...to reflect: How can the church be more capable of local communication, using the language that local people can understand to communicate the gospel? How can the church do theology...
...the church for several years. The police took charge and commanded everyone to provide their name, phone number, address, and ID card. Then a leader from the Religious Affairs Bureau...
...season of struggle and aridity. My extended re-entry after years of delay, uncertainty, and COVID-related red tape. Yet there we were, sipping mochas at a local café as we discerned...
...not COVID-19. The reason was that the Chinese missionaries didn’t know how to familiarize themselves with the local socio-political environment, and they upset the local government. Those governors in Myanmar...
...out beyond the diaspora community and pass the faith onto the next generation. It’s early morning in the small tourist town of Cordoba in Spain. Eugenio Peña, a 76-year-old local,...
...infected, official says (January 9, 2023, BBC) Nearly 90% of people in Henan, China’s third most populous province, have now been infected with Covid, local health officials say. Provincial official Kan Quancheng...
...his phone. He engages social media, finding it both a quagmire of evil and an evangelistic opportunity. In his congregation, the temptations of money and workaholism loom large. He struggles...
...to the End of the “Golden Age” (January 16, 2023, ChinaSource Blog) If Christian workers, foreign or local, were aware of the cyclic historical pattern, they might be less surprised by the...
...believers to encourage and edify local churches. I remember yearly visits to my wife’s hometown in another province. We were able to connect with the local church, and then each...
...training, a local Chinese church leader in the city where I lived confided in me saying she had no idea how to help two of the worship team members who...
Featured Article Video: China’s New Civil Religion (February 1, Center for Religion and Culture, Fordham University) How is the Chinese government combining patriotism with local faiths? Can authoritarianism and religious life coexist?...
...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...