...ever-increasing number of returning international students are bringing Christian faith back with them and sharing it with coworkers as they re-enter the marketplace in China. Urban professionals are studying Christianity...
...how her search for Christianity took a Roman direction. The Catholic cathedral was the only Christian church in the Shanghai phone book where someone answered the phone in a way...
...estimate the number as high as 400 million under-employed farmers in China), and the numbers are on the rise as more farmers may leave the land as cheaper imports flood...
...this work will be done in a specific local context, and tailored over time to meet very specific local conditions. For the same reasons, excellent language skill—and the cultural awareness...
...to promote and implement training, extension and assistance programs at the village level has proven both viable and effective. The number of invitations to extend the programs and work in...
...rising middle class has come a proliferation of public institutions, which may number over 200,000.[3] These range from membership-based “social organizations” to private charities and foundations. There are consumer groups as...
...among rural women, the number one cause of death among women ages 15-34. The right to eat. Malnourishment results from too little food available but also from such local traditions...
...by the local people. The story of Chinese opposition to Christianity has been chronicled by Paul Cohen and others.[1] A number of misunderstandings and faux-pas resulted in riotous response by the...
...Missionaries, priests and local Chinese converts could rely on the threat of physical force from the British, French or German consuls to resist pressures from the local magistrate or mob....
...by Jason Kindopp This path-breaking book is not merely a local area study of Fuzhou Protestants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries; rather, as the title suggests, it is...
...him on local sightseeing tours to keep him occupied for the remaining ten days of his trip before they could finally send him home. The preacher’s apparent lack of passion...
...from local or provincial sources while in numerous rural areas a smaller portion of the budget is allocated to education than mandated by the central government. Universal nine-year education remains...