine years of ministry in Asia, the second Protestant missionary to China printed Chinese books, helped translate the Bible into Chinese, […]
Unveiling the Crisis of Chinese Youth
Involution, Unemployment, and the Power of Faith
[…] a 20% youth unemployment rate, which increases to 46.5% when considering the "lying flat" phenomenon. This societal flow, coupled with the culture of involution, has shaped the lives of countless young individuals, hindering innovation. In this context, the stories of three young people vividly illustrate how their paths were molded within the currents of […]
Hearing from the Church in China, Part 1
The Quest for Trustworthy Information
One…reason for drop in the number of publications the measures introduced to combat the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in…less direct contact. However…the decline started before the arrival of the pandemic and secondly, the Communist Party had…been busy for many years…to control the information environment, even before the watershed 2018 regulations came into force.