The Sanjiang Church Demolition: All of the Above.
...face that they felt they must take action to avoid appearing weak. (Local officials are nothing, if not petty.) The local officials have a quota of how many illegally built...
...face that they felt they must take action to avoid appearing weak. (Local officials are nothing, if not petty.) The local officials have a quota of how many illegally built...
...cannot stress enough the importance of journeying with local pastors. Many of the local frontline workers, especially sisters, face many difficulties and needs in their lives including personality issues, family...
...resulting rise in cases forced the central government to “accept reality.” The rushed opening-up did not come from Beijing; it resulted from local governments interpreting central government signals and getting...
...some training in the use of sports as a tool for reaching out to the community. A number of local church leaders, as well as Christians involved in sports education...
...larger cities and often retain stronger elements of local culture. Chambon brings a unique perspective to the study of church life in China. Educated as a Catholic seminarian in central...
...its umbrella, yet the local pastors are often open-minded and interested in promoting evangelistic outreach, and a large and growing number of new converts worship within these official churches. This...
...contemporary culture. Many Chinese are creating their local versions of these. Young people are embracing the world of globalized luxury and fashion and are experiencing firsthand the liberation of society,...
...Apostates, The Sacrificial Victims, The Followers, and The Breakers of Bread. The Apostates The first section deals with Sister Xu Wenyin, a believer in the Lord in a local church...
...the church. During the registration approval process, local authorities proposed removing the cross and the church agreed. The local church pastor said the fire was caused when a gas cylinder...
...as many as 3.651 million returnees have returned. In 2018 alone, the number of returnees exceeded 500,000 for the first time.[1] If we calculate Christians among them at a rate...
...market resulting from this summer’s official “twin reductions” (双减) regulations.12 Combined with aggressive monitoring of local and foreign students across China’s campuses, expatriates who minister through education are under tremendous...
...sense, then one could conceive of the Lianghui as the local, regional, and national organization of the church. But the registered church is not a denomination and the Lianghui is...