The Church’s Greatest Crisis Comes from Inside
...is often internal power abuse that discredits the witness of the church. Power structures exist in the church because local houses of God on this earth are also partly human...
...is often internal power abuse that discredits the witness of the church. Power structures exist in the church because local houses of God on this earth are also partly human...
...for our local orphanage, perhaps because it is a good place to see kingdom activity happening. However, for years, we could do nothing. Then, one day, the local orphanage director...
...snubbed by their own local authorities. Typically, after being brushed off by the local party leadership, peasants would go the next step up to the township or county officialwho may...
...local governments had 14.8 trillion yuan (US$2.3 trillion) of hidden debt last year, according to Liu Lei, a senior researcher at the National Institution for Finance and Development. Local governments...
...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...
...local media described as “the worst pre-harvest rain in more than a decade.” The sudden downpours plunged the region into chaos. Henan, known as “the granary of China,” produces over...
...men died and the other was hospitalised after they set themselves on fire on Sunday outside the Jokhang temple, the official Xinhua news agency said. The report quoted a local...
...positive contributions that local herders can make, indeed are making, may be noted at higher levels. If so, then perhaps more choice will be given to local communities in the...
...Amnesty said it would close its local office by the end of the month, while its regional headquarters will close before year’s end. Research, advocacy and campaign operations will be...
...is being cast to cadres and citizens alike as someone deeply concerned with local conditions and eager to return to locations he visited previously to see what progress has been...
...priorities. Like the new overseas NGO registration process, the road to successfully establishing a local NGO is not necessarily a smooth one. Yet for China’s Christians, the burgeoning local NGO...
...can quickly learn the local language, integrate into the local cultural situation, and work with international organizations. For the foreseeable future, university graduates and young professionals will continue to be...