Over the past thirty years, overseas sending organizations have earnestly studied the lessons gleaned through the experiences of modern day workers in China. These organizations have subsequently modified their methods...
...then a mentoring role is very appropriate. As a group of churches further develops, the outside worker may need to shift from mentor to partner. If a particular group is...
...the world now, there is more of a general awareness of what China is like. There isn’t that wide-eyed “I have no idea what I’m getting into” attitude of the...
Recently, I found myself counseling three foreigners who, with many tears, told me they had just been told to leave China by a Taiwanese/American pastor who boasted to them that...
...can be a double-edged sword: one side cuts a blessing, the other side a curse! I have seen both in China; in fact, I confess, I have wielded it both...
...tempting to bypass the essentials in the name of our “good kingdom efforts.” Having been asked to review R. Scott Rodin’s book, Stewards in the Kingdom, I must admit I...
...do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate, I do; what a wretched man I am, who will...
...is most polluted typically contain 16 or 17 cities in China. I experienced that one morning in March 2002 when I left my windowless office in the Tsinghua University School...
...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....
...novelty of a Westerner speaking Chinese would likely overpower whatever message I presented. If I were poorly received, how would those I have discipled over the years react? If I...
...givers. What they have received, they also have a responsibility to pass on to others. They need to determine how they, as “givers,” should treat other churches in view of...
...What does the Chinese church actually need? Do we need a good model? Good methods? Structure? What we really need are healthy leaders!” Image credit: 大钟塔（Bell Tower） by Patrick He, on...