View From the Wall

Are We Ready?

A View from Beijing before the Olympics

For the one-year countdown to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, two musicians from Hong Kong contributed a song entitled "We Are Ready." The author takes these three words and turns them into a question. Are we ready? And, from that to extract the layers of readiness needed before the Games.

Supporting Article

Providing Community through Festivals

Community "festivals" can bring harmony and love.

Supporting Article

Dreams of a Chinese Sports Outreach

Sports events can become a means to encourage Christian service.

Lead Article

Benefits from Hosting the Olympic Games

The Olympic Games are bringing major changes to Beijing and to the nation.

Supporting Article

What Is Our Role?

Toward a Set of Shared Considerations for Outside Involvement in Chinese Leadership Development

In the decades since China's opening to the outside world, literally hundreds of organizations, educational institutions and churches have responded to the perceived need for training leaders to shepherd China's rapidly growing church. A discussion of what role Christians from outside China should play in responding to the need as the church grows and develops.

Lead Article

Leader Development

What Is Our Role?

In the last decade or so, there has been an increasing realization in the church around the world—especially in areas of fast church growth—of the need to build leaders. In response, there has been a steady growth of "leader development ministries." But, what exactly does a "leader development ministry" do?

Peoples of China

Profiles of Chinese House Church Leaders

The background, education and experience of house church leaders of China varies greatly. These profiles provide a glimpse of that variety and the challenges these leaders face.

Book Reviews

Team Dysfunction

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni.  

Reviewed by Gary Waldron

Editorials

Cultivating Homegrown Leadership

From the editor's point of view ...

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A Pastor’s Training Course Experience

A Chinese pastor shares his experience of participating in a leadership training program.