Blog Entries on Returnees
John Song—A Fruitful Returnee
A Reader Responds to the Autumn CSQ
Remembering Song’s story, and others mentioned by Stacey Bieler in the autumn issue of CSQ, helps motivate me to press ahead despite the pandemic and other challenges. One life can impact so many others!
Returnees—A Topic Worth Revisiting
Returnees is a topic that we continue to return to. We have dedicated two issues of CSQ to the topic and we will be including an update on returnee ministry in the 2021 autumn issue. Why is this topic worth revisiting?
A Key Way that Christians around the World Can Contribute to Gospel Growth in China
Returnees
Have you considered that the Chinese student you are connecting with may one day be a person of influence in China?
Spanning the Gap for Returnees
Is your outreach to internationals causing students to get lost in the gap as they return to their home? Consider how to serve them better through partnership.
Discipling Returnees
Returnees need an environment that will help them continue their journey of faith.
Key Issues Impacting Returnees
Pre-return Preparation
Pre-return preparation—a key for assimilating returnee believers back into their families, churches, and society.
Returnees and the Church in China
What we need is the word of God’s grace, which is more than able to ensure that returnees not only survive, but thrive, as committed members of churches back in China.
Friendship and Discipleship
According to the Institute of International Education, there were 328,547 students from China in colleges and universities throughout the United States in 2016. This includes those enrolled in undergraduate, graduate, and “optional practical training” programs. But it’s not just higher education institutions where Chinese students are found; increasing numbers are now enrolled in high schools. The Institute of International Education reported that in 2013, there were more than 23,000 Chinese students enrolled in secondary schools in the US.
Hope for Returnees
A reader responds to the 2016 autumn issue of ChinaSource Quarterly, "A Call to Partnership in Chinese Returnee Ministry" with encouragement and a reminder of God's love and grace.