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Peoples of China

Conversation with a Migrant-Worker Church Minister

<p>An interview by Dr. Mary Ma with the minister of a migrant worker’s urban church which identifies a number of issues characteristic of urban churches comprised of migrant workers from rural areas. These concerns include living conditions, economic status, long work hours, mobility, and other factors that all contribute to the church’s spiritual health and stability.</p>

Supporting Article

A Piece of the Puzzle

Training Mainland Chinese to be Cross-Cultural Missionaries

[…] Jerusalem (BTJ) phenomenon, the issue of training Chinese missionaries seems to have fallen on the sidelines. More attention has been given to issues such as the controversial number of 100,000 missionaries, abuse of the genuine grass-root missionary spirit, and who has the right to represent BTJ. Despite the legitimacy of all these concerns, traininga […]

Articles

Is Christianity a “Chinese” Religion?

[…] Christianity’s “rootedness” in Chinese soil is the prominence of professing Christians in high levels of government. Consider the following. The first president of the Republic of China, Sun Yat-sen, was a professing Protestant believer. China’s wartime leader and sometime President, Chiang Kai-shek, married the daughter of a wealthy Protestant, Charlie Soong whose family played […]

Blog Entries

Christian School Education in China

The suppression of Christian school education, combined with a law that restricts children under 18 from attending Sunday school, severely curtails the ability of the church to disciple its children. This is a strategic space to watch. May the church, and the education and discipleship of its youth, continue to grow. May God continue […]

Chinese Christian Voices

When the Police Come Knocking

A Guide for Churches

[…] persecutions 1. The church upholds the freedom to worship on the Lord’s day and other public gatherings. Under any circumstances, the church will not and cannot stop Sunday worship because of government pressures or threats. Except to protect the personal safety of invited speakers, the church will not cancel scheduled public gatherings because of […]

View From the Wall

China’s Christian Education Today

View from the Wall

[…] having to provide the basic education for these workers. Commercialization of Christian Education Christian schools are registered private schools in Western countries. Tuition and fees are not cheap—even for the country’s citizens. In the United States, for example, generally the annual tuition is $10,000 or more. An international student’s tuition is three times more. […]

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Two Transformations

The Future of Christianity in China

[…] “house churches,” since they have not solved their identity problem and are in the “shadows,” not known by society, they cannot enter the public domain in “the sunshine” to legally carry out charitable and social services. In the long run, whether or not the churches can openly be engaged in carrying out charitable and […]

View From the Wall

Returnee Ministry at Home and Abroad

<p>Large numbers of Chinese students who have studied abroad are returning to their homeland. For those who have come to know Christ while overseas, many easily become lost to the church and Christ upon their return. While there are a variety of reasons for this, churches and organizations both overseas and in China need […]

ZGBriefs

ZGBriefs | December 8, 2016

[…] Environment China Air Pollution: Smog Alert Shuts Down Beijing, Airports Across Northern, Southern China (December 5, 2016, Investors Business Daily) Cities across China's mainland were on alert Sunday as high levels of air pollution blanketed Beijing and parts of northern China in heavy smog, closing down roads and airports. The smog was expected to hang […]

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Deploying Appropriate Technology

[…] staying with VCDs? Technology is not the final solution nor is it an ideal solution; it is merely a tool. Imagine what would happen if we replaced Sunday School teachers with VCDs (as some church leaders in China thought might be possible). What would happen to pedagogy? What would happen to “life on life” […]