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Faces of Christian Leadership in China
[…] God is raising up a variety of Christian leaders in China today. Luis Bush and I look further at this changing face of Christian leadership in China in China’s Next Generation: New China, New Church, New World, available in PDF format from ChinaSource or on Amazon. Image credit: More People, by Mike Beltzner, via Flickr
Responding to Restrictions on Children’s Ministry
[…] their children, but most pastors are not equipped to provide this training. Yu points out that most theological education is strong on biblical interpretation but weak on application. To meet the challenge of the times, “Pastors will need to monitor the situation when children are no longer permitted to learn about the Bible at […]
Does Christianity Have a Future in China?
[…] mode. Revival and explosive growth, especially among house churches in the countryside, highlighted the acute need for Bibles and trained leaders. (During the previous 30 years no new leaders had been trained, nor had any Bibles or other resources been produced.) Many outside the officially recognized church faced persecution. The church's challenges at this […]
Supporting Article
Healthy Partnering
A Chinese Perspective
[…] other churches or organizations within China or with foreign entities working in China. The definition of “partnering” (jianli huoban guanxi) was deliberately left broad but was understood to apply to ministry situations outside one’s own fellowship or organization in which the participants had been involved. The survey, administered online in Chinese, consisted of nine items […]
Is China Rewriting the Bible?
[…] much a political one. In response, the Three Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM), the officially sanctioned organization charged with overseeing China’s Protestant believers, launched a five-year campaign to promote the Sinicization of Christianity. The TSPM’s five-year plan covers a range of activities, touching on theological education, worship styles, art and literature, and, of course, promoting […]
Editorials
Haigui – Writing the Next Chapter
<p><em>Editor's Note: This editorial originally appeared in "Returnees to China" (CS Quarterly, 2011 Winter).</em></p>
3 Questions: The 2018 World Watch List
[…] is a second point which needs to be kept in mind: the reporting period of the WWL 2018 ends at 31 October 2017, meaning that the already announced new regulations on religion were already known and had certain consequences, as most observers expect a more complicated situation. However, those rules will be implemented from 1 […]
From Entrepreneur to Catalyst
[…] in China ministry. After Joshua had been chosen to take Israel into the Promised Land, Moses’s job description changed. No longer called to lead the charge, his new assignment was to “encourage and strengthen Joshua” (Deuteronomy 3:28). As willing catalysts, this generation of leaders can encourage and strengthen a new generation of indigenous ministry […]
One-in-a-Thousand Millionaires
An Example for China’s Christians?
[…] China’s rural house church movement, namely, simplicity, a deep dependence upon God, and a willingness to suffer for the gospel. In the space of one generation it appears as if this legacy has been supplanted by a very different theological perspective. This new orientation reflects urban China’s materialistic lifestyle, replacing the other-worldly emphasis of […]
Editorials
Facing Transitions
Life transitions—whether coming to China for the first time, leaving after a lifetime of ministry, moving to a new city or taking on a new assignment—can be a gateway to discovery or the death of a dream. Often they are both. In this issue we take a 360-degree look at transitions, viewing them through […]