ZGBriefs | March 9, 2017
...perhaps given the afternoon off. When I taught at a university in China, my classes were in the morning, so I always felt a bit cheated when the school officials proudly...
...perhaps given the afternoon off. When I taught at a university in China, my classes were in the morning, so I always felt a bit cheated when the school officials proudly...
...“vital” for the ministry world. I feel like I am being force-fed something that doesn’t taste good and isn’t particularly nutritious. But this book is a little bit different. It...
...Original 2017-02-10 Jian Zhen—Christian Student Union Recently, on a Chinese internet Q&A forum, a netizen asked the following question: "I graduated with a master’s degree in 2016. I've been a...
...is. Another 12 Common Errors in Chinese English Dictionaries (March 16, 2017, carlgene.com) Books An Anti-Management Management Book (March 10, 2017, From the West Courtyard) But this book is a...
...overseas who serve the church in China as a critical need. The fact that urban Christian leaders identify discipleship as more of a priority perhaps suggests that they are more...
...I like this place—very relaxed. It has my favorite tea—Jasmine. I fell in love with it when I got involved in China ministry years ago. Zoe: I enjoy tea as...
...that, for me, the most staggering sentence of the whole book was from his introduction: “When I first lived in China in 1973 not one Christian church was open to...
Longtime China journalist Ian Johnson will soon release his new book The Souls of China: The Return of Religion after Mao. In it he presents a picture of the richness...
In a previous From the West Courtyard post I wrote about seven trends, or transitions, facing foreign workers in China, along with the factors that are driving these transitions. Here...
...at a book club in Minneapolis, Minnesota on February 25 about her book The Bells Are Not Silent: Stories of Church Bells in China. Brent Fulton was quoted by Ian...
...need for mentoring. Is the Chinese Church a Test-Case for “The Benedict Option”? (March 23, 2017, Jackson Wu) While the book offers “a strategy for Christians in a post-Christian nation,”...
...was in March of 2012 when I was doing research for my book The Bells Are Not Silent: Stories of Church Bells in China. Here’s what I write about the...