Results for: American
The 3D Gospel Is Now in Mandarin
A tool for understanding the need to contextualize ministry in light of different types of cultures.
Reflections on the Reformation 500 and the Gospel Conference
We caught up with our friend Jackson Wu at the Reformation 500 conference in Hong Kong and asked him to share his reflections on the conference.
One Gospel for All Nations: A Practical Approach to Biblical Contextualization
The Bible tells us what to believe—the gospel. It also shows how to contextualize the gospel? In One Gospel for All Nations, Jackson Wu explains practically why we must not choose between the Bible and culture highlights implications for both missionaries and theologians. Contextualization should be practical, not pragmatic; theological, not theoretical.
Book Reviews
The Chinese Church in Transition
Navigating Mission in the Diaspora
This book showcases mission attitudes and activities among Chinese churches in the US. The detailed data provide in-depth explanations that simultaneously confirm the impression of a same-ethnicity focus in mission while offering more nuanced reasons why such a focus can be advantageous.
Peoples of China
Profiles of Chinese House Church Leaders
The background, education and experience of house church leaders of China varies greatly. These profiles provide a glimpse of that variety and the challenges these leaders face.
6 Approaches to Contextualization in China
We know contextualization is important, but not everyone comes at it in the same way.
7 Reasons Why Sinicization Is Not Rhetoric This Time
Isn't this just propaganda, empty threats, or show. Haven’t we seen similar programs rolled out in the past?
Cross-Culturally Becoming All Things to All Men
A Book Review
For new cross-cultural workers, Tabor Laughlin’s Becoming Native to Win the Natives is a must read. His book has the rare combination of being practical, relevant, and readable.
Getting Out of the Bubble
[…] month in the US living with us. It wasn’t that his lease had expired or his stipend was running low. Rather, he realized that although he had lived in the American Midwest for a year doing research at a well-respected American university—he had experienced very little of American life and had very few non-Chinese friends.