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View From the Wall
A Field Study of “The Church of Almighty God” Cult
In early 2013, China’s official media first labeled “Eastern Lightning,” more recently known as “The Church of Almighty God,” as a cult. Thus, the group entered the public arena and began to gain public awareness. However, due to the difficulties and risks involved in doing a field study of such a secretive organization, researchers […]
As Church Growth Slows
[…] transformation. As Church Growth Slows, Where is Christianity’s Path to Development and Transformation? It has been over 210 years since Protestant Christianity entered mainland China, brought by the British missionary Robert Morrison in 1807. During these 200 years in the river of history, the church has experienced a lot. In a word, church development has moved forward in a stumbling manner on a […]
Chinese Christianity Endures, Part 2
Learning from the 18th-Century Church Under Authoritarian Rule
[…] in Eighteenth-Century China by D. E. Mungello for this review. Mungello, <em>This Suffering</em>, 114. Mungello, <em>This Suffering</em>, 111–12. Mungello, <em>This Suffering</em>, 37, 78. Mungello, <em>This Suffering</em>, 119– 20, 133. Mungello, <em>This Suffering</em>, 127. For more on the Church’s late nineteenth-century drift away from Chinese cultural accommodation, see Henrietta Harrison, <em>The Missionary’s Curse and Other […]
Evangelism, Reformed Theology, and Church Life, Part 2
[…] of our evangelism efforts entirely lies in God's hands. As Paul said, "I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase" (1 Corinthians 3:6-7). Reformed theology is very concerned about whether the gospel itself is […]
December 5, 2013
<p>A Pastors Reflections on the Asian Church Leaders Forum (December 2, 2013, Chinese Church Voices)</p> <p>In June of this year, church leaders from all over Asia gathered in Seoul, South Korea for the Asian Church Leaders Forum. In attendance were many Chinese pastors who had been denied permission by the Chinese government to attend the […]
ZGBriefs Newsletter for May 24, 2012
[…] on Twitter @ZG_Briefs. To make a contribution to ZGBriefs, please click here and then select Donate Through Paypal. FEATURED ARTICLES Talking with Christians in rural China (May 20, 2012, Seeing Red in China) They monitor our phones and email talking with a provincial church leader (May 21, 2012, Seeing Red in China) Chinese Christians […]
Post-Conference Reflections on Expatriate Ministry in China
[…] was especially welcome. As I caught up with coworkers I had not seen for several years, I observed a number of trends. In the wake of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the China ministry world was in a panic. Many expatriates had lost their visas. We will never know just how many were affected, but […]
The Earliest Chinese Christianity Brought Back to Life
[…] of Mesopotamia and Persia via the areas along the Silk Road (p. 14). Thompson briefly surveys the Mesopotamian church’s development (pp. 14–17), independence and controversy (pp. 17– 20), solidification and expansion (pp. 20–22), and, in particular, its expansion via the Silk Road (pp. 22–25) until the seventh century, when the Arab raiders ended Sasanian […]
ZGBriefs Newsletter for April 26, 2012
[…] Huanning, Vice Minister of Public Security. The number of foreigners who stayed in China for at least six months rose to 600,000 in 2011 from less than 20,000 in 1980, according to Yang. By the end of 2011, 4,752 foreigners were given a Permanent Residence Card, or the Chinese equivalent of a green card. […]
December 20, 2012
<p>China to Speed Up Hukou System Reform (December 18, 2012, China Digital Times)</p> <p>The National Development and Reform Commission announced Tuesday that the government will speed up reform of Chinas household registration or hukou system, following up on pledges by incoming leaders to emphasize urbanization and improve opportunities for rural citizens.</p>