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ISM in Reverse in China?
We know of “ministry to international students.” But what if international students themselves were the ones sharing with their fellow students, many from unreached cultures?
The International Church Role in Chinese Missionary Sending, Part 2
Strategies for Financial Partnership between Chinese and International Mission Senders
The Chinese church passionately desires participation in missionary sending. The international church seeks to partner with Chinese missionary senders. Finances are one key, but controversial, area of possible collaboration. Funds can become a stumbling block to mission efforts. Discriminating, time-limited use of money to support Chinese missionary sending in the framework of sound principles […]
Can My Church and I Really Impact the People of China?
From our founding, cross-cultural missions has been a priority. Usually this involves sending missionaries overseas, yet we have a world-class university that attracts thousands of internationals, many from China. The nations are coming to us . . . That’s how Pastor Cole Towney of Riverwood Chapel in Kent, Ohio puts it and he’s one […]
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China’s Place in the World
[…] power in 2012 and the start of what China calls the “New Era.” Under Deng Xiaoping, the implicit message was that China was prepared to abide by international norms. Cultural and educational exchanges, as well as dynamic interaction between Chinese and Western governments, along with their respective business communities, served to underscore this understanding […]
Who Speaks for the Church in China?
Given the relatively opaque nature of China's church, international organizations have often found it difficult to know where to connect. Chinese representation at several high-profile international conferences in recent years has, in some ways, been a welcome breakthrough. These events have ostensibly helped to bring together a wide spectrum of leaders from within China […]
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The Church, Its Impact on Society and Partnership with the International Christian Community
[…] course, more and more believers in China are embracing this as a strategy, in some ways similar to the process of acceptance of non-profits by the general international Christian community as churches grapple with the theology, missiology and practical issues of non-profits as an outreach strategy. So, as the Western churches now work through […]
We Use Chinese All the Time
Why Chinese Is a Key Language for Reaching International Students in China
More on reaching international students in China from "Tim," a student from Zimbabwe studying in China.
Peoples of China
For Such a Time as This
[…] who head abroad for educational and professional opportunities now range in age from middle school students all the way to middle-aged scholars. According to the Institute for International Exchange (IIE) 2011 Open Doors report, young Chinese like Wang now make up twenty-two percent (almost 160,000) of all international students and scholars in the US, […]
Toward the Development of Mission-Sending Organization in China
Building the Chinese Missionary Sending Infrastructure
[…] experience. Based on an analysis of missiological literature and this recent field research, I will discuss a three-fold approach to the development of missionary-sending organization in China. International Partnership The history of the development of mission sending from South Korea illustrates the potential role of foreign partnership. Timothy Park recounts the early days of […]
The Birth of ISM in China
Is This God’s Timing?
“How is God leading the Chinese church to start an indigenous international student ministry (ISM)?” Over two days in late 2018, thirty friends from mainland cities, Hong Kong, and abroad met to seek God’s direction in this question. Among them were pastors (including mainland Chinese), professors, campus workers, international fellowship friends, mission organizations, and […]