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Coaching, Mentoring and Spiritual Formation

[…] (and gender) dimensions of vertical and horizontal mentoring require further research. Coaching: Drawing Out Coaching is an “intentional conversation that empowers a person or group to fully live out God’s calling.” Three of the most important coaching skills include: 1.      Attentive Listening Listening is a gift we give another person. Experienced Chinese coaches at […]

Book Reviews

When the Well Runs Dry:

Prayer beyond the Beginnings
A Book Review

[…] communion with our Creator. As Christians, we go to prayer to show our devotion and be close to our God, seeking peace, consolation and wisdom for our lives. We then often return refreshed and renewed from our encounter with the Beloved. Thus, to develop our interior prayer life ought to be the desire of […]

Blog Entries

Americans Drive on the Left and Other Truths I’ve Learned

[…] up together, and it’s very hard to learn one without the other. And it’s very hard to learn either without the people who speak that language and live in that culture. The more of these hidden cultural assumptions you master, the easier life becomes in your host country. Plus, if you’re a fisherman, you […]

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Reformed Theology

A Christian Thought Movement to a Church Movement

[…] that are consistent with reformed theology. Pastoral care and counseling ministries are carried out in a biblical manner; believers practice living out their faith in their professional lives. Church-planting with a kingdom vision. More and more reformed churches, inspired by kingdom theology, have broken away from tribalism and engaged in broader church-planting ministries. Some […]

Peoples of China

The Church in Yunnan Province

[…] is located in a mountainous area, which itself is in great poverty and in dire need of help.The only crop that grows locally is potatoes. Most families live off two meals of potatoes each day. The average annual income per household is ¥200 RMB, less than $30 USD. This means that this small church […]

Editorials

More Than Money

A Fresh Look at Biblical Stewardship

[…] truly life.” (1 Timothy 6:19) The article concludes with my prayer that: “My brothers and sisters in China would pursue the true life God created us to live. May we together seek to set aside all desire to rely on ourselves instead of God, to play the owner instead of the steward, to seek […]

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4 Reasons to Consider Joining a Sending Agency

And 3 Reasons Not to

[…] a professor at a university), as well as a sending organization and partial financial support has enabled us to be more effective in all areas of our lives. So, for those who love China as we do and may be in the midst of making big decisions about how to get here, I’ve outlined […]

Chinese Church Voices

Sending E-Invitations at Christmas

[…] translated by Christian Times, we learn about how churches and individual Christians are using social media to spread the word about the true meaning of Christmas. We live in the age of social media. For the Chinese, 2015 has been a year of WeChat and Moments; this has added a new feature to Christmas. […]

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Changsha!

[…] distributed 30,000 books, including 1700-1800 Gospels. E.D. Chapin and F.B. Brown of the Church Missionary Society moved to Changde in 1897 and became the first missionaries to live in Hunan. In 1900 there were 3 mission agencies working at just 5 locations. Within 20 years of the Boxer Uprising, the work had grown to […]

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Encouraged by a Chinese Missions Group

[…] in their new country doing full-time language study. The missions group doesn’t want their workers to move to these Muslim nations and serve among the Chinese who live there. That’s what many Chinese Christians have done who have been connected to Chinese churches in China and have moved to Muslim nations to work. Rather, […]