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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 […]
Second-Generation Chinese Youth—Kiwi and American
A Reader Responds
[…] the experience of second-generation Chinese in America, especially from the 1960s to the 1980s. Prior to 1965, the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 had limited the annual number of Chinese immigrants allowed into the United States. Similarly, New Zealand imposed harsh restrictions on the Chinese with the Chinese Immigrants Act of 1881, including the […]
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 […]
Pausing to Say Thank You
[…] reminded of that many times. Often when one of us on the ChinaSource team is speaking at a church, attending a conference, or just talking on the phone to someone at a partnering organization, the question arises, “How many people are on your staff?” Without fail the person is surprised by the answer. 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 […]
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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Reflections on the Role of Migrant Labor
[…] did not seem afraid. From the way they talked about working the stony fields back home, these young men seemed to represent the views of a large number of China’s rural laborers who consider agriculture to be an unprofitable, unattractive, and even redundant economic activity. In the rural regions of China’s interior where there […]
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 […]
Reflections on China 2014: The Growing Environmental Crisis
This is my second blog reflecting back on six days I spent in China recently with Brent Fulton where we met with pastors, seminary leaders and academics in Shanghai and Beijing. I shared in the first blog about my amazement at the growth of the church and the window that seems to be opening for the gospel.