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Going Glocal in the Age of COVID-19
[…] learn about mission strategies in China they could have never envisioned, much less dreamed possible in China’s repressive political environment. Asian participants listened with empathy as their new friends in America related the loss and disorientation they were experiencing with the sudden onslaught of COVID-19. All sensed the Lord’s presence as they humbled themselves […]
Variations on a Theme
[…] In the eyes of some observers, China’s standalone urban churches represent the seeds of civil society. A hunger for leadership training from the West hints that a new kind of Christian leader is being formed in China. Our narratives envision a linear relationship between our China involvement and the church’s—and the nation’s—trajectory toward progress. […]
Editorials
Haigui – Writing the Next Chapter
[…] including the believing returnees themselves who are providing leadership in China’s emerging urban churches while struggling to live out an authentic faith in an often hostile environment, new networks and resources are being developed both for returnees and those who seek to serve them. Just as China’s long history is filled with accounts of […]
China’s Next War?
[…] city in China is experiencing significant problems with smog. (For a stark visual illustration, look at this map.) At the speed at which China is adding new cars on the road (China added more cars last year than the total number plying its roads in 1999 .) and building new coal-fired power plants […]
Beyond “Two Camps”: The Complex Relationship between Official and Unregistered Church in China
[…] come significant changes in the TSPM's role, in China's religious policy, and in the unregistered church community, all of which have brought, and continue to bring, a new level of complexity to the relationship between China's official and unregistered church streams. These developments have resulted in a tense yet synergistic relationship between these two […]
Editorials
The Olympic Challenge
[…] sports fervor that is already sweeping China. The challenge for the church outside China will be to put aside organizational agendas and a tendency toward individual self- promotion, and to consider how best to support the long-term interests of the church in China given the variety of opportunities the Games presents. Will the watching […]
Consumerism and the Church in China
[…] wholesale and even endorsing the culture’s emphasis on material acquisition, the church will be challenged to demonstrate what it means to be stewards in God’s kingdom. China’s new generation of urban consumers, overwhelmed by a never-ending onslaught of commercial advertising and perplexing financial decisions, would likely welcome sound stewardship teaching were the church to […]
Does China Need More Leadership Training?
[…] areas; or one could focus on traditionally marginalized groups such as urban migrants, the church among people with disabilities, the elderly, or women in ministry. Bring something new. Basic Bible, theology, and ministry skills were the mainstay of training in the 1980s and 1990s, but the church today is much better equipped to meet […]
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 […]
Toward a Partnering Mindset
[…] It is their commitment to one another, rather than to the structures, that keeps them together. They are willing to work outside established structures or even create new ones for the sake of their common vision. Shared success is one of the fruits of effective partnering as well as a characteristic of those who […]