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3 Questions: Migration and Public Theology in China
[…] a rarity in the world’s existing social systems, although relevant to the life of every Chinese citizen, whether rural or urban. Around 2003, there was a wide call for reform of this Soviet system of institutionalized discrimination, after the tragic Sun Zhigang incident. So in 2006, I decided on it as the topic of my […]
Urbanization and the Future of China’s Church
[…] use of the internet and social media, particularly involving believers who are well-known figures in the society, as well as ventures into areas such as education, social service, philanthropy, publishing, entrepreneurship, and community leadership will raise the profile of Christians and provide new avenues for outreach. Intellectual and financial resources will undergird the development […]
Transitions Large and Small
[…] Walling refers specifically to three major transitions that shape our lives. The first usually occurs early on, in one’s 20s or 30s, and involves discerning one’s life calling. The second, which involves focusing in on those things for which one is uniquely equipped and gifted (and saying “no” to all the other good things […]
Hospitality, a Comic Book, the Bible, and Lot
A Conversion Story in China
[…] out as particularly uncommon. The following is one such story. It is both encouraging and instructive: Encouraging in that it reminds us Christ did “not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance,” and instructive in that it reminds us “faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ”. To maintain […]
Book Reviews
Closing a Perception/Reality Gap
A Book Review
[…] Administration, and Regulation; a Research Handbook. Santa Barbara, California: Institute for the Study of American Religion, and Hong Kong: Hong Kong Institute for Culture, Commerce, and Religion, 2005. ISBN-10: 0915051036; ISBN-13: 978-0915051038; 108 pages, paperback, $9.45 at Amazon.com. To some extent, Western perceptions of the religious situation in China are stuck in a time […]
How the Church Grows in China
[…] to ask how this growth is taking place. This is the approach taken by Steve Z, a pastor, writer, researcher, and specialist on church development who in 2017 and 2018 undertook a random sample survey of congregations in 18 Chinese provinces and municipalities. This summer ChinaSource will feature a blog series highlighting the results […]
Editorials
Whose Agenda
<p>Editor's Note: This editorial originally appeared in "International Involvement in China" (<em>CS Quarterly</em>, 2005 Autumn).</p>
American Evangelicalism and China: A Necessary Conversation
[…] of American capitalist values on the current ministry mindset in China? How will American pragmatism and individualism shape China’s emerging mission movement? For those of us who call the Beautiful Country home, all these questions deserve sober reflection. Yet they are ultimately not ours to answer. Addressing his readers in China, Ren Xiaopeng asks, […]
Lead Article
The Marketization of China’s Education
[…] The first type is funded and owned by private investors who run the school like a business. The second type is Chinese business firms or individuals in collaboration with overseas investors. These are joint venture schools oriented toward making a profit. The third type is owned and operated by Chinese enterprises or non-governmental departments, […]
Faces of Christian Leadership in China
<p>The 2006 China Church Leadership Study, conducted jointly by ChinaSource and Geneva Global Research, identified seven types of Christian leaders in China. While three of these are in traditional church roles at various levels, the other four function largely outside the bounds of the local church and represent the growing role of Christians in […]