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...
...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...
...wherever they find room. Most of them are small, but some number in the hundreds even up to 1,000 worshippers or more.[1] This truly is a remarkable development. Those of...
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...
...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...
...there are a number of great incentives in place for foreign businesses and investors. There are a number of national and provincial development zones created in and around the city,...
...years in their area. Thus far, the church has planted three daughter churches. In another city 90 miles away and home to the more than 50,000 students of a large...
...power to make both national and foreign participants smile. Everyone likes partnerships, right? Our organization has been located in the same city in China for nearly ten years now. Many...
...leadership that is currently underway will continue this leftward leaning or result in a more relaxed view of religious freedom. Right now the jury is still out. A final thread...
...and neighbors, social support is meager as family members, their most important support system, are all far away. With their families far away, and unable to adapt to city life...
...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...
...look more like mid- easterners—and they’re living right on the street! There’s a bed, a kitchen table, a cook stove—all right outside. What is this? These are Hui Muslims, a...