Results for: Sinicization
Top 10 Posts of 2019
[…] “You need to come over as well, and bring our passports. And . . . when you get here . . . no questions.” 7 Reasons Why Sinicization is Not Rhetoric This Time, by Jackson Wu (May 1, 2019) Some people have expressed their doubt about China’s recent initiative to “Sinicize” Christianity. They suspect […]
Developments in Registered Church Ministry
[…] everyone said that things are normal. They are carrying on ministry as they always have. The pastors had to attend training regarding the new regulations and the Sinicization campaign—but lots of meetings are normal for Beijing pastors. There were a couple of telling exceptions to this normalcy. One was the issue of Sunday school. […]
Chinese Churches Serving Those with Disabilities
[…] serve the needs of the 80 million disabled people, is closely connected with the development of Chinese church charity culture, development of Chinese theology, and even the Sinicization of Christianity. A 2013 report of the CCC & TSPM shows that, the most important current task of the Chinese church is to “transform the fruits […]
Threescore and Ten Years
A Special October 1st National Day
[…] in a race to get rich before it gets old. For the church, increasing pressure and restrictions continue to evolve with no clear end state. The ongoing Sinicization campaign and the increased ideological pressures have church leaders exploring options for ongoing evangelism, discipleship, theological training and worship. Some churches have been closed while others have […]
Resource Corner
The Registered Church in China
Flourishing in a Challenging Environment
[…] Chapter 1: We Are Christ’s Church! Chapter 2: Change and Challenges Chapter 3: Church-State Relations—Who’s in Charge? Chapter 4: A New Reality Chapter 5: The Debate Over Sinicization Chapter 6: The Great Divide Chapter 7: Strengths and Weaknesses Conclusion Appendix: Religious Affairs Regulations Index An Excerpt from Chapter 3 In the early 1950s an […]
Lead Article
The Three-Self Patriotic Movement
Divergent Perspectives and Grassroots Realities
[…] possibility of reconciliation between the socialist system and Protestant theology, whereas by the late 2010s and into 2020 and beyond it is taking the form of “ Sinicization,” the harmonization of Christian theology with traditional Chinese culture, as a way to channel and tame Protestant zeal.3 Nearly any TSPM effort to promote theological change […]
Is China Rewriting the Bible?
[…] political one. In response, the Three Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM), the officially sanctioned organization charged with overseeing China’s Protestant believers, launched a five-year campaign to promote the Sinicization of Christianity. The TSPM’s five-year plan covers a range of activities, touching on theological education, worship styles, art and literature, and, of course, promoting the Party’s […]
Supporting Article
Missions with Chinese Characteristics
[…] Religious Regulations (implemented since 2/1/2018),1 Charity Law2 (governing Chinese domestic charities and NGOs), Foreign NGO Law3 (governing international NGOs in China), merger of SARA into the UFWD,4 sinicization movement.5 Some of the key features and intentions of these policy changes have been to: restrict the scope and scale of Christian churches and organizations, restrict […]
ZGBriefs | August 1, 2019
[…] influence in the Gulf, and mass persecution of Muslims in China, this community is simultaneously precarious and of huge strategic importance to Beijing. Shrewd as Serpents amid Sinicization (July 31, 2019, Jackson Wu) This post gives a few miscellaneous updates concerning the government’s efforts to “sinicize” the Chinese church. As I’ve noted before “sinicization” is a […]
ZGBriefs | July 26, 2018
[…] Adaptation? On Christianity in Contemporary Chinese Society (July 23, 2018, UniGregoriana, via YouTube) Moderator: Prof. Peter Choy – Holy Spirit Seminary College, Hong Kong Chinese churches get ready for Sinicization (July 23, 2018, UCA News). The Bishops' Conference of the Catholic Church in China (BCCCC) and the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association (CCPA) issued the Five-Year Plan on Promoting […]