Leadership

Blog Entries

Partnership with a Purpose

Partnership is for a limited time as the national church learns to tap into previously unnoticed local resources. A successful partnership takes time and trust.

Chinese Church Voices

On Being a Servant Leader

A reflection on the pastor’s identity as a servant.

Chinese Church Voices

Training Lay Leaders in China

The Hou Zaimen church in Jinan, Shandong Province has developed a system for training lay people and managing meeting points which are contributing to the spiritual growth of believers.

Chinese Church Voices

The Pastor’s Identity

Three-self church pastor Chen Shengfeng reflects on the identity of the pastor.

Blog Entries

Spiritual Authority and Power Abuse

A Reader's Response to "Leadership Ethics"

Barriers and keys to finishing well as a leader. 

Blog Entries

Is It Time for a New Approach to Leadership?

To whatever extent the leadership forms taught by the west, and our approach to church polity have done a disservice to the church in China, we should ask for forgiveness.

ChinaSource Quarterlies

Leadership Ethics

Vol. 21, No. 2

Summer 2019

Lead Article

The Church’s Greatest Crisis Comes from Inside

With the lack of pastoral ethics and recent church expansion, the use of power often becomes a problem. The causes of power abuse and the church’s response are explored.

ChinaSource Perspective

Walking in the Light and the Need for Vigilance

A word from the president of ChinaSource. 

Resource Corner

Online Videos on the Church and Misuse of Authority

Four videos that deal with the abuse of power in the church.