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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?
[…] loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party and comparatively weaker emphasis on traditional Christian ideas. Five-year TSPM/CCC plans are not new. In fact, since its formation in the 1950s, the TSPM—like all other societal organizations under Chinese Communist Party (or CCP) leadership—was required to formulate plans in step with the five-year plans of the CCP. […]
Being a Western Christian in the Global Church, Part 2
Recognize Your Place in the Global Church
[…] advocacy, provide much needed perspective for those of us from outside China that are asking questions about our future role in the Chinese Christian community. In part 1 the current state of world Christianity is presented, while part 2 looks more closely at the place of western Christians within the global church. In part […]
Christmas Crowds in China | Part 1
Crowds of Security Forces
[…] through the main shopping area in the center of our city—the area where the main Protestant church happens to be located—the security state was everywhere evident. Large numbers of young men in matching camouflage fatigues with hard to see “badges” were deployed throughout the area to manage “crowds.” They seemed to be concentrated around […]
To Aquire the Chinese Language
[…] steel, heads of oak, hands of spring-steel, eyes of eagles, hearts of apostles, memories of angels, and lives of Methuselah!" William Milne of the London Missionary Society, 1814 This quotation is from one of the greatest of the early Chinese linguists, an Englishman who is today remembered for the many Chinese lives transformed through […]
China Ministry and Transformational Development (2)
The End of an Era?
[…] rivers, leading to burst dikes along the Yellow River and extensive flooding of local fields and reservoirs. According to official media, the heavy rainfall in Shanxi affected 1,757,100 people in 76 counties and 11 cities. Fifteen people died, three went missing, 120,100 people were urgently relocated, 3,576,900 mu of crops were affected, 19,500 houses […]
The Challenges of Localization (3)
Authority
This is the third in a five-part series on localization of China ministry. Each essay centers on a different issue that the author has encountered as his organization goes through the process of handing over key leadership to local believers. The challenges are real, and the process is ongoing, meaning that some essays contain as many questions as answers.
Americans Drive on the Left and Other Truths I’ve Learned
Years ago, I was having a conversation with my Malaysian friend, and we started talking about how Malaysia has a lot of British influence. “We drive on the right like they do,” my friend explained.
“Wait, what?” I thought I had heard her wrong, or that she had misspoken. “You mean you drive on the left like they do.”
The 2023 Regulations for Religious Activity Site Registration
What the Party Doesn’t Want You to Know
[…] members to include the possible role of religion in political change. Yet, under Xi, the CCP fear of religions reached a new level. Not since the post-Tiananmen days had a top leader shined the spotlight on religion. In 2016, Xi Jinping personally chaired the key meeting for Party members and bureaucrats working on religion. […]
Regrets in Ministry
[…] Lay-uh dao-si people not-cold not-hot Christians.” When Christians worried about their inability to convert people to faith in Jesus, I reminded them that their job according to 1 Peter 3:15 was to be “good and ready to reply to people’s questions, expressing your faith.” The lukewarm reactions I received to my encouragements saddened me: […]
Book Reviews
Counterfeits and Kings
[…] by the victorious Imperial regime. Spence’s book is timely as it is directly relevant to recent events in modern Communist China. This review is being written within days of a massive crack-down throughout China on the Falungong cult which has millions of followers. The Chinese government is worried by the growth of syncretistic religious […]