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Serving Effectively in the Face of a Pandemic
[…] have a different standard of living. While many of these things are simply a reality of two different cultures intersecting, each person must find ways to build commonality and relationship in order to be about the work of evangelism and discipleship. These relationships are the foundation for much of the outreach work going on […]
Being the Chinese Church in the Face of Growing Political Uncertainty
[…] using the state apparatus and violence to cruelly oppress Christianity, to control the church, or drive it underground. This type of oppression creates a backlash among the common people, and distrust for and lack of cooperation with the state, and ultimately an attitude of hostility. A preacher among the populace may use this anti-state, […]
Lead Article
The Changing Face of China’s Church
[…] great influence. Urbanization is one that is reflected in the ratio of rural to urban dwellers which will soon be 60 to 40 compared with 80 to 20 just a few years ago. The result is massive dislocation that includes a “floating population” of seasonal and permanent migrants numbering in the tens of millions. […]
Islam has the largest number of under-30 believers in China?
[…] Muslims in China number at most 24.4 million. If 22% are under the age of 30, then under-30 Muslims number about 5.3 million. Catholics probably make up about 20 million (according to both Asia Harvest and the World Christian Database). The current study seems to suggest Catholics also have about 22% (slightly under Muslims) of their […]
Book Reviews
In Drawing Plain People, He Draws the Face of God
A Book Review
[…] humble that all they have is a kind heart, it is still beautiful. Beauty encompasses much.” I was inspired by this perspective. In this age, people are commonly infatuated with beautiful bodies, various “pretty boys,” “good-looks club,” and numerous variations. It’s just as Zhao Zhao sings in “When You Are Old”: How many people […]
When Your Phone Becomes a Substitute for True Relationships
<p>What would lead an 18-year-old boy from a top class to stab his teacher and show no remorse? In this interview transcript, originally published on the mainland blog <em>Territory</em>, host Wenjun speaks with Jiang Peirong, a Taiwanese psychologist and Christian, about what might have led to this shocking event.</p>
Supporting Article
Caring for Our Common Home
[…] start from my personal experience and development in the Catholic faith and the Church’s concern for the poor and underprivileged and its social teachings. Caring for our common home has become something that we cannot ignore. My first concrete contact with God was after I became an altar boy when I was eight years […]
Common Sense, Nonsense, and CantoSense
A ChinaSource Conversation
One of the many challenges in living cross-culturally is discovering that the notion of what constitutes common sense varies from culture to culture. What is common sense in one culture may not be common sense in the host culture. In fact, what is common sense in one culture may, in fact, be nonsense in […]
Saving Grandmother’s Face and Other Tales from Christian Teachers in China
A Book Review
[…] her friend (p. 87). When grandmother moved in to help, Aminta saw the clash. “Is western postnatal care better,” she wondered? I think Robert Moore’s experience is common to many foreigners who want and need to learn some language. We look around for someone we consider qualified, and right there in our neighborhood is […]
Space, Place, and Face
The Transformation of China’s Church
[…] church take the lead in charity work and become philanthropic, the church moves beyond its physical boundaries, assuming a new place as an agent of change. The face of the church is changing as the leadership of respected “uncles” in large rural church movements gives way to a new generation of younger urban pastors, […]