...also the variety and number of services required, such as a significant increase in youth and seekers groups. Since all these require substantial manpower and there are not enough full-time...
![Two young Chinese police officers stand in front of a temple. When [Church of the East] missionaries arrived in the Chinese capital of Chang’an in 635, they understood that Christianity in the Middle Kingdom required government approval…The application was successful, and a government edict allowed the new Luminous Teaching, as it called itself, to be spread in all China, including the building of a church in the capital city.](https://media.chinasource.org/uploads/2024/05/BL240531-header-ChinaSource-Chinese-Christianity-Nestorians-Jingjao-Church-of-the-East-Dynasties-Silk-Road-Three-Self-Patriotic-Movement-Chinese-Church-History-300x150.jpg)
...human right in accord with man’s nature that everyone may worship in whatever way he wishes. The religion of one man can neither harm nor help another man. Nor indeed...
...unregistered church has overtaken it, especially in urban areas, by the early twenty-first century. In the meantime, a large number of young believers went to theological schools especially in North...
...these restrictions, leading to a number of cases involving minors draining their parents’ bank accounts gaining public attention in recent months. Exploring Trends in China Today (May 9, 2024, OMF...
...detailed instructions on how to use a mobile phone-based queuing system for the toilets and washrooms, according to a document on the system reviewed by The New York Times. Each...
...Indeed, it is not easy to raise questions and prescribe the right medicine. There is a co-dependent relationship between the pastor and the immigrant church. When pastors question and criticize...
...with the development of a higher education system characterized by increasing insularity, exemplified by turns away from global rankings, less emphasis on English-language course instruction, and new regulations that hamper...
...Jeremiah, feeling overwhelmed and defeated, expressed his desire to go home and cried to his guardian, “Why am I here? I’m a failure, a coward who ran away from oppression,...
...number of Chinese immigrants entering the country illegally from Mexico. US border officials arrested more than 37,000 Chinese nationals on the southern border in 2023, 10 times the number during...
...Monitor) In China, 26 million tons of clothes are thrown away every year. Recycling and design companies are repurposing discarded clothes, but experts say government intervention, financial incentives, and zero-waste...
...areas. People here know each other; the houses can be big and surrounded by plants and flowers; birds are almost always chirping right outside the window; fresh fruit, vegetables, and...
...like conducting evangelistic events, church planting, and applying harvest theology for reaping. Church development may usually focus on the following: The number of non-believers converted, The number of churches planted,...