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The Challenges of Localization (5)

Pride

This is the fifth in a five-part series on localization of China ministry. Each essay centers on a different issue that the author has encountered as his organization goes through the process of handing over key leadership to local believers. The challenges are real, and the process is ongoing, meaning that some essays contain […]

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Being a Western Christian in the Global Church

Update Your View of the Global Church

[…] of us learned in school, Christianity is not a western religion. Historically, Christianity began as a minority Semitic religion that first flourished in North Africa and the Middle East before spreading further east into Arabia and Central Asia. As Andrew Walls says, …it was not until comparatively recent times—around the year 1500—that the ragged […]

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Calvinism on the Ground in China

In recent years Calvinism has become an increasingly common topic of discussion within Chinese Christian circles. This trend has not gone unnoticed, and many scholars of Christianity in China are working to document and understand the growth of Reformed Christianity within the mainland. 

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Expatriate Ministry in China during the Age of COVID

[…] now spartan foreign fellowships or attend a social event noteworthy more for those who are missing than those who are present: so many empty apartments and quiet school hallways, so few people left with which to celebrate our own national holidays. The remembrances of former teammates and expatriate friends linger in the suitcases and […]

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Reflections on China 2014: The Growing Environmental Crisis

This is my second blog reflecting back on six days I spent in China recently with Brent Fulton where we met with pastors, seminary leaders and academics in Shanghai and Beijing. I shared in the first blog about my amazement at the growth of the church and the window that seems to be opening for the gospel.

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Worshiping in Chinese (2)

Why I Go to Chinese Church

[…] to the expat workers as well) are such that it would be irresponsible to participate regularly in unregistered church services. Part one dealt with some of the common objections to attending Chinese church services. In part two some of the main reasons why I have chosen to attend Chinese church services are given. Part […]

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Dealing with Local Officials in a Changing China, Part 3

An Update

[…] back in 2007 for China2020, an early publication from ChinaSource. It is reproduced here in three parts, each section containing comments in italics from Swells in the Middle Kingdom to bring the original author’s observations into the present. We trust that this brief journey to the past will give us hope for the future […]

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China Ministry and Transformational Development (2)

The End of an Era?

[…] Ryan Wu, “Chinese Communist Party Admits 15 Dead in Shanxi Floods, Remains Silent About Reservoir Flooding,” Vision Times.com, 15 October 2021. Accessed 3 February 2022. www.visiontimes.com/2021/10/15/chinese-communist-party-admits-15-dead-in-shanxi-floods-remains-silent-about-reservoir-flooding.html">https://www.visiontimes.com/2021/10/15/chinese-communist-party-admits-15-dead-in-shanxi-floods-remains-silent-about-reservoir-flooding.html. Evelyn Cheng, “China Calls for Curbs on ‘Excessive’ Income and for the Wealthy to Give Back More to Society,” CNBC.com, 18 August 2021. Accessed 3 February […]

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Recovering Missions for Our Churches

Church leaders first need to learn to see missions as organic to their fellowship’s identity in this world…. Cross-cultural workers need to recognize and embrace their role as messengers to their home churches…committing more time and energy to communicating well with their supporters back home.

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A Chinese Voice from 120 Years Ago

[…] to care for the believers already in the churches. Another way of conserving your Chinese congregation is that no missionaries, either in conversation among themselves or in articles in papers, should pick out all the worst phases of Chinese character. I am sorry to say we have very bad phases; at the same time […]