Chinese Church Voices

Most-Read Posts of 2015

Chinese Church Voices is an occasional column of the ChinaSource Blog providing translations of original writing by Christians in China. The views represented are entirely those of the original author; inclusion in Chinese Church Voices does not imply or equal an endorsement by ChinaSource.


In 2015, we had 52 posts to Chinese Church Voices

Here are the most-read posts of 2015.

What Are Our Young People Thinking—The Post 90s Generation

‪Helping post-90s youth to differentiate between "confidence" and "faith", and "ideals" and "dreams" will help ignite a passionate faith within them. Most have ideals, but because their ideals are grounded in self-fulfillment it is very easy for them to become discouraged when they encounter conflict in real life.

Cross-Cultural Ministry in the Chinese Church

China has 56 ethnic groups and a minority population of about 150 million people. In addition to evangelizing among Han compatriots, the mainland Chinese church is gradually taking more seriously cross-cultural ministry among minorities.

What Are Our Young People Thinking—The Post-80s Generation

To build a deep relationship with a post-80s young person often means one must understand the various kinds of influences the "family of origin" had on his/her personality. When referring to a "family of origin" (i.e., either the mother, or father, or whatever loved one who previously has played the role of parents in the growth process), we must also discuss the private concerns of post-80s youth.

Baptism questions

Normally, a person who is preparing to be baptized will study certain lessons prior to baptism and will meet with one of the pastors. Moreover, the baptism service is usually conducted in public, and those that take place in a church normally take place during the Sunday worship. Before being baptized, the person ready to receive baptism will be asked to publicly respond to a set of questions. After the pastor receives a positive response, he will officially baptize them.

Top Christian stories in China of 2014

To mark the end of 2014, Christian Times has selected its top ten Chinese Christian news stories reported on for the year.

A Chinese Worship Song—"Lord, Give Me a Vision"

In March of 2014, over a thousand Christians from all over China attended the Grace to the City Convention held at Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Hong Kong. For two and a half days they listened to teaching by Tim Keller, as well as from urban house church leaders from various cities around China. As is the case with any such conference, worship was also a central focus. Here is a video from the conference of the participants singing a popular Chinese Christian worship song called “Lord, Give Me a Vision.”

Paying the Price – an Interview with a Shenzhen Pastor about Cross-cultural Missions, Part 1

For decades the Chinese church has sung the hymn, "China's Missions" ("宣教的中国"); however as of yet it has still not become a great missionary influence in the world. Of course there are many reasons for this, but one of the major reasons is that the Chinese church is fragmented; each one goes its own separate way. It is very difficult to form a unified missions force.

‪But God never stops working. He continues to stir in the hearts of some Chinese pastors a burden for missions. Pastor Jimmy is one of them, and at the urging and guidance of the Holy Spirit, he and several church co-workers have begun short-term mission trips.

The Last China Inland Mission Pastor

When locals talked about Pastor Gao, one impression they mentioned was that he was a Henan dialect-speaking pastor in Wenzhou. "Even after decades of living in Wenzhou, he could not speak Wenzhou dialect."

A Closer Look at the China Religion Survey

The survey also examined the rapid growth of Christianity following the Reform and Opening Policy.  The conclusion was that “of the five major religions, Christianity seems best suited to adapt to the contemporary Chinese social environment, which may be the fundamental reason for its considerable development over the past thirty years.”

What Are Our Young People Thinking—The Post 95s Generation

For the post 95s, their lives are totally dependent upon on internet connection and the smartphone is one of life’s necessities. Their greatest fear is losing a cell phone signal, or having no way to charge their phone, or that moment when it is time to power off their device. The most important thing in their online life is to show “face.”

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