ZGBriefs – The Week’s Top Picks, October 2 Issue
For this week's Top Picks, we are re-publishing a post by Joann Pittman originally posted to her blog, Outside-In, on September 30, 2014.
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Interview with a Reformed Church Pastor (3)
In August, the Christian Times published a two-part interview with a pastor from a Reformed church in China. We have translated and divided that interview into three sections. In this section (our Part 3) “Pastor Daniel” discusses the importance of attitude in preaching Reformed doctrine, specific lessons learned, and how it has impacted renewal in many urban churches in China.
ZGBriefs – The Week’s Top Picks, September 25 Issue
Our top picks this week shed light on some of the less known aspects of Chinese society – ecommerce, traffic wardens, and iPhone mania.
Interview with a Reformed Church Pastor (2)
This is the second part of an interview with a Reformed church pastor that was originally published in the Christian Times.
ZGBriefs – The Week’s Top Picks, September 11 Issue
Soft power, subways, and cell phones – our favorite stories of this week.
Interview with a Reformed Church Pastor (1)
One of the interesting developments in the church in China over the past decade is growing popularity and influence of Reformed theology, particularly within urban house churches. This has come about as the Christians in China have had increasing opportunities to interact with the church outside of China, either directly, or via the Internet. Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion has been translated into Chinese, as have the writings of prominent voices in the “New Calvinism” movement in the United States, such as Tim Keller, D.A. Carson, and John Piper. Probably the most influential figure, however, is Rev. Stephen Tong, head of the Reformed Evangelical Church of Indonesia.
ZGBriefs – The Week’s Top Picks, September 4 Issue
Three articles – each looking at China-related migration of one sort or another. Take a look, you will surprised at what you learn.
House Churches and Anti-cult Campaigns
Last week five members of the Almighty God cult (formerly known as Eastern Lightning went on trial for brutally murdering a woman in a MacDonalds restaurant in Zhaoyuan, Shandong Province. The murder shocked the nation and prompted the government to launch a nationwide crackdown on illegal cults, or xie jiao (lit. evil religion).
Does China Need More Leadership Training? A Response
Our friends at Catalyst Services picked up on a recent ChinaSource blog by Brent Fulton that asked "Does China Need More Leadership Training?" To further the discussion they asked others who are involved in training leaders globally for their responses to the blog and included them in their monthly e-newsletter.
ZGBriefs The Weeks Top Picks, August 28 Issue
To celebrate the start of a new school year, two of our top picks this week have to do with language learning. The third one is a look at China's internet censorship regime.
Reflections on Worship
The piece translated below is from a post on the Weixin (WeChat) page of the Beijing Gospel Church, one of the citys more prominent house churches. The writer is sharing his thoughts on the nature of worship in the church.
ZGBriefs The Weeks Top Picks, August 21 Issue
Our top picks this week are all on the lighter side. We hope you find them as interesting as we did.