Articles on Outreach

Supporting Article

A Piece of the Puzzle

Training Mainland Chinese to be Cross-Cultural Missionaries

Among all debates and controversies about the Back to Jerusalem (BTJ) phenomenon, the issue of training Chinese missionaries seems to have fallen on the sidelines. More attention has been given to issues such as the controversial number of 100,000 missionaries, abuse of the genuine grass-root missionary spirit, and who has the right to represent BTJ. Despite the legitimacy of all these concerns, traininga critical component that determines the outcome of missionshas not been given enough attention.

L. K. Chiu ⋅ ⋅ Apr 12, 2006

Supporting Article

A History of “Back to Jerusalem”

A Moving History

The "Back to Jerusalem" movement can be traced back to a vision for evangelism which God gave to several different indigenous Chinese Christian mission movements in the 1940s.

Tony Lambert ⋅ ⋅ Mar 20, 2006

Editorials

Whose Agenda

Editor's Note: This editorial originally appeared in "International Involvement in China" (CS Quarterly, 2005 Autumn).

Brent Fulton ⋅ ⋅ Sep 22, 2005

Lead Article

The Clash of Culture and Class in China’s “Olympic Era”

Many challenges face China today and have resulted in clashes of culture and class.

James H. Law ⋅ ⋅ Jun 15, 2004

Supporting Article

Church and Community Sports Partnerships

Are there opportunities for churches in China to build on the increase in interest in sports due to the coming Beijing Olympics?

David Remus, Edward Lee ⋅ ⋅ Jun 15, 2004

Supporting Article

Preparing for 2008

It's Not about the Olympics

It’s not about the Olympics or sports, but about what God is already doing in China.

John Christopher ⋅ ⋅ Jun 15, 2004

Supporting Article

English and the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

The modern Olympic Games have never been awarded to a host country whose citizens did not have English as a common language. The promise to be the host city presented enormous language challenges to Beijing. Many of Beijing’s 13 million people will be working with the athletes and spectators. Nearly every walk of life will need bilingual English skills by 2008.

Jerry Liebersbach ⋅ ⋅ Jun 15, 2004

Peoples of China

Why We Must Not Forget the Past

Lessons from the past on reaching China's minorities

Ralph R. Covell ⋅ ⋅ Mar 21, 2002

Peoples of China

Getting on Target

Are the Han Chinese a "reached" people group?

Jim Nickel ⋅ ⋅ Sep 22, 2000

Peoples of China

The Church among the Peoples of China

Are the people groups of China responding to the gospel?

Jim Nickel ⋅ ⋅ Dec 15, 1999