Chinese 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...
...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...
...in seeing how God is growing the Chinese church. Since 1979, when the first church reopened in Ningbo (Zhejiang), over 15,000 churches have registered and received permission by local authorities...
...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...
As China has changed dramatically in the past two decades, there are a number of new dynamics in China’s social transformation. As the party recedes into the background of political...
Despite more than twenty years of “opening and reform” policy, three images of China continue to dominate the Western imagination. One is the rich culture of China—the grand architecture, the artistic...
...enjoying such amenities as nice living quarters, stylish clothes, color TV (Chinese-made), a personal computer, CD or DVD player, cell phone, and family vacation (though perhaps not abroad)—amenities that make...
...past denominational affiliations, pre-1949 relations between local congregations, and relations among local church leaders during the Cultural Revolution) is essential to handling any relationship with local believers in a responsible...
...alongside the church in China and help. We also have a number of families in the area who have adopted Chinese children through a local Christian adoption agency. Through these...
...church grasped the implications of reaching the local university students for Christ. Collegiate ministry has long been the major staple of the church’s ministry. Now located just off campus, as...
...leadership should be evaluating whether their efforts are the local expression of faith. For the purposes of this article, I would like to highlight two of these indicators and use...
...Christians and foreign Christian workers. It is difficult to determine how many Christians there currently are in China, but even the most conservative estimate would place the number in the...
...local officials finally bowed to the pressure and vowed to reinvestigate the case for judicial improprieties. To the people at the scene, it looked as if Su, in a fit...