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Lead Article
The Three-Self Patriotic Movement
Divergent Perspectives and Grassroots Realities
[…] both official churches and house churches. Not only is the Xi government attempting to forcibly implement religious policy by eradicating house churches, it is also constricting the number of public worship spaces in Three-Self churches, and even announcing efforts to transform the meaning and practices of traditional Protestant worship through the “Sinicization” campaign. The […]
Reverse Culture Shock
[…] activities. We became used to it being a time when the whole country stops for a holiday. But now, because we are white and in Australia, our phones are not filled with celebratory messages and photos nor are we welcomed into the celebration. Here it’s a celebration for the Asians in the community, or […]
Supporting Article
How China’s Religious Affairs Bureaucracy Works
The author helps us to understand the workings of the religious affairs bureaucracy first by following the story of an aspiring pastor, then by viewing them historically. The Chinese Protestant Three-Self Patriotic Movement Association, China Christian Council, Religious Affairs Bureau and United Front Work Department are all discussed along with how they interact, lines of authority and the role of guanxi.
Engaging with Chinese Muslims, Part 1
The Woman at the Well as a Model for Evangelism
[…] what God did so that our sins could be forgiven. The story that Mike Shipman elaborated on is called “The First and the Last Sacrifice.” (最初和最后的献祭).10 In 2014, a group of missionaries and I adapted the story, but we kept the main structure developed by the author. The story is made up of eight […]
Chinese Christians in the New Era—Hope and Overcoming
[…] the Japanese invasion in the 1930s to protect their congregations and lost their lives as a result. Swells is right, of course, that a focus on the numbers of converts was always misplaced; the focus should always be on the faithfulness and integrity of those who do convert, not on whether they are numerous […]
Cultural Harmony and Gospel Fidelity
Suggestions to the Chinese House Church
[…] Transmission of Faith</em> (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1996), 54. Keith E. Eitel, “Continuities in Contrast: World Christianity and the West,” <em>Southwestern Journal of Theology</em> 61, no. 2 ( 2019): 127–128. Ibid, 128. Retief Muller, “The Indigenizing and Pilgrim Principles of Andrew F. Walls Reassessed from a South African Perspective,” <em>Theology Today </em>70, no. 3 (2013): […]
Editorials
A Look Back to Look Forward
A Decade of ChinaSource
[…] an update on China’s growing urban church that is taking a variety of forms. In addition, we introduce you to the new ChinaSource website and recommend the 2010 Prayer Calendar. Throughout the years, ChinaSource has provided a variety of resources designed to aid and enhance your China service. As one of those resources, the […]
Ministering to Muslims: The Dialogue between Timothy I and the Caliph Mahdi
Introducing the Arab Christian Heritage to the Chinese Church
[…] Transformation of Contemporary Arab Believers from a Muslim Background through an Arab Christian Defense of the Trinity from Early Islamic Periods” (PhD thesis, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2019). Zachary Karabell, <em>Peace Be Upon You: Fourteen Centuries of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish Conflict and Cooperation</em> (New York: Vintage Books, 2008), 58. Timothy I was born […]
Official Protestant Groups Plan Next Five Years of Sinicization
What Does the TSPM/CCC 5-Year Plan Tell Us about the Direction of Official Protestantism?
[…] plans like any other Communist Party organization? What is new about this five-year plan? In this analysis, I compared the 2023–2027 plan38 with the previous plan42 for 2018–2022 to see what’s new and what is the same. The most important conclusion is that the TSPM/CCC now lays far greater emphasis on political loyalty to […]
Americans Drive on the Left and Other Truths I’ve Learned
[…] you can come to China and impress everyone by saying you caught a fish THIS BIG. “Americans Drive on the Left and Other Truths I’ve Learned” was originally published at small town laowai on May 8, 2015. Header image courtesy of Traffic (are you ready?) by Marianna, on Flickr Text images courtesy of small town laowai