Supporting Article

The Road Home

Returnees Serving in China: An Interview

In the past few years, returning Chinese scholars have played an increasingly important role in China's economic construction. At the same time, more and more of them are returning with the goal of spreading the gospel. Is this an easy or difficult path to take? What obstacles does one encounter, and how can these be solved? What should one do to prepare to return?

The following interview with Chen Guoguang addresses these questions. Originally from Beijing, Chen worked in the U.S as an electrical engineer and also spent three years in seminary. In 1993, he returned to work in China with the goal of spreading the gospel. Looking back on these years, he has much in his heart to share with those who also have this goal.

Peoples of China

The 4/14 Window

The "4/14 Window" refers to children and young people between the ages of four and fourteen. What does the 4/14 Window look like in a Chinese context? What are the needs and is the church responding?

Editorials

Twice Forgotten

Editor's Note: This editorial originally appeared in "Children at Risk" (CS Quarterly, 2006 Summer).

View From the Wall

When Can I Go Home?

Caring for China's Homeless Children

Mid-January in Zhengzhou, the temperature dipped to -7C after a snowstorm. Chuan, a 13 year-old boy from the far west province of Gansu, was rummaging through a trash bin in a corner inside the Zhengzhou train station. His face was covered in soot; he was wearing an ill-fitted, filthy cotton jacket, lightweight trousers and a pair of tattered tennis shoes. The previous night, he had stowed away on a coal car headed for Zhengzhou. Cold and starving, he searched frantically for anything edible. Alone in a strange city, without money and not knowing a soul, Chuan wondered aimlessly.

Supporting Article

China’s Children

A New Generation, New Opportunity, and New Commitment

God is on the move. Could this tiny article change the lives of many? Could it do more than inform and challenge? I think so. Those of you reading this could be part of a journey, led by the Holy Spirit, that commenced about a year ago. Intrigued? Read more.

Supporting Article

Children, AIDS, and the Church

Children in China are being affected by HIV/AIDS. Their numbers are increasing and the effects are devastating. What is being done to help these children?

Lead Article

Chinese Children at Risk

Children at risk in China include orphans and disabled children. Services and support for these children are increasing. However, another wave of children at risk is sweeping across China with needs that also must be addressed. These trends are identified along with what is needed to care for the children and what is being done.

Book Reviews

Children: At the Heart of Mission

Children—the Great Omission? by Dan Brewster and Patrick McDonald. 

Reviewed by Ian A.

Editorials

Back to Jerusalem

A Difficult Subject

From the guest editor's desk.

View From the Wall

The Present and Future of the BTJ Movement

A View from the Church in China

In the following article, I affirm Back to Jerusalem's (BTJ) significance and commend these principles to the people of the twenty-first century. BTJ is a missionary vision received by Chinese pastors in the 1940s.