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Who Moved My Church?
[…] accustomed to viewing their home country as a “Christian nation,” the dynamics of this transformation are mirrored in the existential challenges they face as they confront a new reality, raising important questions about the church’s role in a rapidly changing world. Writing in 1990, Scottish church historian Andrew F. Walls took issue with the […]
Urbanization and the Future of China’s Church
[…] the society, as well as ventures into areas such as education, social service, philanthropy, publishing, entrepreneurship, and community leadership will raise the profile of Christians and provide new avenues for outreach. Intellectual and financial resources will undergird the development of a new "Christian infrastructure," with associations, boards, specialty ministry organizations, quasi-denominational structures, andshould the […]
Editorials
Urban Migrants
Building the Infrastructure
[…] “Bird’s Nest” stadium that became the much heralded centerpiece of the 2008 Beijing Games was erected at unprecedented speed, along with dozens of other Olympic venues, several new subway lines and major beautification projects across the city. None of this would be possible were it not for hundreds of millions of migrant workers streaming […]
China’s Church at the Threshold
[…] evidence of what might lie ahead. Yet the government’s moves were in many ways inconclusive, leaving considerable “unfinished business” to be sorted out in 2017. While the new legislation on foreign NGOs in China is a fait accompli, its effect upon longstanding partnerships between Christians in China and those from outside who serve with […]
Closing the Gaps
[…] who are suffering and to assist those who choose to leave. A longer-term approach might include advocacy on their behalf and efforts to reduce the pressure through promoting legal reform. All these may be needed, yet making freedom or the alleviation of suffering the ultimate goal misses the larger concern of God’s purposes in […]
You Can’t Do That in China!
[…] beneath the surface. By limiting our vision of what is possible, our narratives keep us from recognizing when the church may be in fact doing something entirely new. This was brought home to me in the mid 2000s, when, during frequent trips to the mainland, I began to see believers doing things that I […]
Where is China Going?
[…] business norms in China. Other factors include concerns about air pollution and food safety, children’s education, and their own retirement plans. The United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand are the top emigrant destinations. However, Chinesewhether actually emigrating or relocating long-term abroad for employment purposesare moving in increasing numbers to other countries as well. […]
Editorials
A Church on the Move
[…] agricultural sector, the industrialization of the countryside, and more evangelists moving to the cities, this model has become less and less viable. From Farmhouse to Factory Floor New models are emerging that provide Christians who move to the cities with a means of support, a legitimate status within the city and a platform for […]
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Connecting Leaders
[…] influences. Yet, taken to the extreme this isolationism not only keeps Christians in China from interacting in helpful ways with their counterparts outside China; it also can promote further divisions inside. As a result, leaders are deprived of opportunities to learn from one another and to share both external and internal resources. Barnabas’s experience […]
One Belt, One Road, One Mission?
[…] Christ’s redemptive purpose. “One Belt, One Road” could potentially be another one of those means. But drawing a straight line between OBOR and the success of a new mission movement from China may be overly optimistic, to say the least. In his South China Morning Post column, business writer Tom Holland questioned whether OBOR […]