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Responding to Restrictions on Children’s Ministry
[…] kindergartens, Christian-run private schools, homeschool networks, and online programs hosted abroad have all become options for parents seeking to impart a biblical worldview to their children. With new restrictions on religious activities, these options may become less viable in the future. Already churches in some provinces have been told to cease children’s programs. How […]
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Toward a Typology of Christian Leaders in China
[…] is an issue of major concern. She may have already ventured into the city to work among migrants, but is finding it difficult to adapt to the new environment (particularly if she steps further out of her comfort zone and seeks to engage with urban youth and intellectuals). While possessing a strong knowledge of […]
Enduring Friendship
[…] be true in the United States, where anti-Asian sentiment continues its pernicious rise. This year the number of Americans who have unfavorable views toward China reached a new high of 82 percent, up six points from a year ago.1 Both sides see the other as the enemy. The Chinese government’s “wolf warrior” diplomacy gives […]
Book Reviews
Redeemed by Fire
The Rise of Popular Christianity in Modern China
Lian Xi, Redeemed by Fire: The Rise of Popular Christianity in Modern China. New Haven, Yale University Press, 2010. Available on Amazon. Reviewed by Brent Fulton Years ago a Western teacher was having a conversation with one of her students in China about their respective cultures. “You know what the difference is between you […]
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
Who’s at the Table?
[…] discerning what God has put before them to do and how he has uniquely gifted them to serve. Making this shift requires slowing down. It requires a new mindset. It is humbling—particularly if one’s work has been seen as successful—to recognize that this assistance may not be appropriate in the long term, and that […]
3 Questions: Honor, Shame, and the Gospel
[…] influenced in part by Western values. We have moved away from colonialism in our methods but not our theology. As a catalyst we want to be seeding new teams and collaborations to develop new ministry resources, ways of presenting the gospel, and training for cross-cultural ministry. We’re looking for new case histories, people writing […]
Denominationalism in China: Pre or Post?
[…] from the unique provision and leading of God to a particular denomination in her history. Because of this, older traditional churches in China are often critical of new, younger, urban churches in their constitutionalization processes to establish denominations. It is very easy to import a denominational book of governance or church constitution or doctrinal […]
More than Conquerors
[…] Christians in the registered church are being pushed toward an extreme form of nationalism with the Sinicization campaign and Patriotic Education Law, which officially took effect on New Year’s Day 2024. This law explicitly states, “The state encourages and supports religious groups, religious schools, and places of religious activities to carry out patriotic education, […]
China by the Lists
[…] Christmas carol (which, after the eighth or ninth verse has been known to test the sanity of even the soundest of souls). On the twelfth day of New Year, the Party gave to me: Twelve Socialist Values Eleven Most Active Cults Ten-Year Visas Nine-Dash Line Eight Shames and Honors Seven Percent Growth Rate Six […]