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The 2023 Regulations for Religious Activity Site Registration
What the Party Doesn’t Want You to Know
In 2023, the Chinese government issued new regulations on the registration of religious activity sites—the first update of these rules in over 15 years. What do they actually mean? How different are they from the earlier ones? What do they tell us about the church-state relationship in China today? What can we learn from […]
An Official Code of Conduct for China’s Pastors
[…] more vigilant in recognizing and preventing the capability of foreign infiltration as well as to stand on guard against cults, heresies, and extremism. In addition, the document promotes mutual respect and harmony between different religions as well as inter-religious dialogue and cultural exchanges. It also demands that staff conform to churches' rules and regulations […]
Peoples of China
Finding the People in the People’s Republic
There are numerous challenges that could derail China's march to super-power status including a collapse of the banking system, regional disintegration, environmental disaster, and military miscalculations. However, perhaps the most likely factor to prevent China's rise will be the one the government can least do anything about: demography. China, as always, has too many people; now, however, it is also lacking in females, youth, and sooner rather than later, a workforce to support its retired population.
A Remembrance of Things Past
[…] of 755-63). What we do know is that this was not why the church disappeared in early medieval China. When the Uighur Empire began to crumble in Central Asia in the early 840s, the Syriac Christians, who were well placed in both the Uighur Empire and the Abbasid Islamic Caliphate as translators and cultural […]
In the Fire, Yet Unburned: A Journey of Faith in Adversity
[…] source of our vitality, enduring the cycle of “wildfire cannot consume it, for the spring wind brings it back to life” (野火烧不尽、春风吹又生).9 A Wild Grass in the Central Plains I am that wild grass, born in the Central Plains (Zhongyuan 中原) of China during the early years of the Cultural Revolution. My parents came […]
Supporting Article
How Zhongguohua Was Adopted as a Path in China’s Current Religious Policy
[…] against criticism from atheists. The discourse was well-received by both academics and officials from the State Administration of Religious Affairs (SARA). Despite the claim that the Zhongguohua promoted by Xi originates in academia and has been integrated into religious policy, it would be inaccurate to suggest that this policy operates separately from religious groups […]
Book Reviews
Understanding the Chinese Church
[…] fascinating yet scholarly story. Basically chronological in the telling, Lambert weaves four distinct threads throughout his story. One thread is the development of religious policy by the central government that sought to control the remnants of the Chinese church following the Cultural Revolution. Using charts and descriptions, even I was able to follow the […]
Peoples of China
Chinese Cults, Sects, and Heresies
[…] with the burning of their center where Koresh and 75 others were found dead after the fire. There are conflicting reports on the dates. Peregrine de Vigo, MA, lived in central China for nine years and is a student of philosophy, sinology, and several other “-ologies.” Image Credit: Ancient villages of Anhui by Jonathan, on Flickr (modified)
76 Days
A Film Review
[…] interview that wherever possible, permission was granted to take video of specific persons). The film is structured differently than Wu’s other documentaries (ChinaSource has reviewed Wu’s People’s Republic of Desire), in that it doesn’t follow a character arc. If there is any kind of story development, Wu says, it is a subtle transition from […]
Pastor Hsi’s Legacy: An Interpretive Commentary from South Africa
[…] rare in many parts of the world. Pastor Hsi’s example challenges us to return to the heart of the Great Commission, prioritizing prayer, evangelism, and discipleship as central to our mission. Lessons in Ministry Ministry is not for the faint of heart. As a pastor, I have experienced the highs and lows of this […]