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Sharing the Good News with Hui

Know Thy Hui Neighbor (9)

[…] Evangelism We started our first series with the case of a well-known evangelism tool not connecting with Hui people. Hui have been steeped in religion all their lives. They’ve heard eloquent sermons from impeccably dressed teachers who pray five times a day but go home to a terrible marriage, addictions, and worse. They need […]

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Breaking through the Great Wall

[…] Crusade for Christ), and our vision is to make Jesus and his mission accessible to anyone, anywhere, anytime they want to be a part of it. I lived in China with my wife and four children for 22 years until COVID-19 came along and, like many others, we got stuck outside of the country. […]

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Articles to Read and Re-read

[…] personal story of one long-term worker who experienced profound changes in how he served in China. We trust his story will prompt readers to examine their own lives and be better prepared to serve in China in the midst of change. Church and Society “Faith Going Public: Urban Christians and Civic Participation in China” […]

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Reaching the Second Generation

[…] we have observed is not a failure to proclaim the gospel, but one that is poorly contextualized to the second generation.8 Often, the first generation conflates “good news” with cultural expectations like finding a well-paid job, getting married, and providing grandchildren. Language remains a key barrier for the second generation who rarely have an […]

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Supporting Children in Cross-Cultural Transition

[…] starts his article talking about Buck. Buck’s parents were missionaries overseas, and now Buck was having difficulty fitting in at a Stateside college. Buck didn’t wear the latest fashions and didn’t know much about pop culture, and this made his cross-cultural transition challenging. Although you won’t find my children wearing the latest Nike athleisure […]

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Views from the Classroom

[…] which position I personally agree with. Often students have never considered anything outside the Marxist worldview they have been taught since childhood. They attempt to translate the latest political rhetoric from the Chinese Communist Party, and it is a challenge to help them deepen or broaden their thinking. Since ethics is not widely taught […]

View From the Wall

Public Theology in China

Some Preliminary Reflections

[…] Christians to be very different from the general population. Yet, Christians in China are citizens of God’s eternal kingdom as well as citizens of China. However, as citizens of this world, they seem to have failed to live very profoundly as citizens of the eternal world. Can the tension between these two citizenships be resolved?

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Americans Drive on the Left and Other Truths I’ve Learned

[…] up together, and it’s very hard to learn one without the other. And it’s very hard to learn either without the people who speak that language and live in that culture. The more of these hidden cultural assumptions you master, the easier life becomes in your host country. Plus, if you’re a fisherman, you […]

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Three Names of Me

A Book Review

Three Names of Me by Mary Cummings.

Reviewed by Mark Wickersham. 

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At Home in This World

A China Adoption Story

At Home in This World . . . a China Adoption Story by Jean Macleod.  Reviewed by Mark Wickersham