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How Many Christians Are There in China? It’s Complicated
[…] illustrate, I reached out to three individuals in the China academic and ministry communities and posed these two questions: 1) What is your preferred estimate on the number of Christians in China? 2) How do you arrive at that estimate? Professor Fenggang Yang of Purdue University responded in Part 1. Dr. Carsten Vala of […]
Peace in Detention
[…] I wouldn’t. The female officer said, “How do you know you wouldn’t?” I said that I wouldn’t, because of my faith and my conscience. They made a phone call to bring in their boss. Police officer numbered _____ looked very kind and friendly. He came in and said, “I’ve read some of the Bible. […]
Financial Considerations in Chinese Missionary Sending
Sources of Support and Difficulties in Raising Finances
Chinese Christians feel God calling them to long-term mission service. Attrition rates of Chinese missionaries are high, however, and a number of difficulties (including finances) hinder Chinese missionary sending. As part of a study examining causes of Chinese missionary attrition, I recently interviewed eleven Chinese long-term missionaries using a questionnaire developed by the World Evangelical Fellowship. In […]
Difficulties with Church-Based Models in Chinese Missionary Sending
Understanding the Need for Mission-Sending-Organizational Development in China
[…] mission sending organization is just in the beginning stages of development in China and is currently difficult to find by missionary candidates. There are now reportedly a number of such working models. Though most are linked with house church associations, there at least three mission-sending organizations functioning independently. Field research underlined the necessity of developing mission-sending […]
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China’s Burgeoning Cities
[…] of relationships. In office buildings, if conversations have important content, people will meet in hallways or outdoors to talk. The Falungong organizers made extensive use of cell phones and the internet, but the security organs are working overtime to master ways of controlling and monitoring these advanced means of communication. This type of atmosphere […]
November 22, 2012
[…] and Religious Regulations in China (Pacific Institute for Social Sciences)The development of Christianity in China over the past thirty years has been extraordinary, both in terms of number of followers and influence. The official figure for number of Christians in China is 18 million; however many scholars believe that this figure is under-estimated. Outside […]
ZGBriefs | November 3, 2016
<p></p> <p>How the Education Consultancy Industry Fuels Essay Fraud (November 2, 2016, Sixth Tone)<br /> Once again, as high school students across China agonize over their American college essays, allegations of fraud plague the education industry. Dipont Education Management Group, a large Shanghai-based educational consultancy, has become the most recent target of accusations, with reports […]
October 18, 2012
[…] of the Chinese police, and the still-debilitating aftereffects of Maos Cultural Revolution.Changing China seen from the ‘hard seats’ of a train (October 12, 2012, BBC)Travelling with a cheap rail ticket provides a snapshot of any country’s underbelly. Doing it twice at an interval of 26 years, in a country like China, provides a fascinating […]
View From the Wall
A Field Study of “The Church of Almighty God” Cult
[…] groups. In the early l990s, China’s economic transformation resulted in a great migration into the cities resulting in the spread of Christianity to city dwellers. The increasing number of Christians in urban areas became the major source of growth for the total number of Christians. About the same time, Eastern Lightning, in rural Henan, […]
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>