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The “Model Minority” Myth in the Chinese American Church
Today's Challenges
[…] Chinese church has been reluctant to join in these protests, emulating the evangelical church at large. When a march for black dignity and pride was organized in Chicago’s Chinatown, many members of the historic local church were slow to action. There was indifference, even opposition, from leaders and members. Moreover, participation in civic protests […]
Reading Tea Leaves from the 2021 National Religious Work Conference
[…] loving their religion”). It encompasses a number of activities that are formal, such as registration of a new congregation, and informal, such as calling pastors on the phone to check on them. The overall goal is to “actively guide religions to adapt to socialist society,” which means to follow the line set by the […]
How Christian Posters Shaped Evangelism in China, 1919–1950
Visions of Salvation—A Book Review
[…] On April 26, Dr. Ireland will give a lecture entitled “Spreading the Gospel: Christian Posters in Early 20th Century China” at Wheaton College. If you are in the Chicago area, please join us. There will be a limited number of signed copies of Dr. Ireland’s book for purchase. If you’re not able to attend, the […]
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Online Theological Training
Forty Years of Growth of Liangyou Theological Seminary
[…] summarized in one phrase: “A yard wide but an inch deep.” On the one hand, the gospel ministry of the church flourished, the church grew, and the number of believers increased. On the other hand, many believers were not deeply rooted in the truth, and their spiritual condition was worrisome. It was easy for […]
I Was All Prepared to Share—Or So I Thought!
[…] of sharing the gospel.” As a Christian, how valid is the modified Sun The positive impact of monitoring SES was seen at the 2021 annual Jesus Loves Chicago (JLC) campaign which took place from September 15 to 19 (See poster to the left). We were blessed with a 30% success rate of conversion in […]
Breaking the Ice for Gospel Conversations
[…] for evangelism. What if we could use images to “break the ice” in conversations with unbelievers? Eventually, I partnered with two brothers from another Chinese church in Chicago to design and produce a deck of 54 icebreaker evangelism picture cards. The picture cards are a tool to bring the evangelist and the unbeliever into […]
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Challenges Facing China’s Church Leaders Today
[…] a church planter to counsel these displaced individuals? What do they say to someone who cannot receive retraining for a new position? How do they face massive numbers of people in their late 40s and early 50s who are angry with the government and want to demonstrate against it? With limited skills and a […]
Book Reviews
Into China and Beyond: A Timeless Journey of Faith
[…] other church networks), there is a sense of the body dynamics. There are three areas of interest here: Aikman explores the house church “networks” and the possible numbers of Christians in China; he examines their theology and an indigenized “Confession of Faith”; and he introduces a further cast of multigenerational leaders who are making […]
Peoples of China
China’s Migrant Children
[…] permanent urban residency have fueled the burgeoning urban population of school-aged rural youth who are born in the city or migrate there at a young age. Recent numbers from the China Children and Teenagers’ Fund estimate there are 20 million rural migrant children 14 years old or under in China, comprising 13% of the […]
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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 […]