Phases of Chinese House Church Development
...is hard to know whether the numbers are accurate. However, I believe that even if the number of Christian volunteers is only 50,000, this number has symbolic significance. Moreover, in...
...is hard to know whether the numbers are accurate. However, I believe that even if the number of Christian volunteers is only 50,000, this number has symbolic significance. Moreover, in...
...harassed just because they're Christians), and [b] initiated by local, not the central, authorities. In this one, it appears that greedy local authorities won't give a local church the land...
...Daily) The southern city of Shenzhen in Guangdong Province reported a new human H7N9 case on Tuesday, raising the total number of such cases in the province to nine since...
...are you willing to be? How will it be sustained over time? More than a few grand beginnings in China have fizzled due to a lack of organizational follow through,...
...meaning of Christmas. In a matter-of-fact way, the author explains that thousands of such gatherings happen every December around China: "A large number of unofficial churches, especially in big cities,...
...original policy. In their simple home, the Zhangs detailed their ongoing battle with the local officials, starting with the failure of Mrs Zhang's government-mandated birth control. How I Flunked China's...
...church, attendance on Sundays may number around 800. However, if the membership of the dozens of registered meeting points under the church's supervision is included the total number of Christians...
...step of standing as a non-Communist candidate for a Beijing district Peoples Congress, a rubber-stamp local legislature. China: Twelve dead in Xinjiang violence (January 26, 2014, BBC) Clashes that killed...
...nebulous gray area. What is allowed or not allowed often needs to be negotiated at the local level, and it is always subject to change. Hence the vast disparity in...
...in China together with capitalism, both covertly and overtly. The grand parade through Tiananmen Square on October 1, 1984, is in my active memory. I found out that a few...
...largest mission field in the world. During the next 30 years, China will still contain the largest number of nonbelievers and unreached peoples [ ] China has 2300 county-level cities....
...Mainland China could watch the program. RELIGION Six Key Challenges for the Chinese Church: A Local Perspective (February 17, 2014, ChinaSource Blog) What would Chinese Christians say are some of...