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From Doing to Paving the Way
In part two of this series we looked at the transition from leading to modeling. For many foreign organizations, China’s new Overseas NGO Law is hastening this transition. Duties that had been the responsibility of foreign workers must be passed to local colleagues as the role of foreign leaders is redefined. On the other […]
A Strategy Forged in Bethlehem
[…] weakness are met with the assurance that Christ’s redemptive purposes will be fulfilled, and God’s power revealed, in our lives. Bono, <em>Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story </em>( New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2022), 512. Philippians 2:6-8. Hannah Nation, “Chinese Lessons in Apologetics: Learning from a Church Under Pressure,” <em>Comment,</em> December 7, 2023, accessed December […]
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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Healthy Partnering
A Chinese Perspective
[…] their shared experience. Rather, the issue of culture was seen largely as an “either-or” proposition. When asked about unique factors in the Chinese situation that could either promote or hinder partnering, several respondents listed cultural factors. One, reflecting on his or her own partnering experience, began with a rather strong Chinese idiom about Chinese […]
Going Global
When ChinaSource first launched, the focus was very much on serving the church in China. The immediate needs were many, and new opportunities were rapidly developing for foreign Christians to engage with believers in country. Today we recognize that “the church in China” is no longer just in China. This reality is captured in […]
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 […]
4 Takeaways from Xi’s Speech on Religion
[…] at least some sense of the Party’s current position. The specific implications, particularly for China’s Christians, remain to be seen but will likely take shape as these directives find their way into new regulations and possibly a new law on religion in the coming year. Image Credit: the flag of China by zachary jean paradis via Flickr.
“Passive” Church Planting in China
[…] a Chinese mega church, this pastor encountered two obstacles. The first was relational. Early on he emphasized personal decisions for Christ and expected the increasing numbers of new believers to step immediately into positions of service in the church. As a result he found himself alienated from the very people he intended to serve. […]
China’s Past as Key to the Present
Descriptions of life in China today often contain words like “unprecedented” and “fast-changing.” Yet in an effort to capture all that is new, such descriptions miss the fact that, in many respects, China has come this way before. As a civilization that has experienced cycles of opening and closing, renewal and decline, China’s current […]
On the China Bookshelf
[…] Vice President of ChinaSource, and Amy, who serves with the online community Velvet Ashes, have spent decades in China, where their work included helping those who were new to China to make sense of life in the Middle Kingdom. Their conversation starts with the question, “Why read books on China?” In an age of […]