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The Next Decade of the Church in China
[…] from international organizations like Gallup and Pew have shown that the proportion of Christians in China is around 2%. A survey by Renmin University about 10 to 20 years ago found that the proportion of Christians on campus was around 3%. Through various research and observations, I personally tend to believe that the number […]
Social Service Ministry in China
While social service has long been part of missionary work in mainland China, today a host of different factors are driving Chinese Christians to explore for themselves the place of humanitarian concerns within gospel ministry. For a growing number of local Christians, loving one’s neighbor through acts of service is rapidly becoming an indispensable […]
20 Things a New Chinese Pastor Needs to Learn About Ministry
[…] diligently study it. Become an expert in your territory. Realize we have our limits and that all the things we do have limits. Model Paul's spirit of "But one thing I do." Finish one thing and be a blessing to many people. Original article: 初入工场的传道人必须认清20个事实 (Chen Fengsheng) Image credit: Calligraphy pen by Alejandro Mallea via Flickr.
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Keys to Effective Service in China
<p>Four essentials for effective service in China.</p>
Editorials
Measuring Change in China
Whose Yardstick?
[…] visitors ventured warily into one of China’s large urban churches, visions of “Potemkin Village” dancing in their heads, only to emerge an hour later remarking that the service was “just like anything you’d experience in a church in America” (or Singapore, or Canada ….)? Of course there are similarities, but to conclude that Chinese […]
4 Drivers of Change for Foreign Workers in China
[…] Cheese (Putnam, 1998), the fable that became a must-read in the business world during the 1990s. Spencer’s title captures well the response that is often triggered by change. “My cheese” speaks to the assumption that we somehow ought to be able to continue enjoying the status quo to which we have become accustomed. Yet […]
Editorials
Effective China Service in the Era of WTO
[…] greater openness and prosperity, but it is also accentuating social inequality and exacerbating economic problems. Both the positive and negative consequences of WTO bring new opportunities for service. No one can predict what these opportunities may look like in five or ten years. However, recent discussions among ministry leaders elicited a number of “best […]
China’s Mission Movement: A Call to Incarnation
Today the forces of urbanization have brought Han Chinese believers face-to-face with a diverse range of cultures, from international students and business people to members of the hundreds of ethnic groups resident within China’s borders.
China’s NGO Policy: Iron Cage or Ladder to Success?
The implementation of the domestic Charity Law in 2016 and the Overseas NGO Law in 2017 marked the end of an era in social service in China. Accustomed to working in a large grey area in which much was allowed but little was legally defined, local and foreign-run nonprofit organizations were suddenly faced with […]
It Starts with “Nǐ Hǎo”
Cross-Cultural Ministry in the Most Unexpected Place
[…] mind began to wander a bit. This was an unexpected and unplanned development in my ministry journey. Working at a fast-food restaurant—or “quick-service,” as they prefer to call it—was not the usual ministry (or vocational) journey for someone with a PhD in international development and two master’s degrees in theology and education. I was […]