...American attempts to impose human rights values. People believe these efforts reflect U.S. political interests more than genuine concern for the Chinese people. Social and political reform is inevitable. Economic...
...so disturbingly evident.” (p.17) Three trends that threaten to derail the North American missions movement are identified: The captivity of the movement—and much of the evangelical church—to American cultural realities,...
...a week in Hong Kong and another in Japan with understanding friends, it still took us six months to adjust back to American culture. Why couldn’t we feel at home...
The “Chinese” Way of Doing Things: Perspectives on American-Born Chinese and the Chinese Church in North America by Samuel Ling with Clarence Cheuk. China Horizon, 1999, 229 pp. ISBN 1-892-63202-0,...
...two-week horse ride through dangerous bandit-filled mountains in the 1940s were now a short flight and bus ride away from a provincial capital. Perhaps most important of all, Mandarin became...
1. Learn new vocabulary The biggest hurdle for American and Chinese to overcome is vocabulary that represents the conflict of two cultures and two mindsets. The Chinese church and American...
...literature, American religious holidays like Christmas and Easter, or American culture and history to present Christian concepts, then let people ask questions or come to you privately. Directly approaching a...