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Cults in China
Last year members of the Almighty God sect savagely attacked a customer in a McDonald’s in northeast China after she refused to give them her cell phone number. Formerly known as Eastern Lightning, the Almighty God sect has emerged as one of the most active cults in China.
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Urge for Faith
Postmodern Beliefs among Urban Chinese
[…] left an ideological vacuum in China. This has created a strong need for faith, even an urge, so as to avoid the risk of further social disruption and political instability. While postmodernism, with its relativity and lack of absolutes, is trying to fill this void, it also leaves people questioning and open to exploring faith.</p>
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The Challenge of Returning Chinese Scholars
<p>With the number of Chinese scholars studying abroad increasing and many of them coming to faith in Christ, understanding the challenges they face in returning to China is vital for their ongoing spiritual growth. What is being done to deal with those challenges?</p>
Relational and Cultural Renewal
Through Acknowledging the Multiformity of the Ru (Confucian) Tradition
<p>Having read Wang Jun’s article “The Preeminence of Love in Chinese Families” in the most recent <em>ChinaSource Quarterly</em> (18.2), “Christian Ethics and Family Living in China,” I would like to respond with a few thoughts that I trust will be helpful, and that might open further dialogue on this important topic.</p>
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The City and the Church
Towards an Urban Theology in China
[…] As modern man finds himself slowly enmeshed in urban living, he experiences materialism, relativism, and an increasingly segmented society. He questions what is real and true, and who God is. These questions can become points of contact for urban ministry. Dr. Ma provides some guidelines for forming an urban theology for ministry in urban China.</p>
Indignation or Creativity?
One old-timer (a Bible-smuggler…) told me... “There is a lot possible when we function within the law. We can still head in all kinds of directions. There are always open doors in every country no matter how ‘closed’ they are. We just have to find them.”
China and the Church: 5 Trends to Watch in 2018
<p>How the church weathers the uncertain days ahead will depend on a number of factors. Here are five areas to watch.</p>
The Prosperity Gospel in China
<p>As China has become more prosperous, it has also become more open to outside influences. This is true of the church as well. In recent years prosperity theology has been gaining influence, mainly through the translated books and resources of Joyce Meyer and Joel Osteen. In this article, originally published in the <em>Gospel Times</em>, the […]
Increased Persecution? Do Numbers Tell the Whole Story?
[…] and a topic of vital importance to Christians who grieve for the sufferings of their brothers and sisters. A recent report by China Aid citing an increased number of incidents of persecution in 2012 and claiming that the Chinese government has embarked on a planned effort to eradicate the house churches in China by […]
Worshiping in Chinese
Why Cross-Cultural Workers Don't Go to Chinese Church
<p><em>This series of blog entries refers primarily to the question of expatriate Christians attending Chinese services at registered—or at least publicly " open"—local churches. It is assumed that in most cases, the risks to local believers (and to the expat workers as well) are such that it would be irresponsible to participate regularly in […]