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Making Christ Present in China
Some Notes and Comments
[…] and loose network. Then, the rising number of church goers and the strong leadership implemented by Pastor Sun produced a differentiation process within this large community. Those supporting a more collegial authority increasingly identified with the Little Flock tradition and shaped their own assemblage along with this equalitarian vision. Those supporting the centralized authority […]
Be A Better Dad Today
A Book Review
[…] according to Slayton, is not the material kind. He writes: “Strong spiritual, moral, and ethical inheritances almost always lay the foundation for a productive and successful life” (p. 88). One of the most helpful chapters for me personally is “The Power of a ‘Noble Family Vision.’” It is now standard practice for teenagers to go to […]
Supporting Article
Functioning as the Body to Build the Body
Working Together for Chinese Returnees
[…] A’s heart and understand the discipleship gap they perceived. The outcome was the best retreat so far. Participation of Agency B Chinese staff in planning, leadership, and support contributed greatly, as did their facility with its Chinese atmosphere, bookshop, and food! Still, most new Chinese Christians are in cities where the team lacks contacts. […]
Peoples of China
Understanding and Engaging with the Post-Eighties Generation
[…] of the post-eighties may also ask that their grandchildren be given to them. In any case, many post-eighties seem to presume that their parents will continue to support and care for them into retirement on a frequent, if not daily, basis. The recently coined term “generation leech” (啃老族) denotes this living arrangement in which […]
Angel of Nanjing
A Film Review
[…] all of this work on the bridge, at the center, and even the financing is done by Chen Si himself. Which raises the question of how much support can realistically be given. He has a wife, a daughter, relatives back in his hometown, a day job, etc. What would happen to all this if […]
Lead Article
The Three-Self Patriotic Movement
Divergent Perspectives and Grassroots Realities
[…] of the Three-Self association, and look at how grassroots official churches operate today. The idea of congregational autonomy—self-propagation (or evangelism and church planting), self-governance, and financial self- support, the “Three Selfs”—was first raised by a nineteenth century missionary, Henry Venn,1 who worried that foreign missionary boards had too much control over Chinese churches. The […]
Reading Tea Leaves from the 2021 National Religious Work Conference
[…] Religious Affairs Bureaus. The United Front is the most important for us to explain. Its name derives from a battlefield concept in which Communists seek allies among supporters who cannot become Communists but willingly unite against the Party’s enemy. 1 “Religious work” is what officials do to ensure that religious groups, individuals, and activities […]
The 2023 Regulations for Religious Activity Site Registration
What the Party Doesn’t Want You to Know
[…] society’s public interests.” While none of these terms is spelled out, clues to their meaning are found in the laundry list of requirements for venues to “ support the leadership of the Communist Party, support the socialist system, thoroughly implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era,” and so […]
Lead Article
The Need for Innovation and Digital Transformation
[…] new posture and behavior toward digital transformation. In addition, with the need for creative access to countries like China, Christians outside the country may find avenues to support cross-cultural workers and churches within the country through digital spaces. The young adults of the next generation of China’s digital natives are often pressured to pursue […]
Stonehead
A Film Review
[…] to his dad and even refuses to use the ball until then (which is probably during Chinese New Year holiday when parents return home). With only one phone in the village, the highlight for every child is when they hear their name yelled from the local convenience store to come and pick up a […]