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New Wineskins for Cross-Cultural Workers from China
[…] the growing number of mature, mission-minded local Chinese Christians, the large population of unreached people groups (UPGs), and the difficulties that international agencies in China face all call for the birth of Chinese indigenous mission organizations and sending agencies.” Another believer who has built a team of cross-cultural workers in China looks at the […]
A Pivotal Decade
<p>Writing in 2001, Dr. Carol Lee Hamrin anticipated the major milestones in a decade—the 2000s— that in many ways served as a defining period for China.</p>
Book Reviews
Redeemed by Fire
The Rise of Popular Christianity in Modern China
Lian Xi, Redeemed by Fire: The Rise of Popular Christianity in Modern China. New Haven, Yale University Press, 2010. Available on Amazon. Reviewed by Brent Fulton Years ago a Western teacher was having a conversation with one of her students in China about their respective cultures. “You know what the difference is between you […]
View From the Wall
China in 2020
Vol. 9, No. 3
<p>Considering the changes that are sweeping though China, what will China look like in 2020? How are these changes affecting the people of China?</p>
Editorials
Measuring Change in China
Whose Yardstick?
[…] visitors ventured warily into one of China’s large urban churches, visions of “Potemkin Village” dancing in their heads, only to emerge an hour later remarking that the service was “just like anything you’d experience in a church in America” (or Singapore, or Canada ….)? Of course there are similarities, but to conclude that Chinese […]
7 Trends: Why You Need to Pay Attention
[…] have lent a new urgency to this shift. Recent developments include: The Overseas NGO Law, which narrowly delineates the space in which foreign organizations can legally operate, calling into question both the nature of foreign involvement and the way in which it takes place. The rating system for foreigners working in China, which significantly […]
Lead Article
Challenges and Opportunities in China’s Turbulent Future
[…] the population will grow from 1.3 billion in 2000 to at least 1.6 billion by 2050—300 million more mouths to feed. Every year, there are more than 20 million urban jobseekers, 80 million migrant workers and another 120 million surplus rural workers, most of whom want to head for the big cities. China will […]
Learning to Be a Learner
[…] to them. Do they say "I love you?" Do they give you hugs? The answer is almost always no and often goes something like this: "My parents call regularly to remind me to make sure I'm wearing enough when it's cold or to make sure I'm eating proper meals and taking good care of […]
Is Your Organization a Fit for China?
[…] the wrong reasons. (They may actually be more interested in connections or influence you are perceived to have, or resources you may bring, than in the actual service you intend to provide.) Who else is doing or has tried doing something similar? What have they learned? Discovering what works and what doesn't in China […]
Editorials
The Stewardship Gap
[…] practice stewardship into the future bears watching by a global church that is itself in need of rediscovering true stewardship. Image credit: Journal Entry (Joel Montes de Oca) by Chris Lott, on Flickr Footnotes ^ Mark Foreman, Wholly Jesus: His Surprising Approach to Wholeness and Why it Matters Today. Boise, Idaho: Ampelon Publishing, 2008, p. 208.