A Church on the Move
...in the factory towns that have sprung up in the Pearl River Delta and elsewhere. Separated from family and the familiar surroundings of the countryside, these peasants are particularly open...
...in the factory towns that have sprung up in the Pearl River Delta and elsewhere. Separated from family and the familiar surroundings of the countryside, these peasants are particularly open...
...teams, they organize training, they organize evangelistic outreach, and the local believers have grown in number. CS: Has there been much success for the house churches reaching into cities? Brother...
...the local believers have grown in number. Q: Has there been much success for the house churches reaching into cities? A: In the beginning, city ministry was very difficult, but...
...and timely information, and with an unprecedented level of detail of informationeven including the phone number of local police offices. The State Council regulations for religious activities due to go...
...hundreds of local parishes have begun to provide care and services for those in need in their areas. In the past five or more years, very professional Catholic social service...
...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...
...dramatic increase in the ratio of believers in the Roman Empire. Beyond that, Christians extended care to their pagan neighbors who added to the number of Christians as people converted...
...musical instruments among the many migrant blind people. Among them, I remembered, there were a good number who were God’s children—my brothers and sisters no less. “Are you related? Just...
...to the dominant world religion in less than three centuries. There are a number of fascinating lessons and insights in the book, but the main issue that caught my attention...
...division within the body. The Local Church By using local church space and even local church pastors, this foreign fellowship discovered that they were also able to bring real benefit...
...in Hong Kong has a rather high number of parachurch organizationsseveral hundred Christian organizations among 1,300 church congregations. This is, perhaps, due to the lax and easy regulations for setting...
...has changed significantly over the years. Local health systems have improved, and Westerners have seen the value of integrating their work into the community and of training local health workers....