When the “Golden Age” Is Over
...the success and failure of the past four decades missiologically. By missiological reflection, I do not mean purely theoretical analysis and speculation. Rather, I mean a process similar to what...
...the success and failure of the past four decades missiologically. By missiological reflection, I do not mean purely theoretical analysis and speculation. Rather, I mean a process similar to what...
...just one cost, but many. Believers need to be ready to count the costs of following Christ, and to understand that there are many different pressures they will need to...
...China’s urbanization. Rev. Hong Shuyong, a CCC/TSPM pastor in Jiangxi province, writes of the need for Christians to care for migrant workers in the city. He describes the unnoticed lives...
...I must admit that my first thought when I heard it was “I wonder what took them so long.” My second thought was “how can something that has technically never...
...tragic incident in Belgrade, they understand the need for cooperation instead of confrontation. Their policies toward the U.S. will be firm, but not aggressive. New Chinese leaders all see reunification...
...of burying that one talent. Those who never take risks do not need faith. Those who do not need faith do not need God, nor want to rely on God....
A recent visitor to the Mu’en Three Self church of Shanghai confided, “Gosh, I didn’t expect it to be so Western—not after hearing them say they were an indigenous church.”...
...God is doing in China and who have the skills we need to carry out our mission. We are praying that God will provide the people and skills we need...
...we are looking for: the reason behind the behaviors—which are about the important need the child has. To find them we need to dig deeper and ask ourselves: WHY? Why...
...with deeper issues: Why am I here? What can I believe in? What can I do to make a contribution to my country? Urban professionals are increasingly being targeted by...
...achievable and honorable as doctor or lawyer. Adults throughout the church will need to show children that while everyone has a part in God’s mission to redeem the world, God...
...have given Malthus a heart attack–a nation of 1.3 billion people modernizing faster and at a bigger scale than any nation in history. China’s need for natural resources is being...